M13 X 1.5MM Oil Drain Plug Thread Repair Tool Kit

A shop had drained the oil when they did a service repair to my car. Next time I did the oil change myself, I discovered that the threads were pretty damaged and in fact came out when I removed the drain plug. The shop had put a heli coil on the drain plug. So anyways when I put the drain plug back in, it didn't have enough oil pan threads anymore to grab onto and fully tighten.This kit saved the oil pan. I was nervous about cutting new threads 1mm larger but I went for it and things turned out great. Several reviews say that folks have had leaks from the drain plug when all was done. Thankfully this was not my case. The drain plug went in nicely, cinched tight, and it's all dry around the drain after filling and driving the vehicle.This kit was well worth it in my case.

It was simple to repair BMW X5 (F15) stripped oil drain plug using this kit. Even with 5k OCI there are enough plugs for 30K oil changes. I don't have to use new plug every time, but since I cannot find crush washer for this particular size plugs, I'll just use new plug with the washer these plugs came each oil change. If I won't be able to find the washers, I'll just buy another set in the future, since price (so far) is not prohibitive for the entire kit.Before installing make sure to have t-handle with jaw opening 1/4 in. -1/2 in. (6mm-14mm). I got one from local HF store for $19.Also have some bearing type grease (nothing expensive. any cheap grease will work). Liberally apply the tap to collect any metal particles and shavings.I used empty windshield washer containers with the tops cutoff to collect old oil.Do not drill (thanks to one of the customer's review for telling not to drill). Just use the tap to make new thread. insure that the tap is perpendicular to the surface of the oil drain. Remove tap couple of time to wipe off grease with shavings and apply new grease.Make sure tap goes through beyond it's conical end.Use old oil you collected in any clean container to dump it back into the engine to wash off any contaminates that may be left behind. You should not have issues with contaminants if you were using grease. You can use any cheap fresh oil if you are not sure that your old oil is not contaminated by the container you used.If you do not have torque wrench, do not overtighten to plug, Or you'll strip the thread again. To tighten the plug use anything with the shortest handle possible. For my car I need only 18 ft. lb. or 25 Nm. And I think it's a standard for majority of the cars. My wrench was set to ~16 ft.lb., and the plug is dry - no oil leak, drips, drops.Good luck.

I had a small engine with an aluminum crankcase that had the threads stripped. I did some measuring, and the old plug was 12MM X 1.5, the same thread pitch, just a bit bigger. I bought a 13MM X 1.5 tap, and carefully enlarged the old threads, so one of these would fit.Seems to work well, it seems to tighten up properly now, and holds well. Doesn't thread in as smoothly as the original plug did when the engine was new, but there is a 50-50 chance that was the tap more than the plug. Anyway, it was a very easy fix (just tap the hole bigger, and use one of these - I didn't even have to drill out the original hole). If you do this on an engine or gearcase, just be sure to orient it so that any chips that fall downward will fall OUT of, and not IN the gearcase.

This is a great fix for stripped out oil pan plug! Just take care in starting the tap straight.

Had an M12 oil drain plug that was chewed up and cross threaded from whoever did the last oil change. I used the one size larger M13 and made sure to use the correct thread pitch as OEM. Oiled up the tool with assembly lube, which I had laying around since it is very thick and sticky to catch metal shavings.Process went well, and it saved me the pain of having to remove or replace the oil pan, which is a very time consuming and expensive job. I cleaned up everything thoroughly and finished the job with the supplied drain plugs and washers. Definitely recommend for the DIYer. Take your time and do it properly, with the right tools.

Looks good and had my 98 civic oil pan retapped. Everything is good. Would recommend.

Had to come to write some good here for the kit and also, important, say thanks to user Jcampbell7 for its very good feedback.I saved my 2008 Suzuki C90t gear oil drain plug, which is 14mm with this kit for 15mm. Getting the new thread done was easy, so that good but, I had leaks as Jcampbell7 suggested. I had to try it without anything extra so see how that did, but the result was a leak. Then just got those dsnaduo plugs that he suggested, probably you can try others around, but those with of course, simple plumbing tape, and it worked awesome!!All in all wanted to give 5stars.

Repaired my Yamaha R1 oil drain plug that had gotten stripped out. Worked perfectly!