recently during my swap in of a 16g into my eclipse, i was removing the oil drain line and one of the bolts that connects the return to the oil pan is stripped (when i turn the screw left or right it does not come out or go in at all. well (im still kicking my self) but i wanted to see if i could get the copper gaskett spray to hold the drain line, well some got in the hole and i can see abit of overspray directly above the hole in the oil pan. im worried i got spray on the crank and will spin a bearing down the road. its really stresing me out.

anyways what i figure is that i might be able to dremel the head off the screw, then re thread the hole in the oil pan, or get a new 7 bolt oil pan if installation and removal isnt a big problem


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Copper gasket spray just helps heat transfer between metal gaskets and metal parts like cylinder heads and blocks. It's not "spray-on gasket" like caulking or something.

Just take the oil pan off, drill out the stripped bolt, rethread or helicoil if necessary, and put it back on.

Originally posted by thedawg
Copper gasket spray just helps heat transfer between metal gaskets and metal parts like cylinder heads and blocks. It's not "spray-on gasket" like caulking or something. Just take the oil pan off, drill out the stripped bolt, rethread or helicoil if necessary, and put it back on.

yep,

heh shortly after i made this thread i went into the garage with a screw drive and pryed the old bolt out, suprisingly there was still thread left in the helicoil