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.

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'92 TSi AWD

11.8 @ 119mph
470awhp 405 ft/lb torque
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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

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