Originally Posted by Guss
I do all my oil changes .

Ditto.

I had a 87 Dodge Ram 50 sport pickup ( Mitsubishi Mighty Max ) with the 2.6L Mitsu engine. One of the few vehicles I bought brand new.

I was the only person ever to remove the drain plug since the factory installed it. That drain plug had been removed over 50 times by me changing the oil during the time I drove it. Every time I used a good quality 6 point box end wrench to remove and replace it.

The drain plug had almost no wear. No scrapes , marks , grip wear and nice clean threads. The only wear was paint missing off in spots on the drain plug. Not too shabby seeing how it had been in and out that many times.

I've seen drain plugs ruined on cars with less than 10k miles on them due to knuckleheads in oil change places.


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