Synthetic oil versus conventional oil

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On 9/20/2024 at 12:50 AM, niZmO_Man said:

Mate, you think that's bad.
I drained the oil from my cousin's daily (she needs it to get to work, a nurse). Only after dumping the oil did I realise that the sump plug was stripped and would not get out of the pan. Thankfully Accord group Syd on Facebook had a guy nearbuy with a K-whatever sump on hand, super duper lucky. Swapped the pan and had her car going within 24hr.

bloody hell, learnt my lesson. Always check all fasteners before starting a job.

How did you drain the oil if you couldn't get the sump plug out?

 

But that sort of thing is why when doing diffs and gearboxes, I always check I can get the full plug out before pulling the drain plug.