VW Plastic drain plug

[rhandwor]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/263090644914/www.ebay.com/
Has anyone run across these plugs it looks a screwdriver would remove them. Some even sell plastic tools with 4 new drain plugs. It looks like a screwdriver or drag link socket would remove them.

 

[shawndp]

Plastic drain plugs are the stuff that give me nightmares. I have seen one go very wrong on a Ford at the shop next to ours. That drain plug is just begging to be stripped by an under-trained lube tech at one of those quick-change places...

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Ecoboost (2.7L IIRC) has that nonsense. I cringe changing the oil, it's such a bad idea.


What is especially worrying, is when the locking arms start cracking. I fill those work orders and estimates with CYA notes.

 

[WhiffySpark]

Ford 6.7 has them

 

[shawndp]

Ford 6.7 has them

That's the one I saw... there was a lot of yelling and swearing that followed and the words "quarter turn" repeated...

 

[Richard Cranium]

have never seen or had never heard of one until now. Thanks for the education

 

[rhandwor]

I can understand why some tools come with 4 new plugs.
Can they be replaced with a metal plug?

 

[Fedwrench]

Is this what you're talking about?

https://asttool.com/detail_page.php...=VW 10549&offset=0&stype=general&category=Oil Change Products

 

[rhandwor]

Is this what you're talking about?

https://asttool.com/detail_page.php...=VW 10549&offset=0&stype=general&category=Oil Change Products

This is like the Sealey the design is why I think a screwdriver would work.

 

[drtyler]

Flat screwdriver works fine. They are not tight. Seal is with an o-ring.

My '17 VW GTI has one.

 

[Rlfd213]

Vw did this with coolant plugs too years ago and had a lot of problems with l also and the plugs falling out.

 

[txvwnut]

That's the one I saw... there was a lot of yelling and swearing that followed and the words "quarter turn" repeated...

And I even told the tech doing the service that it was a quarter turn plastic plug and his ******* still f'in broke it.

Firing him is looking better every day.

 

[ImportTuner]

Plastic drain plug .. wow, you learn something new every day

 

[Bruce Amacker]

Ford 6.7 has them

Only the first year, 2011.

 

[Dereklmartin]

Mercedes uses them in their new hot V engines. They are found on the c63 amg and the amg gt