Need to do an oil change on me escort turbo diesel but the bloody thread on the nut is fooked so cant undo it.i cant even get a good grip with mole grips either as the sump gets in way not like good old cvh 1s which are all flat and not weird shapes . any ideas how to get it off as it needs oil change as god knows how long the oils been in there

cheers
jon

 

Go and buy a new sump plug and knock the old one out with a chisel or if you have a welder just tack a bit of steel on it

 

take it to a garage ask them to weld a nut onto the plug. ask them to just crack it loose so you can do the oil change when you get home

 

Either weld a nut on top or get a hammer and punch and make a edge on the bolt head and use the hammer and punch to knock it around worked loads of times for me. on various things.

 

Cheers everyone will give them a try

 

Stillsons (pipe wrenches) work every time

Steve

 

Ive had it happen twice before on my TD mondeo

When you put the new sump plug in dont use a metal washer as thats what causing it to seize up, put a fibre one in instead and it wont be a problem again