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Old 07-28-2005, 02:26 PM
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I think I am getting some seepage from the drainplug. Not much, like one drip after a trip. I may just replace the drain plug and washer then see what happens. Its a 2000 30v with 69k
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I replace it every oil change...
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A lot of people do this... They're cheap, so why not?
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2nd, bought a bag of them at the dealer for like $22.
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Not in 60K miles...no leaks.
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Once in 25k. No leaks.
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Default I bought a new plug bolt w/ re-usable crush washer from ecs
added it to an ecs purchase a while back b/c it was only $1-2. I did this around 50k miles. no issues or leaks
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hope that was a big bag, u can get a pack of 10 (2-3 yrs worth) for $2.39
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