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Frank Loera says:

Mercedes drain plug would work

El Smith says:

The mercedes oil plug works the one with the 13mm head it's same Threads just longer thank me later this happens alot. People try and change their own oil then take it to Walmart and hope they don't notice so they can blame them. The main reason they get a bad reputation in my opinion

hondatrix says:

A much better way is to get a long M15 x 1,5mm bolt, cut a groove into the end, put some grease of Vaseline in the groove and screw it into the oil pan…slowly and straight. Do it until it goes all the way and then clean the threaded oil pan hole with carb cleaner..then you can cut off the longer grooved part of the bolt so it just passes through the thread in the drain hole, put a washer on …viola.

Braveson says:

Short Story for my Acura – The Dorman# 090-164 is a M14-1.50 plug with a 19mm flange, is 24mm long and includes a 20mm copper alloy washer. I hung the washer on a nail and replaced it with a Dorman# 095-015 24mm aluminum washer to ensure a greater area of seal.
Long Story – My fix was for a 2003 Acura TL Type S. I removed the original oil drain plug to find about 5 rows of aluminum thread from the oil pan that were still on it. In a panic, I put on my granny glasses and looked into the drain hole to see 10mm of thread were now missing but there was an estimated 12mm of unused threads deeper inside. I also found that there were a few shards of aluminum to remove so as to avoid additional damage to the remaining threads.
After a little research, I learned that there are many other makes/models that use M14-1.50 thread size oil drain plugs but on most, the flange is too wide to seat into the 25mm recessed area of the Acura oil pan drain hole. Then I learned that most Mercedes-Benz oil pans also have an M14-1.50 thread and the drain plugs are more than twice as long (24mm) as the Acura’s 10mm plug. I used a combination of parts to “pass through” the stripped-out area of oil pan threads, gain purchase onto the threads that had never been used, and spent a total of $2.78 on the fix. Like every good citizen I also paid a 24¢ tax and as is customary with do-it-yourself people, I did not include the cost of fuel to travel to O,O,O,O’Reilly Auto Parts and I already owned a 13mm wrench for the new plug.

Michael Venniro says:

Great video I have a 2003 Honda Odyssey v6 ex would it be the same bolt size and thread pitch as well

Jose Vega says:

I think my oil pan gasket might have gone bad. That's going to be a pain in the ass. Since the oil pan needs to be removed anyways, I might just get a new oil pan as well. They're cheaper then I expected.

Skrill says:

You know google or a service manual will tell you alot faster about your vehicle, than printing out sheets of thread patterns……

Jon Allen says:

14 x 1.5 thread

Evan Doyon says:

Mercedes drain plug is already the same thread and long enough to catch those threads but short enough where you don't have to cut it.

Aldo Mijares says:

Thanks! Gracias!