I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX and im changing my oil, but I cant get the bolt off the oil pan and i forget which way to turn it. I just want to make sure im not tightening it rather than loosening it to get it off. I've changed the oil myself several times before, but the last time i took it somewhere to have done cause i had a free oil change and they put the bolt back on too tight. Now i cant get it off.
2007-09-29 16:30:44 · 19 answers · asked by Michael U 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I always thought the bolt on an oil pan was opposite from the righty tighty, lefty loosey saying. but some of them aren't.
2007-09-29 16:45:20 · update #1
I have also been spraying WD40 on the bolt to maybe help loosen it, but it hasn't been helping.
2007-09-29 16:50:29 · update #2
Righty, Tighty....Lefty Loosey.
2007-09-29 16:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by !~"Fish On"~! 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Counter clock wise. Righty Tighty Lefty loosey.
I do my oil changes myself but I have had the same problem when I get too lazy or don't want to change it in the heat and take it some where. It probably is just going to be hard to break. What I do is find the right wrench for the oil plug and then I take another wrench, fit the U-shaped open end into the box end to give me more leverage, and an angle, and the plug usually breaks. If you aren't quite sure what I mean, try and find a pipe or something else to extend the wrench so you get more leverage, or also use a rubber mallet and hit the end of the wrench a few times to loosen the plug. Good Luck.
2007-09-29 16:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jason Las Vegas 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oil Pan Bolt
2016-09-28 11:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the smallest 12 point socket that will just fit on the end of the head. Hit it on the rest of the way with a hammer. Then break the bolt loose.
2016-03-13 06:23:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Righty tighty—lefty loosey..
2007-09-29 16:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old saying goes-Righty tighty ,Lefty Loosy.
Try turning it to the left.
2007-09-29 16:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by Vinyard74 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bolt heads are to be turned Counter Clock Wise to get them off. There are close to no exceptions to that rule and I never heard of an oil pan drain being one of them.
2007-09-29 16:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Turn the bolt counter clockwise.
2007-09-29 16:56:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
RIGHTY TIGHTY, LEFTY LOOSEY, Which way would you turn a soda cap to get it off.
2007-09-29 16:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by cold_fearrrr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the left to loosen it, to the right to tighten it,always to the left though on an oil pan plug,good luck.
2007-09-29 16:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by dodge man 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋