Routine oil change turned into disaster.

[Beehive Bedlam]

I bought a 'magnetic' oil bolt for my bike as my current one is battered so after I drained the old oil in the new oil bolt goes as I was pinching it up the head just snapped off to my shock horror leaving the pos stuck inside my engine case. I did not over tighten it simply a case of quid shop shite what cost me £6.50.

Here it is against the current one.

https://oi61.tinypic.com/2djbbqg.jpg


https://oi62.tinypic.com/21bp2mr.jpg
Heh.

I managed to unwind it by tapping it with a toffee hammer and small screwdriver.

Knowledge acquired I will never use 'magnetic' oil bolts again.

[doggone]

Fortunately the worry pills were at hand.

[map]

Congratulations on getting broken bit out.

I think I'll order original replacement for mine.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

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Congrats on the recovery though, could of been worse.

[Beehive Bedlam]

[Ribenapigeon]

Are you going to speak to M&P about it?

[Wonko The Sane]

It's not a tapered thread is it where the bolt gradually gets bigger and thus a tighter fit as it goes in?

I sheared the temp sensor bolt on my first car as I didn't realise it was a tapered thread
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[Rogerborg]

[Flatbadger]

I went for that 1/4 turn (and more) a while back with one of those, it did a great job of smoothing out the hole in the strainer cap.

I managed well for 6 months or so, with the old plug upside-down in the hole with sealant to keep it oilproof. It probably doesn't make my street cred any better though.

Now happily helicoiled and with a non magnetic bolt, put in by a professional
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[toadoftoadhal...]

I was just going to buy one of these from mnp, so wont bother now, thanks for the heads up

[-Matt-]

I bought one of these [can't remember the exact seller] a while back - avoided using it in the end as the threaded bit was significantly shorter than the stock bolts when I got it out during the oil change. Maybe its not a problem, but it didn't seem like it would be quite as secure to me

[ZRX61]

[janner_10]

Whats wrong with just using the stock one?
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[bamt]

The idea is that whilst being run your engine is subject to wear, so tiny bits of metal end up in the oil (hopefully caught by the oil filter). The magnetic sump plug attracts any bits that make it into the sump, keeping them out of circulation and allowing you to get rid of them by wiping the plug when you empty the oil out.

A decent oil filter and regular changes should be good enough.

[Rogerborg]

Why not just buy a Neodymium magnet (or a stack of 'em) from eBay and stick one on top of your stock steel plug? It's not going to leap off into the sump.
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[weasley]

Or, indeed, just whack one on the bottom of the sump. You get to be seen by inductive loop sensors in the road too, for free.
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[Hugh Farking Cant]

[ADSrox0r]

That just looks like a cheapo shit magnet that's been Araldite'd to the end of a cheapo shit bolt.

[anthony_r6]

Got one myself from WeMoto and didn't have any real issues. It was a little shorter than the standard one, but so far, no leak.
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