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Originally Posted by targa72e
I just looked at the drain on my 964 case (GT3) and it has a helicoil as well. I am going to assume this is factory (I have a 3.3 case I can check when I get a chance. End of helicoil was about 1-1/2 threads down the hole. I think your install is factory.
john
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Congrats and apologies. I have stereotyped water-cooled owners as having their own private oil/filter maintenance crews. To a lesser extent, the same folks with the latest air-cooled versions. Sorry.
Many folks who do their own oil changes, as well as many working pros, tighten the drain plug like they're prepping for a once-in-a-life-time lunar lift-off event. Doesn't need to be spec tight, especially with a fresh washer and a smear of anti-seize.
Notice how the drain plug is somehow a lot tighter than than when you last screwed it on? Sometimes massively tighter. Heat and mileage somehow does that only to drain plugs, so does that lift-off crew. Must be a Teutonic thing.
There's another drain plug on the oil tank and I've reduced the odds of a failed attempt, by half, to remove one of the drain plugs. I use a
Fumoto ball valve at the oil tank. Positively spring-loaded with an over-center release lever. It ensures positive drainage with no leaks or thread-destroying worries. Install it once like a drain plug (see above) and that's it for a looooong time.
Sherwood