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Why is the antifreeze drian plug made out of plastic?

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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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Why is the antifreeze drian plug made out of plastic?

I was all ready to change and flush my anit freeze and now i can because the plug is stripped! That is such bull sh*t that they make this stuff so cheap. How are you soposed to get off a plastic plug that is on so tight? oh wait you cant.. any one have any idea what i should do? Shoud i just un connect the hose?
Old Sep 16, 2004 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Zipp028
I was all ready to change and flush my anit freeze and now i can because the plug is stripped! That is such bull sh*t that they make this stuff so cheap. How are you soposed to get off a plastic plug that is on so tight? oh wait you cant.. any one have any idea what i should do? Shoud i just un connect the hose?

I'm pretty sure the endtanks are plastic, so it kinda makes sense the plug is plastic too. A metal screw going into plastic threads sounds worse than plastic on plastic to me.
Old Sep 16, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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haha you got a good point there, why does the plastic have to be sh*t? could at least made it somewhat strong..
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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Mine didn't strip, it broke. Big tip to those draining coolant, always buy a new plug each time you drain, just a few bucks.
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 04:44 AM
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There's nothing wrong with the plug, IMO. The problem is with the *** clown who over torqued it on you last time. I'm guessing that you paid somebody to do it and they overdid it, and now it's on there. That sucks. I can't stand it when mechs do that, and then the next person reaps the rewards.
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