Not really a question, but I think I've seen it all over the years of changing the oil on my cars and my family's cars.
A lot of GM cars came with integrated rubber gaskets. I also member using a single rubber-coated steel gasket on a certain car.
For any Honda/Acura cars the oil drain plug always took an M14 aluminum crush washer. At least in the 80s/90s ATF and manual transmission drain plugs also used the same size. The MT fill plug on my '95 Integra used an M20, which the dealer sold, but where sometimes I'd find a copper or fiber equivalent. I've noticed my wife's Civic uses a wider M18 gasket for the ATF drain - I picked one up with an ATF package that included the gasket. The guy at the counter specifically asked what car, so I'm guessing some had the older models using the M14. Still not sure why it retails for more than $3 when the almost identical M14 is less than $1.
On a Toyota Camry, the factory washer was an M10 paper-coated aluminum. I did the first oil change, so I got a good look. I searched around for equivalents. The dealer had some strange composite fiber gasket that didn't seem to compress much. I'd also bought various copper and aluminum ones. I remember I'd occasionally ask if I was at a Honda dealer, and they had M10 aluminum ones - apparently for brake fittings on some early 80s model. They typically only had one or two, and I was told there was little demand for them. When desperate, I've centered a Honda M14 plug and it hasn't leaked.
For Subary it's an M20 gasket. I've occasionally used something other than the OEM or OEM type (steel P-type), but I got a whole bunch when I ordered filters online. My current stash are Dorman equivalents made in Taiwan. They work, but the finish is a little bit rough and they don't really leak but there's a bit of crusty oil crud around the bolt when I do the changes.
So this morning I picked up a Nissan copper gasket. Weirdest looking gasket I've ever seen. Still not sure which direction to point the thing, although I'm guessing it doesn't really matter.
A lot of GM cars came with integrated rubber gaskets. I also member using a single rubber-coated steel gasket on a certain car.
For any Honda/Acura cars the oil drain plug always took an M14 aluminum crush washer. At least in the 80s/90s ATF and manual transmission drain plugs also used the same size. The MT fill plug on my '95 Integra used an M20, which the dealer sold, but where sometimes I'd find a copper or fiber equivalent. I've noticed my wife's Civic uses a wider M18 gasket for the ATF drain - I picked one up with an ATF package that included the gasket. The guy at the counter specifically asked what car, so I'm guessing some had the older models using the M14. Still not sure why it retails for more than $3 when the almost identical M14 is less than $1.
On a Toyota Camry, the factory washer was an M10 paper-coated aluminum. I did the first oil change, so I got a good look. I searched around for equivalents. The dealer had some strange composite fiber gasket that didn't seem to compress much. I'd also bought various copper and aluminum ones. I remember I'd occasionally ask if I was at a Honda dealer, and they had M10 aluminum ones - apparently for brake fittings on some early 80s model. They typically only had one or two, and I was told there was little demand for them. When desperate, I've centered a Honda M14 plug and it hasn't leaked.
For Subary it's an M20 gasket. I've occasionally used something other than the OEM or OEM type (steel P-type), but I got a whole bunch when I ordered filters online. My current stash are Dorman equivalents made in Taiwan. They work, but the finish is a little bit rough and they don't really leak but there's a bit of crusty oil crud around the bolt when I do the changes.
So this morning I picked up a Nissan copper gasket. Weirdest looking gasket I've ever seen. Still not sure which direction to point the thing, although I'm guessing it doesn't really matter.
