Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: tom slick
Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: panthermike
I used rubber washers on the 2000 Corolla but they only lasted 1 or 2 OCI's. Last oil change I used a plastic Fel-Pro drain plug gasket, should last quite a while. So far no leaks.
Plastic?!?!?
I've only used copper or rubber washers. I've never used a plastic washer before. How's that supposed to work?
Plastic works great, just remember to change them with every plug R&R.
I just have a hard time understanding how this works.
Soft copper or rubber makes a good washer as it "crushes" to form a seal. Will plastic do the same thing? In my mind, I'm picturing this hard piece of plastic that is inflexible...
I'm not sure exactly how it works but the one I put on the Corolla had some flexibility. When I tightened(semi-snug) I still had to torque it down some to make it nice and tight but not too tight.
I put one on my brother's Lancer like 50K ago, it's still in good shape.