oil plug gasket

Can't you just make your own gasket for the oil pan plug out of some gasket material or teflon etc?

 

Not that will hold up for any length of time. If you can not get the washer at the dealer, any parts store worth it's salt should have a copper one that will work.

This is one area I would not half-ass or skimp on.

 

Ok, thanks.

 

If you don't do any offroading.... Get a drain valve and you never have to remove it. (Search Fumoto Drain Valve)

 

go to the dealer parts dept once a year and grab a couple of washers. If they are cool they will give extras to you if you buy a filter.

 

+1 they give me a bunch of crush washers for free every time I stop by and ask.

 

Went to my dealer, had a special on filters if you buy 3 of them so I did, I said I also needed 3 of the washers he grabbed three out of a box and charged around $1.10 for each. Looks to me like they are a cheap metal washer or maybe Aluminum sandwiched between 2 fiber washers. They are probably worth about a nickel a piece. I think I will go to hardware store and buy or make my own.

 

Hello. I feel kinda bad to latch on to someone elses post to ask a question, but I am new and didnt want to start a new thread. I have had my Toyota for 10 years, and this is the first question I have needed to ask. A true testiment to Toyotas I guess. Anyway, last year when I changed my oil, part of the oil pan threads came off with the drain plug. So I went and bought a new drain plug hoping that it wouldnt leak when I put it together. It worked wonderfully. Until last weekend. It began to drip a little. I have been very careful not to get the plug too tight for fear it might strip out the pan. When I saw the drip, I tightened it a little more. But it still drips. So what should I do? Could I use 2 crush gaskets on it? Or should I put the he-man on the drain plug? Or do I need to drop the pan and put in a drain valve? By the way, its a 3.4 4X4 if that makes any difference. Thank you.

 

wouldn't that push shavings up into the pan?

 

I am very certain that the threads I saw on the drain plug were from the oil pan. And I put on a new plug at first, but a year later its leaking again. I will stop at Auto-zone and see about an oversized Plug.
I appreciate the help

Also, I rarely he-man. I actually use a short handled ratchet so accidental he-manliness isnt a factor.