The case of the missing oil drain plug washer

Just drained the oil...a double washer stack came off with the plug. I can’t even get them apart, they’re melded. Thanks to those who predicted this!

 

Amazing

 

Just kidding OP! Glad you got it sorted out

 

On a side note, is it just me or is the dipstick REALLY hard to read? Why can’t it have the cross hatches?

 

Just look at it in good natural light. I can see mine fine and it’s a 15 also.

 

Re use them then gone after the 2nd time.

 

I agree, my last truck had deep cross-hatching that gave an accurate reading. I have scribed cross-hatching on the end of my dip stick, but still miss the dip stick in my last truck.

 

Is smooth as a babies ass, and flat as a white girls booty that doesn't squat

 

If you check it too much it gets hard to read because you're dragging oil up/down the dipstick tube. Leave the dipstick out and walk away for 10 mins, check it again

 

If you scuff up the dipstick with some emery cloth at the lower end to take the shine off , then clean it very well before re-inserting, it gets a bit easier to read.

 

I posted the below before I read that you found we were correct. Glad you got it sorted.

I posted a picture of a Tacoma 6 cylinder 1GR Oil Pan.
There is no flange as can be seen quite plainly on the posted image.
I have had mine stuck on the pan numerous times on all of my Toyota vehicles.
You can remove the oil drain plug without draining the oil by using a shop vacuum on the fill tube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8JbUz7WXw

 

Thanks for this post because my dumbass been fighting an oil leak for two days and come to find out what I thought was a FLANGE where the crush washer sealed to end up being the old crush washer and in and doubled washered the drain plug and glad I found this post because it was kicking my ass lol

 

I’m glad to hear my public dumbassery helped someone else.

It’s also worth coming back to this thread to say thanks to all those who were gentle with me. You all could’ve flamed me (deservedly so) and you didn’t. That’s pretty cool.

 

WHAT KIND OF IDIOT LEAVES....

Good stuff @Hook78

Everyone’s been there and done that. Thanks for throwing it out there for the benefit of all

 

This just saved my night, doing a quick oil change in the dark, forgot to put washer on. There must of been a double washer and one stuck because i definitely have a bronze colored flange still on oil pan. I’ll still double check tomorrow but at least I’ll be able to sleep tonight.

 

Actually to clarify, I didn’t forget it I thought it was still on until I crawled out from underneath and saw it still sitting there.