Oil Pan Help

[jkappel84]

Please Help! I stripped my oil plug a while back. I still don’t know how. Anyway I put in a temporary plug (similar to the picture below) and it’s been fine. Today I went to change my oil and the temporary plug kept spinning I kept turning it and finally it freed and came out but only because the anchor portion of the plug snapped off and stayed in the pan. I tried everything to fish it out short of dropping the pan. It’s sitting dry at the moment because I’m terrified to run it with this piece in the pan. Any insight on if this is an issue running the engine or should I have the pan dropped and replaced after a tow? Thanks in advance.

 

[abnmike]

Dropping the pan is a 30 minute job. Buy a new pan. Install. Refill.

 

[Hamfisted]

Is it a 4x4 ? If it's just a 4x2 replacing the oil pan is pretty easy. Is the original drain plug stripped as well ?

Ford 9L3Z-6675-A Oil Pan
Ford Oil Pan Drain Plug
Fel Pro Oil Pan Gasket at Rock Auto

Or, if you elect to just use a oversize drainplug again, try one of these kits:
14.1mm oversize drainplug repair kit






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