Hosers OVER-torqued my Oil Drain Plug!--> not really, SOLVED!

[ericbphoto]

SOOOOooo... you're saying my oil drain plug wasn't over-torqued, but instead has rusted itself to the pan from the INside, due to an inch of condensed humidity, aka water in the bottom of the oil pan?... durn... guess I'll find out while everyone's glued to Duh Superbowl... and then Monday I'll have to call Acme Crate Engines...

... also, I'm a bad person!... or a Bad Ranger Owner...

It's all wild conjecture until you get it open and find out the real story. Don't take anything personal here.

 

[19Walt93]

SOOOOooo... you're saying my oil drain plug wasn't over-torqued, but instead has rusted itself to the pan from the INside, due to an inch of condensed humidity, aka water in the bottom of the oil pan?... durn... guess I'll find out while everyone's glued to Duh Superbowl... and then Monday I'll have to call Acme Crate Engines...

... also, I'm a bad person!... or a Bad Ranger Owner...

It probably just in there tight, like I said before, I have to give my own drain plugs a good solid tug to break them loose every time. I much prefer that to having the plug fall out.
Also, it isn't possible to be a bad Ranger owner unless you trade it for a Tacoma.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

It probably just in there tight, like I said before, I have to give my own drain plugs a good solid tug to break them loose every time. I much prefer that to having the plug fall out.
Also, it isn't possible to be a bad Ranger owner unless you trade it for a Tacoma.

Or a Colorado.

 

[ericbphoto]

Or an S10

Or a Ridgeline

Or...

 

[Josh B]

In effect I swapped a Chevy LUV for one

 

[oldgeek]

Ryobi FINALLY has a 18v 1/2" impact now too.. real interested in that.

I got a Ryobi One 18v 1/2" impact a few years ago. Worked good for my project. Stinks like cheap plastic though.

 

[oldgeek]

I believe the name of the YouTube channel is AVE.. mabey aVe? I don't remember..

Either way.. the guy disassembles brand new crap like power tools for dissection/inspection/see what the full story is.. and Milwaukee really isn't all its cracked up to be from the videos I've seen. Its been awhile since I've watched his channel but I do remember that they use the same exact battery cells lol.

My personal experience has been less than stellar with Milwaukee stuff too.

We had a job a few years back where we were Installing close to 200' of gutter on a concrete building that had concrete fascia. We needed to pre-drill all the holes for the hanger screws to hang the gutter, 16" on center. We had 2 beat up (basic, non HP) ryobi hammer drills and a freshly unboxed Milwaukee hammer drill....

The ryobis held tough and finished the job after the superior Milwaukee had blown up less than halfway through they didn't provide me with a good first impression.

Ryobi did though.. when I dropped one of their guns down 4 stories of staging. Damn thing bounced off literally every bit of staging it could on the way down.. wailed off the half frozen earth and flew into a concrete retaining wall.. vomiting out the battery. Still worked fine, continued to use that gun for another year or two.


Besides my Milwaukee heated jacket (which I'm rather 'meh' about)... I'll be ryobi til I die. I see no reason to buy the gucci boots when sketchers do just fine.

I have absolutely no use for this Ryobi, but I still wanted it.

Used Ryobi One Hp Power Tool | ShopGoodwill.com

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[fixizin]

Follow-up/WRAP-up: Finally (4 weeks ago) took Ye Olde Trusty (Low-Miles) Ranger to my new favoritest tire store, who, as luck would have it, charge only $24.99 for (Conventional) oil+filter change IF you take it in during NON-peak hours (quite a treat in these times of High Xiden Inflation)... had a day off, took it in, they said "yeah, it was a little tight", but no biggie, no stripped threads, AND... weeks later, NO LEAKS! 24-year-old plug+rubber-ring still good... but keeping that new replacement plug in mah toolbox, just in case...

PS: they took upon themselves to put in Valvoline 5W-20, without consulting me, must be the new "book spec"... hmmm... well, I'm only gonna run it for 4,000 mi. before I go back to Valvoline Full Synth, probably 5W-30...