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oil sump plug

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  • #2
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    Not sure if it fits but it looks cheap and it's expensive. You get a whole set for not much more.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Expert-21932-40-Piece-Tx-Star/dp/B0001K9R6W/ref=sr_1_2?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1372806086&sr=1-2&keywords=torx+bit+sets


  • #3
    Pj!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭Pj!


    Isn't this it?


  • #4
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    Do they post a thing like that. Not driving in Galway just for that. I may just ask the local garage if I could borrow one off them.


  • #5
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭firefly08


    Looks like a standard T45 Torx socket? You should be able to get those anywhere. I am sure I've bought them in small motor factors in Dublin before.

    This is one kind of tool that I would always go for something of decent quality though because any bolt with a hollow head that is driven from the inside (torx, allen head, XZN etc.) will round out very easily compared to the normal bolt head that you use a spanner on.


  • #6
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    One more question. Is the smup plug at the lowest point of the sump. I ask cause I see there is one at the very front of the sump


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  • #7
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭firefly08


    cena wrote: »
    One more question. Is the smup plug at the lowest point of the sump. I ask cause I see there is one at the very front of the sump

    Here's a pic from a Zafira I found with Google Image search

    Not to harp on about it, but if I were you I would make sure the inside of the star pattern on that bolt is clean and free of crud, sludge etc. before you break it loose. Otherwise the tool will not seat properly and it will strip like it was made of cheese. Honestly I don't know why they would put a torx head bolt in a place like that, it is bound to fill up with dirt. Previous models had normal bolt head.


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