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01 Focus sump plug

  • 07-11-2013 7:21pm
    #1
    kavanada
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 184 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Thanks to various threads here about servicing your own car, I gave it a go today, namely, changing the oil.
    I'm no mechanic but I'd know a spark plug from a starter motor.

    Everything was going fine until it came to the sump plug. It's a 13mm hex and I just could not get it off. I tried a normal length spanner, a socket with a handle around 50cm long, a hammer on the spanner. Nothing made it budge.

    I think I've now rounded it slightly.

    I had to throw in the towel after 3 hours and book it in for an oil change tomorrow. I told the guy on the front desk the situation.

    I don't want them to come out and say, 'yeah, we can't take it off. You need a new sump, etc' so my question is, could a reputable garage get the plug off no matter what? They'd have a good range of tools, etc? Even with a vice grip?
    If they do get it off, how much would labour cost? I told them I'd have the new oil, of course, which they understood.

    I was definitely pulling the right way too! It did catch me out once or twice lying on my back looking backwards but the majority of the turning was anti-clockwise.

    Thanks for any help/info.


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