when I offer to help a friend out with his first oil change on his well used
2003 F150,I put the truck on my lift and wallah . He has a drain plug from [censored]
+1 on the new pan. Hopefully he isn't overdue for an oil change. At least you'll be able to see the condition of the bottom of the engine once you get the pan off.
Man. I'd like to think I'd catch something like that but who knows. Drain plug condition is definitely on the checklist now. Did he get a really good deal?
I can't remember what the industry calls them, but they are the last ditch for when the drain plug threads are just too far gone and are generally installed at quick lubes.
They are a butterfly type design and normally they work well. Should be temporary, rarely are.
This one obviously had some leaking problems to the used some Permatex Black and hoped for the best.