Originally Posted By: racer12306
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.
NICE FIND...YUP thats what we have for sure...
Its a 2003 F150 w 5.4 engine of a co worker owns,300K miles
and he just bought it used a few weeks ago LMAO !
I am buying him a small electric suction pump and see if we can do a dipstick
oil change...the current oil looks decent thank goodness but an oil pan is about
60 bucks and we would have to hoist up a good bit the motor as it has a crossmember in the way
Thats a good chunk of work id rather avoid