We've had a few Honda vehicles over the years and for crush washers, I'd either change it each time or I'd flip it and re-use it once. Never had a problem and didn't feel the need to be cheap by not buying them. So, our son just recently bought his own Honda ('12 Accord, EX-L, V6) that was dealer-maintained for it's first 70k miles and then, the previous owner started taking it to an independent shop. I guess they are too cheap to buy crush washers, don't work on enough Hondas to bother (unlikely nowadays), or who knows. Anyway, we went to do the first oil change and I ran into my first "gorilla" tightening of the drain plug. It was 90º so we weren't going to go to all sorts of measures getting it removed plus I was afraid of rounding it off and not having a replacement drain plug. Put it off until the following day after buying a replacement. Then it took a breaker bar + an extension to get it off !
There was some oil "trail" on the pan so I'm willing to bet it leaked slightly and their solution was just tighten it more. I'm not sure what people think about this drain plug but I'd call it "slightly rounded". The crush washer though ? It's classic !
There was some oil "trail" on the pan so I'm willing to bet it leaked slightly and their solution was just tighten it more. I'm not sure what people think about this drain plug but I'd call it "slightly rounded". The crush washer though ? It's classic !
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