Like above, just been out to drain the oil and the plug is pretty rounded, even the mole grips wont get it,

anyone else had this problem, looks like its a magnetic bolt, also it may have been knocked as the sump area looks a little indented

regards

ant

Weld a nut or bolt to it and just undo, then grind off.

unfortunately im at my dads and have no welding stuff! : (

Stilsens?

yup stillsons

or just get a pump to suck the oil out via the dip stick hole --- local yacht chandlers will stock them at a very good price.

cheers chaps, gunna give it another go in the morning, its beer o'clock now the f1's on.

From machine mart a bolt extractor made by irwin. SOOOOO good, got a reverse flute inside. Yet to find something it has not been able to remove.

Darren

[Edited on 17/10/09 by turbodisplay]

I saw a set of those IRWIN nut/stud removers at Homebase today. £19 IIRC fro the set.

Another vote for the Irwin extractors - I have both the normal and the expansion set - I just wish they did some even smaller ones sometimes...

Whack a smaller socket on it ( twelve sided one maybe a imperial one say 1/2" for a 13mm nut or even a 12mm).

id vote stilsons, they can grip a round pipe, never mind deformed nuts.

When you have rounded it off completely with the stilsons then weld on a nut . Works every time

There's always the good old hammer and chisel method.

There are special sockets for just this eventuality. When I did this on a zetec sump a mate borrowed one from another mate who owned a garage so don't know where u'd buy one from but they do exist and work well. Second to that easiest thing is to weld a ring spanner on and use a bar to get it off.