[TR] Aluminum Oil Pans...No LBC Content

[Randall]

> So what's the collective
> wisdom of removing oil this way?

Sucks in every sense of the word.  Doesn't even get all the oil out, let
alone anything that has fallen to the bottom of the pan.

> And are aluminum pans really 
> that big a
> problem with striping the threads?

Only if you insist on using an impact wrench!  Most of the cars I've owned
have had at least one plug into aluminum, and I've never stripped one
myself.  But the gorillas at K-mart not only ruined the threads, but managed
to break a piece out of the case on my 80 Chevy transaxle.

> Steel Panned TR6, Mazda6 and Mazda3 here!

Take a look at the transmission ... the TR6 at least is aluminum.

Randall 
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