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The one on the left is rubber-coated aluminum.
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The one in the middle.
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One is ribbed for her pleasure.
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Left. I like rubber vs. nylon for this app.
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Use all five for maximum safety
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Left.
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Not just a normal aluminum one that squishes a little? I’ve never had a problem with those. (Love the pretty, red drain plug.)
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Just a hunch, but I’d imagine that the rubber/aluminum is more suitable for aluminum pans, and the nylon is for steel. I don’t know if that’s true, though.
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That’s a fancy fuckign drain plug you got there.
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Yeah I just have a magnet on the pan near the drain...
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Probably left
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Quintuple bag it?
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Ewwwwww...
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That way you’ll be ready for the next 4.
Oil changes.
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I like the way you think
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$7 on Amazon Prime
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I’ll tell you where you can install it...
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I wouldn’t use the plastic one I would think rubber would seal better. I tried like 3 different flavors on my miata and the stock style copper seemed to work best.
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I don’t see how the nylon one doesn’t smash and squeeze out the edges once you apply some torque to the drain plug.
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They didn’t have a copper one in the correct size or I’d have probably gone that way.
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Amazon Prime. $7. Red or blue. Why not get something splashy?
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Nah, nylon’s pretty tough. It’s soft enough to prevent you from marring the sealing surface, but it’s not going to squish out unless you waaaaay overtorque it. Compressing those ribs a little is what’s going to make it seal tightly.
Rubber is softer, which is why I’m guessing that it’s for aluminum oil pans where it becomes super- important not to overtorque the plug. Since it’s reinforced with aluminum, that should help keep the rubber from squishing out (unless, again, it gets overtorqued).
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I’ve used those nylon ones a bunch on old cars where metal washers wouldn’t seal, or where crush washers weren’t available in the size I need. They work fine. But I also don’t reuse them like some people do then get surprised when they start leaking.