Does anyone know what the size of oil drain plug is on a TC?? I'd like to install a magnetic one but my local parts store only sells them by size.... not by application. He says I would need the diameter and thread sizing.

Wonder if the dealer sells a magnetic one?? I tried calling Toyota parts but they're all closed today already.

 

magnetic drain plug is useless because the motor is aluminum and the last time i checked aluminum isn't magnetic. but i could be wrong

 

It is not useless and actually does something.

The magnetic drain plug is to catch metals in your oil that the oil filter does not get. If you are indeed accumulating lots of "spikes" on your magnetic drain plug, you have something to worry about.

 

Yes the engine is aluminum, but last time I checked bearings,bushings,camshafts,crankshafts, etc aren't

 

hahahahahahaha

 

a magnetic plug doesnt do much, the plug is at the bottom of a very big oil pan. Metal is heavy so it sinks to the bottom, so it doesnt get into your oil system anyway and your oil filter would catch it also if it did.

Now shavings on your dip stick, you are seriously in trouble.

Magnetic plugs = Mostly worthless, all engines overtime will put out some metal shavings but will they do damage? Most likely not...but it's a good selling gimick.

 

Yeah, it's a good gimmick. It might even work. But compared to the volume of your fuel tank, a magnetic q-tip on the end of your oil plug isn't going to do much.

Using your engine will wear it down over time. Little flakes and shavings of metal will eventually end up in your gas tank. It's just a fact of life. Stuff gets old, and wears out.

Additionally, Gasoline is far from 'pure.' There's all kinds of junk in gasoline.

All of this assorted muck will accumulate on the bottom of your gas tank, over time, and there's nothing you can do about it.

...Except for one thing, besides the magnetic drain plugs. Never run your car to 'empty'. As soon as you do, all that stuff from the bottom of your fuel tank gets sucked up by the engine and blown through your fuel injectors.

Or you could be an overacheiver like me, and never run your car below a 1/4 tank.

 

how would metal shavings from your engine end up in your gas tank?

 

by using adding your drain oil to your gas, using it as a top end lubricant. the only way I could think of. or magic.

 

You have never had a rebuilt engine have you? They do help, I had a new engine in my civic and had a magnetic drain plug. While I was breaking in the engine it caught most of the shavings.

 

A magnetic drain plug would not hurt anything. The engine will break in through several thousand miles. Wear in would be a better term. Some particulates must be created in that process. Those particulates will go to the oil pan before the filter. The magnet plug might catch some and help out the filter. The magnetic plug might catch particulates passing through the filter.

I have used magnetic drain plugs in industry in gear cases and such. For the cost they are good insurance. Not much may be found on the plugs but every little bit helps. Particulates are also much easier to see on a magnetic drain plug than on the insides of an oil filter.

 

So everyone has an opinion, or an experience related to this....... which is great!! But does anyone know the size of the plug I would need.
I remember seeing a thread titled something like 'everything you would want to know about a TC", but it didn't list the size of the oil drain plug.

 

If you have another vehicle or friend have them drive you up there next oil change. Just pull the plug and go match one up.

 

they also have magnets to put on your oil filter and you can put cooling fins on your filter also what ever that does thats just stuff i see in JC witney catalogs

 

10x1.25

 

i meant oil pan, damn hahaha i just saw that.

anyway i have rebuilt engines, and most of the shavings were at the bottom of the oil pan

 

Two dealerships told me 14mm but neither one knew the width of the thread... be it 1.0, 1.25 or 1.5mm

 

It takes a 14mm WRENCH.

 

Thanks Scott!! It makes sense now........ I even said to the one guy that I wanted the thread size and not the size of the wrench needed. Even for a free oil change ..... I'm leary lettin' those guys work on my car.

 

that is a good idea to get a mag plug. i work on aircraft and we would have to check the engines for any metal that can damage it. it's better to find out now than later.