They re commonly found any time a threaded fastener has to seal in a liquid.
Oil plug crush washer direction.
Tighten the plug the soft copper washer deforms to fill any gaps making a liquid tight seal.
Oil drain plug crush washer orientation 05 05 2019 04 32 pm i m changing my oil for the first time and noticed the crush washers were oriented differently and the change before was supposedly done by a factory certified yamaha dealership.
Either way when i removed the drain plug i could not get the original crush washer off the plug.
The most common example is the crush washer under the oil drain plug of most cars.
And why should you re use an oil drain plug gasket.
Nonetheless i think changing the crush washer every time is pointless but so is changing oil as often as a lot of us do.
The washer by the way is a strange beast.
Discussion starter 1 jul 15 2007.
Don t believe me watch flat rate masters last video and correct me.
Some cars have crush washers some have a nice o ring built into the plug some have nothing.
Which way does oil drain plug crush washer face.
Joven wrote i changed the oil for the first time this afternoon i purchased the replacement crush washer for the drain filter from the nearest dealer.
I just wipe it clean.
I ve re used my crush washer a few times and it s finally developed a slow leak.
I ve been changing my own oil for over 20 years and i ve never replaced a crush washer and i ve never had a leak at the plug.