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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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I stripped the threads inside the oil pan.For you pros the question is; should I install a helicoil or rethread with and us an oversize bolt? If I go that route it wont be magnetic.
 
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Old May 20, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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helicoil or insert is your best bet same amount of work pulling the pan off anyways and you stay with a stock sump bolt.
 
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