91 Accord Can't loosen drain plug

I bouhgt a used Accord. Previous owner took to mechanic for oil changes.
How can I remove drain plug w/o stripping it? It is on VERY tight

 

If worse come to worse you may have to take a chisel and hammer, put the
chisel at an angle on the edge of the plug and hit with hammer. You will
need to replace the plug. I have also drilled a small hole in the plug and
then make a bigger hole until the plug is thin on the sides. Than take a
sharp prick punch and turn it out.

 

Before going that route, I'd get a 6-point, 1/2" drive, 18mm socket
(it's 18mm on my '03 Accord, best to verify this) and use a 1/2" breaker
bar. Make sure you're turning it the right way (counter clockwise as you
face it) - I can't remember ever stripping anything taking it out (but
make *sure* you're not tightening it). Be sure you use a new crush
washer. If you want to play it very cautiously, get a new drain plug
before you start.

 

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Richard,

It went on with a socket wrench, on a HOT engine. That's how it has to
come off too. Right to tight . . Left to loose.

'Curly'

 

Before going that route, I'd get a 6-point, 1/2" drive, 18mm socket

Wait! It's a 17mm not an 18mm. all hondas use a 17mm, acuras too.
if it truly is an 18 it's been replaced. a 17 is the only wrench i
keep in my oil drain bucket, and i work for honda.
Chip

 

My 2 previous Integras had 17mm drain bolts, but the drain bolt in my
'03 Accord sedan I-4 takes an 18mm socket. I was surprised and had to
slither out from under the car because I had taken a 17mm under with me.

 

Great advice. I banged it a few times with a hammer and it easily came off.
I filled the crankcase up with four quarts of Citgo 5w30 oil which was on
Sale for 80 cents a quart. Next I installed a 1.97 wal mart oil filter.
total was 5.17. The quick lube joint is charging 27 bux these days. I
treated myself to a few brews with the cash I saved

 

My sisters 99 civic is 14mm for the drain plug. I thought
it was weird too...

t

 

I still only keep a 17 in my bucket. and it fits every honda made
with the factory plug.
Chip

 

Good advice above! Also, make sure your new crush washer is made of Aluminum, NOT Copper, because Copper work-hardens and it only
takes a couple of oil changes to render it ineffective and it won't seal properly. Aluminum doesn't work harden. It's worth
replacing the washer each time you do an oil change anyway, in my opinion.

HTH
Cheers
Mike the Kiwi

 

"Richard G"...

You might have hear this on the NET
whatever you do. DO NOT do what some idiot kid did to his Dodge SRT:
His solution was to take down the filter, then turn engine.....and as he
said made a fecking mess.
He became the laughing stock og the NET.