1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Help! Danged Oil drain plug won't come off

I watched to make sure he was turning it counter clockwise, so I dunno. I wonder if the first time he tried it he did it backwards? Or if it's from the dealership overtightening maybe? *shrug* hard to say now! I doubt he'll cop to turning it the wrong way, lol. He was mad enough at it last night he was wondering if they Gorilla Glued the darned thing on.

 

Nope, it's at home and we're both stuck at work.

LOL, that's one way to try it. We're going to try the chisel and punch thing out. If that doesn't work I'm going to go by a welder and have them stick something on there. We have a crappy (well crappy compared to the rest of our stuff) socket set laying around. Would it work better to weld on one of those old things, or go buy a hex bolt?

 

Thanks Dave, that's what I meant. Nut, not bolt. Derp. Thanks again man, seriously.

 

I wish I could guys! I'm having bilateral knee arthroscopes tomorrow morning though, so there's now way I could do that Saturday. And I'll need Jon around to help me hobble around afterwards. I guess on the plus side, we only need one car for several weeks, so we can do the next one! I joined the Metroplex MINI board a few weeks back since they're the closest one to us. The Oklahoma MINI group has faded away after the founder died last year.
Thanks for the offer Dave and Agranger!

We did think of just going by Carmax and telling them to deal with it, but at the same time I don't really trust them. But hey, if they **** it up more, they get to repair it right? I'll see if Jon just wants to do that. At least we have time to get it figured out. It's just annoying.

(I still think he turned it the wrong way in the beginning and won't admit it, especially since he got all grumpy about it. Not that big of a deal! I've done that plenty of times.)

 

Thanks Chuck and Dave!

 

Well surgery went well, I just haven't been online much since. Heck I'm only now really starting to totter/walk around.

So husband took May in to our MINI dealer to have them change the oil, after Carmax outright refused any responsibility over the phone. He sent me a text a little while ago saying they have to order a new oil pan, because they can't even remove the sucker. Oh and apparently three other things need fixed, two of which are at least covered by our extended warranty. Joy. Husband is on his way over to Carmax in person (they're across the road from JCM) to raise some hell. He is royally pissed off at this point. Curious to see what will happen.
CM says their service records show that they did in fact change the oil before we took possession, but that there is no proof that they were the ones who got it stuck and that we probably did it ourselves, especially since it has now ticked over to a year. Told them we were following manufacturer's recommendations, and that the Service mileage ticker thingie (words aren't working for me this morning) just now ticked over to change now, and that the oil has been clean enough until now (nearly all highway miles). They said they did not care, it's been over 6 months, they're not responsible. Yay.

I'm a bit scared to find out how much this will cost, as we have zero extra cash right now. As in we're going to have to go sell some plasma or beg our parents or something to be able to hit the deductible for the warranty even. Sigh. Why did this have to hit at the same time as my surgery? *cries*
/whine

So other things that need fixed are the control arm bushings are out, the power steering hose needs replaced, and the water pump is leaking. JCM thinks they can get the bushings and water pump replaced under warranty, but not the PS hoses. Will find out on Monday when those techs look at it. Oh, and Carmax still refuses any responsibility, which has pissed off our service manager at JCM. He outright called it ********, and said if they had done any oil change in the past on this car and we came in like this, they would pay for the oil pan and the oil change themselves. So now we get to call Carmax Corporate. I am so not happy right now.

 

Ouch! Yeah the service tech was positive that would be covered for sure, along with the control arm bushings. Phew!