Put grease on the tap when your taping the hole and then when your finished flush with the old oil you drained and that should catch everything .

LoneEagle

 

I'd sure pass on the thin kerosene. LoneEagle's suggestion is solid.
The correct torque of the drain plug is 12 to 16 footpounds. Shocking how tight most drain plugs get tightened. It's real tight then an extrg jerk on the tool to make sure it's tight.

 

I agree with the suggestions above. If by chance a filing doesn't stick to the greased tap, the kerosene flush will drain it out. Kerosene has oil content(lubrication) , as opposed to gasoline which would dry things out and is highly flammable. If you want, flushing with old oil afterwards will flush any residual kerosene.

 

Thanks for input, I'll give it a try.

 

i put a little kerosene in a bug sprayer every oil change and flush oil tank,i just make sure it's all drained out before putting fresh oil in. the owners manual use to tell you to do this..it won't hurt anything.

 

You could always pick up a can of mineral spirits and use it to flush it out.. Leave the plug and oil cap off and it will dry out. fast

 

And install one of those super magnetic drain plugs.

 

be usre to use TFE pipe thread sealant on the drain plug or you can but it in liquid.
then just snug with the wrench. all you are doing is squeeseing the "O" ring
on the drain plug.

 

The base material for the oil pan is aluminum. It is not magnetic, The magnetized drain plugs only pick ferrous metals.
The best and unfortunately the hardest way is to remove the pan and tap it to the next size, clean and reinstall with fresh gasket. That way you know there is nothing floating around your engine.
Good Luck.

 

Lone eagle hit the nail on the head. I have done things like that for years. Just make sure to use thick grease (wheel bearing) not thin white grease. The benefit of using the old oil is that there is nothing like mineral spirits or kerosene to contaminate the new oil and it costs nothing.