Cross threaded oil pan

[Torxhead]

Friend of mine aquired this 93 kat 600 used, never did anything to it. Rode it for a while but thats it. I'm working on it and doing some basic maintenance. Went to drain the oil and the drain plug got tight about halfway out. The start of the thread on the plug near the magnet was peeled back. I pulled the oil pan and found this.( see pic) I guess there's no fixing this but my concern is since we don't know how long it's been like this, whats the chance of loose metal running through the engine? I hadn't cut the filter open yet to see what that looks like. So, get a new oil pan and forget it or is there something else I should do/check. Any suggestions appreciated.

[waffenampt]

cant you run a tap in it to clean it up any?

[ATOMonkey]

Lol...there's no "cleaning it up" when threads pull all the way out.

I forget how the plug seals. Is it a pipe thread or is there a washer? Either way, I bet you could find a heli coil to fix it.

Since the plug is magnetic, I wouldn't worry about any metal in the engine. Besides, any metal in the oil would be pretty evident.

You can always take the pan off and clean it if it really bothers you.

[GytRDunKat]

Then get a fumoto valve

[scottynoface]

Then get a fumoto valve

Ditto. Bump it up one size (carefully) and Fumoto that bad boy.

[Torxhead]

Now that I see what a helicoil looks like, I'm wondering if that's one already in the oil pan. That metal sure looks mighty thick to be stock oil pan drain plug threads. But it did have stock drain plug/ washer with no leaks.

[waffenampt]

put bubble gum and jb weld on it should fix ur problems

[scottysags]

That looks like a heli-coil. It looks like it wasn't done correctly, so that when the drain plug was put back in it screwed itself up into the pan.

[Salz07]

That's what it looks like to me a Heli-coil.

[Thomas Dylan]

That looks like a heli-coil.

+1
Carefully remove and put a new one in. It may happen again heli-coils seem to run tight.

[H-2 CHARLIE]

if the pan comes off easy , pull it . take it to a motor rebuild shop and have the repair done right ..weld and tapped right and have the fumoto valve installed .. should be a cheap fix . dont strip the bolts putting the pan back on

[Torxhead]

Thanks for the replies. FYI The pan is already off, that's the inside of the pan in the pic.

[waffenampt]

I know they make steel inserts simalar to heli coils but they are just inserts. I used them to repair spark plug threads a few times. Im pretty sure they sell them at napa. http://www.locknstitch.com/inserts.htm there are some links in this link that show what im talking about.

[LHOPPER]

wow! those may work I`m saving that page

[Torxhead]

Thanks again.