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700rpm · 01-05-2017, 05:15 PM

Mike used the correct term. It is a plug, and it has a pipe thread. Replacing it with or using a bolt or screw can damage the threads in the block, but "touching it" (whatever that means) doesn't hurt anything.

I've never had a pump fall down; if it's loose it just drops with the pan, and Unless you've got it on a lift, and it should happen to momentarily stick when the pan is dropped, I don't see how severe damage could occur, and even that seems unlikely.

01-05-2017, 05:15 PM	#7
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 6,039	Re: Don"t touch that bolt Mike used the correct term. It is a plug, and it has a pipe thread. Replacing it with or using a bolt or screw can damage the threads in the block, but "touching it" (whatever that means) doesn't hurt anything. I've never had a pump fall down; if it's loose it just drops with the pan, and Unless you've got it on a lift, and it should happen to momentarily stick when the pan is dropped, I don't see how severe damage could occur, and even that seems unlikely. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. Last edited by 700rpm; 01-05-2017 at 05:20 PM.