Also, I think it's unlikely that you stripped the steel bolt and not the aluminum threads in the oil pan. Are you sure it's the bolt that's bad?

 

Well Im going to try it out this weekend since I have the new bolt. I think I might have over tightened the bolt a bit. I might try to heat it up to remove it as a last measure.

But it looks pretty stripped. The 17mm socket I was using doesnt even grap it anymore.

So I might need to use some pressure pliers to take it out.

 

If the threads are damaged, it's stripped. If the wrench does'nt fit, it's rounded off.

 

OK, it's the bolt head that's rounded off.

That's surprising considering that the threads are naturally lubricated with oil and the torque specifications are pretty low for a bolt that size.

Before you use heat, try a correctly sized 6-sided socket or Vice-Grip type pliers.

 

I wasn't confused. Its a 17mm. When you grab the wrench to remove it, you grab a 17mm.........or a pair of vise-grips in this case

-Hockey

BTW, if it is on there that tight then it was over-torqued by the person that did the last service. The correct torque setting is surprising light when you feel it.

 

Sorry, Calling the bolt a "17"mm isn't the correct thread pitch

 

What if a bolt has a socket head (Allen wrench). A 6mm bolt would have a 10 mm hex head, but a 5 mm socket head. So is one a 10mm bolt and the other a 5 mm bolt?

 

Further, if a bolt is M8x1.25 it will have a 12mm hex-head if it is JIS (Asian) but a 13mm hex hid if it is DIN (the rest of the world.) In either case, it's an 8mm bolt not a 12mm or 13 mm.

 

....so there.