Topic: XJ 2.5 Diesel - Oil pan drain plug size? (Read 2490 times)

Outback · « **on:** March 24, 2011, 07:01:01 PM »

Hi all,

I'm going to do my first oil change and have a real noob question about the drain plug size for the oil pan? I read some people on the net saying 16mm, others says 5/8, but I'm struggling to find somewhere say it for sure.

Another daft question. All the pictures/diagrams I've seen show the drain plug at an angle on the pan, whereas under my 2001 60th Anno it seems to be directly underneath it, on a flat. Why is mine different to all these others?

Thanks
Outback

Dave69 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2011, 08:16:55 PM »

i normally have a selection with me and use the one that fits.

bit of a lame answer i know

brian reid · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2011, 09:27:17 PM »

call you local or nearest jeep dealer and ask to speak to there workshop,they will tell you the right size.,,,but like the other reply i have a set of splines,can remember what one fits.

Outback · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2011, 09:14:56 AM »

Thanks for your replies. I wanted to be a cheapskate and just get one plug key instead of a set! The sets that I found didn't have (what turned out to be) the right size so I wouldn't have been any better off. Thanks anyway.

If anyone needs to know - it's 8mm hex. This is for a 60th Anniversary model.

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