Where is everyone getting their oil drain bolt crush washers from: Dealer or on the web?

 

advance auto parts

 

^no thanks I don't like using plastic washers.


if you dealer is cool like mine you will get

A) 6-7bags for the price of 1
B) a free bag.

 

Actually, I got mine (the good copper kind; with the u-shaped cross section) from a dealer on the web.

 

O'Reillys thats near me has them copper crush type

box of 10 for 7.99

Dorman - Oil Drain Plug Gasket
Part # 097-134

but i have never changed mine and never had a problem with it leaking but i will throw a new one on sometime

 

Which Dealer? When I went to Advanced Auto, they only had the plastic ones....

 

Not needed unless you somehow manage to bend, chip, or destroy the existing one. They can reform many times w/o a problem. In the last 10 years I've done >50 oil changes and used the same washer... never a leak on either car. I do inspect it before putting it back on tho. I do my own oil changes and have now moved on to using a Fumoto valve so the washer is no longer even a question.

 

^ same here, never changed but recommended

 

I learned this from an old Mechanic from Poland. When you think that there may be an issue with your crush washer, heat it up with torch and dunk into a bucket of water, basically you are annealing the thing and making it softer. This will work till you get a new replacement washer for next time.

 

I can't recall exactly without looking it up, but it was just one of the many online Nissan dealerships that sell parts (trademotion site). The gaskets are the same throughout for VQ engines, so just pick a Nissan with one and ask for the gasket. I think they were like $.79 or something. I also bought the lube and crush washers for both my tranny and diff there too. Same oem stuff and WAAAAY cheaper than Infiniti. If you choose an out of state website, you don't pay tax either; just the shipping.

 

Wow .. kinda overkill for a cheap part? If I go through the trouble of taking the crush washer off, I'm putting a new one back on.

I just bought mine from a Nissan dealer.

 

Good to know I can come out of the closet & admit I've never changed my crush washers either.

 

Come on people; you're driving an Infiniti and you need to cheap out on a freaking 79 cent washer... REALLY ?!!? jeez