So a previous owner has boogered up the oil drain plug pretty well. Since I have had the car, I have used vise grips to remove it for oil changes. Now I have tried multiple times to find a replacement drain plug from various vendors but all of them seem to be slightly bigger than the current one? I mean a couple dollars is a couple dollars but so far I have bought 4 with no luck.

It's a 85 300D W123. Seems to be the same part number as other years/models in the W123 series. Could a previous owner have changed the oil pan that accepts a different size drain plug? Any clue as to locating one that would work? Anyone need a drain plug? Ha!

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85 300D 230K??
96 Passat TDI Wagon 186K