What's a good tool to take off my car's oil drain plug? it's so friggin' stubborn...?

i'm trying to change the oil on my '97 saturn sc2, and this is my first time doing it since i bought the car from someone a little while back.





my socket set didn't even go up to the plug's size (highest was 1/2';, the plug is a little bigger, go figure!). i went and bought a wrench, but it was one of the adjustable ones (with the little wheel thing on it to make the wrench wider or smaller). THAT didn't work; the wrench ended up just turning on the plug, even with me twisting as hard as i can lol (and yes, i'm turning it counter-clockwise).





would i be better off just getting some bigger sockets? socket wrench seems like the best one to use....





thanks! i'm kinda new at all this.What's a good tool to take off my car's oil drain plug? it's so friggin' stubborn...?
go get the proper socket for your ratchet set and if need be you can get a piece of pipe and put it over the ratchet handle for extra leverage to get the bolt loose.What's a good tool to take off my car's oil drain plug? it's so friggin' stubborn...?
It's most likely a metric size; any where from 12mm to 15mm. If the plug is stripped, as you dicribed, use a pair of vise grips. When you put the plug back in the oil pan; first, get a new plug, and only tighten it as much as you can using YOU FINGERS ONLY. ( the heat from the engine oil wil cause the plug to expand and the plug will pretty much secure it self. REMEBER: Tighten the plug only hand tight.)
Truth is that if you take it into a local oil change place they can pull the plug and give you a new one. Valvoline does it for free or at least used to but in this case it would cost you the price of the oil change which is about $30.
My husband about killed my dad for using a socket to change the oil on my car. A wrench is what you should use, not an adjustable one. My car takes a 15mm wrench.
it probably takes a metric socket. if you cant get it,use a 6 point socket and a cheater pipe.
Don't use a crescent wrench on any bolt unless you really have to. If you don't tighten it enough, you will round the bolt and they are just a pain to use anyway. Go get a good set of sockets. Most that you buy will last the rest of your life. If the bolt still wont come off try using a breaker bar(get a round tube and put it around the socket handle so you get more leverage) and when you put the plug back in, dont tighten it that tight. You want it tight enough that it wont come out while you are driving but not so tight that you may damage the oil pan or threads.