21-07-2020, 12:47 PM
I have never lost a sump plug but I did lose a gearbox drain plug on the Isle of Arran in 1992/3.
I walked up and down the road following the oil streak, but never found it.
My island friend told me that there was the remains of an old car at the bottom of his track and took me along to see it in his Land Rover. It turned out to be a very rusty late 1930s Austin 12 (it had been dumped 10m from the sea and was suitably "degraded"), it was on it's back and I was able to remove all three drain plugs from the sump, gearbox and back axle. I have always carried a spare since then although I have never experienced the issue again and I have never felt the need to wire them up.
I do check they are tight from time to time.
I walked up and down the road following the oil streak, but never found it.
My island friend told me that there was the remains of an old car at the bottom of his track and took me along to see it in his Land Rover. It turned out to be a very rusty late 1930s Austin 12 (it had been dumped 10m from the sea and was suitably "degraded"), it was on it's back and I was able to remove all three drain plugs from the sump, gearbox and back axle. I have always carried a spare since then although I have never experienced the issue again and I have never felt the need to wire them up.
I do check they are tight from time to time.