# Help tapping an oil pan **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 19, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tapping-an-oil-pan/257980 "2011-04-19T14:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tapping-an-oil-pan/257980/31 "2011-04-20T11:56:33Z")
> [@My mom's a loser. She got a DWI.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-moms-a-loser-she-got-a-dwi/41411/59): > > I actually tapped the last one I did right up against the ribs so the threads bit into it. Never had an issue with it… fuck that shit. So essentially you formed an L shaped seal! lol so you have 2.25 full threads at the base of the fitting, and say 5% surface area of about 15 more threads on the rib holding on to an oil fitting! Johnnnnyyyyy, come on… :hug Not only when you “tap” the tiny threads on the rib, the first 2 threads and the lil 1/8th" “ring” of aluminum is the only thing guiding the tap. the farther up that rib you attempt to cut threads into, the more the tap deflects… simple leverage. Wheres you little math formula you used on the surface area of 2 wastegates? Use it on this now their aint shit holdin that fitting in there. I will put money on you can bolt that pan up to the ceiling of the shop, and hang MAYBE 100lbs off it before it yanked out. Welding a bung on, I bet I could hang a motor off the fitting! Not to mention, this is one thing I wouldnt under build. If leaks or completely pulls out, you will dump 4.5 quarts of oil out a 3/4" hole in a matter of seconds. not to mention the track would ban you for life if that were to happen! :rofl I still love you johnny:tongue --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tapping-an-oil-pan/257980)._