I need to get a new sump plug for this oil change on the 205. I've reused the old plug a couple of times and its weeping a tiny bit now so needs a new brass washer. Halfords stock replacement plugs, but have a bad record of appreciating what a 3SGTE is in their fitments lists.

Are the 3SGE and 3SGTE plugs the same? If not, does anyone know the size of the washer as I think they stock them on their own?

(Cant order from Toyota as I work Mon-Fri 7am - 6pm and there isnt a Toyota dealer in miles and for some reason none in Glasgow take phone orders )

EPC shows this to be the same on the 3S-GE

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Good stuff, I'll bounce in to Halfords on the way home tomorrow and see whats what.

Cheers Don.

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02 Mini Cooper Race Car
94 ST205 Import
92 ST185 Carlos Sainz
www.mcnab-racing.co.uk

the plug itself is re-usable every time unless the threads are knackered.

toyota sump plugs don't use brass washers anyway dude.

if you give me your address i'll pop a load in the post to you for nowt

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Pete
ST185
Basingstoke

That'd be awesome mate, PM sent

Now you come to mention it, I dont remember a separate washer. Just when I had a poke about under the car recently there was a touch of oil seeping past the plug, maybe just stuff left over from the last time I changed the oil, was a damp patch more than a drip.

There should be a separate washer there. Mr T have given me one without me having to remember each time so far. It's only what looks like a nylon washer.

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JDM ST205 (286bhp and 281lb/ft)
JDM ST202 (Finally sold )
1982 Pontiac Trans Am 5.7L V8 (See my website)

it should be metal with what looks like a blue fibre coating?

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Pete
ST185
Basingstoke

Mine was red and deffo plastic of some kind. Identical to the old one that came off.

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JDM ST205 (286bhp and 281lb/ft)
JDM ST202 (Finally sold )
1982 Pontiac Trans Am 5.7L V8 (See my website)

The sump plug washers I get from Toyota are always blue with fibre either side as Peter says.

I've got a shiney new plug for my next oil change as the existing plug is looking a bit dog eared.

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1996 ST205 UK

there not using genuine sump washers but equivilents from a local factors/consumables supplier.

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Pete
ST185
Basingstoke

Now that I think about it, it might've been blue. The one that came off was red (from a service done by people I would't take it back to)

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JDM ST205 (286bhp and 281lb/ft)
JDM ST202 (Finally sold )
1982 Pontiac Trans Am 5.7L V8 (See my website)

Mine had a nylon washer which I have re-used many times

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Mine has a magnetic sump plug which I bought.

It is great coz it catches any tiny little 'bits' in the oil too small for the filter. The first time I changed the oil, it had a 'sludge' on it which was really interesting . . .

It does have a washer on it, tho i couldn't tell you what colour . . . .

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Loosey
Loosey@gt4dc.co.uk
Storm Blue JDM ST205
Super White JDM ST205
http://www.gtfours.co.uk

Some people are like a Slinky .. Not really good for anything, but they make you smile when you shove them down the stairs!

The one I recently bought from mrT as a standard 165 plug was a magnetic one (surprised me) and they gave me a handful of red washers as well

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Karl
white 205 jdm 1996

emicen, did the washers arrive?

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Pete
ST185
Basingstoke