Time-Sert?

Is the old one also aluminum? Is it just the oil drain hole threads getting worn? What more specifically is the issue with the pan? The reason I ask is there very well may be other (cheaper) ways to solve your problem.

The place where the plug goes has a sort of grommet, to hold threads, it's not just a hole that would be only one thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP7bUxU1290 show the difference and similarities of time sert andhelicoil, either will work. I would venture to say 99% of the time if done properly

Not to mention Snowtime, that dealer is the one that screwed it up in the first place according to your other post, they should put a new oil pan on free if it's as bad as they say. Don't allow yourself to be taken

Put a boat plug in it for $8.95 and call it good.

http://www.timesert.com/html/faq.html

Really, mrmooney. Another product is a rubber one that has an expanding bolt in the middle, like for a freeze plug

Yes that's it neoprene rubber so the oil won't break it down, brass hardware to expand the rubber and the hardware store sells them in any size.

Leave the drain plug alone and suck the used oil out the dip stick with an extractor. All the expensive cars with the engine covers under the engine are using an oil extractor. --- This link is for one of the best and it's the fluid evacuator that I bought. --- http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITYVAC-7201-Fluid-Evacuator-with-2-3- Gallon-Capacity-/281073474467? pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item417148dba3&vxp=mtr