drain plugs on 2008 monsoon

(davidgree1) · (davidgree1) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-09-2008, 12:59 PM

How do you get the drain plugs out? They both have knock sensors (unlike my 2004) which make it difficult to get a wrench around them. There is a small nut on top of the sensors doess thiss need to be removed?

(cbrown) · (cbrown) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 11-09-2008, 4:43 PM

Take the 1/2" nut off and let the knock sensor hang then a 1" wrench or socket to get the remainder of the plug out. I am going from memory on the size but the process will remain the same.

(davidgree1) · (davidgree1) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-09-2008, 5:28 PM

Thanks. The knock sensor on the 2004 was all one piece, no nut on top to remove and more accessible.

(cbrown) · (cbrown) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 11-09-2008, 10:49 PM

Yea the old one you just removed the wire and used a 7/8" to take it out. Starting in 06 they went to the new style knock sensors on both sides of the block instead of one like 05 and before.

(bill_airjunky)

Channel locks do the trick on my 05.

(wakeride26) · (wakeride26) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 11-10-2008, 9:02 AM

The knock sensors should be hand tight. That is all. When you put them back in, if you can not remove them with your bare hand they are 2 tight.....

(kikitlo) · (kikitlo) **Join Date: Jul 2005** 11-10-2008, 11:46 AM

I just removed mine this weekend. I disconnected the cable, put a crescent wrench on the big nut, broke the seal and removed it with the wire connector still on. It was on hand tight plus a little.

(wakeride26) · (wakeride26) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 11-10-2008, 12:59 PM

I had to complain about the hand tight thing because it seems like every one we have had to pull out this year when we did not have a large cresent wrench or something, was in to tight.