I changed my oil last week and noticed the plug was in there super tight. I really had to put some force behind my wrench to get it off. I didn't have a new crush gasket to put on so I changed the oil and filter and just put it back on with the old gasket and lived with the drips. I noticed that it wouldn't go on very tight but I just thought maybe that was because of the used gasket on there. I picked up some new gaskets and drained it again last night to put the new gasket on hoping to alleviate the drips and when I was wiping off the oil around the hole I saw what at first glance appeared to be a spring or coil of some type hanging out of the drain hole. Upon closer inspection it dawned on me that the "coil" was actually stripped threads. Crap. Since I didn't want little ribbons of metal floating around in my oil pan I pulled the "coil" out and put the plug back in with the new gasket. I really didn't want to put too much force on it and risk stripping it further and don't think I crushed the gasket at all and it's leaking pretty good (like a drop every 10 minutes or so). The bolt is in there well enough to not fall out I think. It's on tight enough that I couldn't undo it with my fingers. This worries me. Am I screwed? I called an indy volvo garage and they said they've never heard of that happening on an older Volvo. Any thoughts?

J

PS-It wasn't me that changed the oil last time (when it was on super tight).