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Subject:Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
From:Alistair Bel
Date:Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:47:46 -0700

Yeah when it's steel plug into soft alloy hole :-)

Alistair

> On Jun 15, 2016, at 3:45 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Asking out of ignorance, not sarcastic (much): Do anyone but the Germans
> specify a torque for an oil plug?
> 
> Jim
> 
>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> Time for my yearly oil change and I believe the Bentley gives a exact foot
>> pound reading for the oil plug.  I always just guess and am always
>> concerned.  I now have a torque wrench and would like to take the mystery
>> out of the oil change.
>> 
>> Can someone double check my memory and confirm it is 19 foot pounds?
>> 
>> Sorry to ask but I don’t have a sighted person available to double check
>> the book for me.
>> 
>> Eric Caron
>> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
>>