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Subject:Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
From:Stephen Engel
Date:Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:30:40 -0400

Hmm, my Bentley says 18 foot pounds.

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> On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Bruno Walser <bruno.walser@MULTAVISTA.COM> wrote:
> 
> Eric,
> 
> My Bentley manual says 7 - 9 foot pounds.
> 
> Good luck with your oil change.
> 
> Bruno
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> Bruno Walser
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>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 6:10 PM, 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
>>

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