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Subject:Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:20:54 -0400

mine also says 18 ft-lb.  Air cooled, diesel, and watercooled. On the back
cover.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Stephen Engel <sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmm, my Bentley says 18 foot pounds.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
> >
> > *
> >                   .             *
> >
> > Bruno Walser
> >
> > *MULTAVISTA, LLC*51 Lake Street, STE 16, Unit 3-3C
> > Nashua, NH 03060-4513
> > Tel: 603-262-9309
> > Fax: 603-262-9161
> > www.multavista.com
> >
> >> 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
> >>
>