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Date:         Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:47:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk1gnbtsREfXcKAjKNPEMyw_ZRi+Knm4Cru9UMjv7ZhYpA@mail.gmail.com>
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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
>>
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