Date:         Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:30:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Stewart <mikestew@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Stewart <mikestew@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Yup, from memory: Honda cars and motorcycles, late-model Chevys (maybe old
ones, don't recall), Toyota/Scion. BMW motorcycles, too, but that falls
under the "German" umbrella. :-)
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Mike Stewart

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 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
> <javascript:;>> 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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Mike Stewart