Oil drain plug torque

[Ceecab705]

For those of you that are as obsessed as I am to have every bolt torqued to spec, the torque on the oil drain plug is 14.5Nm. I have access to a service manual and I can start getting a common torque list going.

 

[OffTheWall503]

21 ft/lbs for those that don't want to convert.

 

[redmoe]

Hey all, I am nearing 1k miles and want to change out the oil in my FiST. Just picked up a motorcraft filter and 5qts of mobile 1 5w20 (checked in the mobile site and it meet the WSS-M2C945-A spec). The only thing I need is the drain plug torque. I found this post but 14.5Nm and the 21ftlb are not consistent with each other. 14.5Nm is closer to 11ftlb. I found other posts ranging from 19 to 21ftlb. Anyone have the most current torque spec?

 

[alexrex20]

The torque spec I use is 1 ugga dugga past hand tight.

 

[DEss]

Hey all, I am nearing 1k miles and want to change out the oil in my FiST. Just picked up a motorcraft filter and 5qts of mobile 1 5w20 (checked in the mobile site and it meet the WSS-M2C945-A spec). The only thing I need is the drain plug torque. I found this post but 14.5Nm and the 21ftlb are not consistent with each other. 14.5Nm is closer to 11ftlb. I found other posts ranging from 19 to 21ftlb. Anyone have the most current torque spec?

28Nm. 14.5 is for the filter.

 

[Akondo]

For those of you that are as obsessed as I am to have every bolt torqued to spec, the torque on the oil drain plug is 14.5Nm. I have access to a service manual and I can start getting a common torque list going.

Sounds like a great idea. Thanks



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[redmoe]

Awesome thanks

 

[redmoe]

Getting that factory oil filter off was a pain! I ended up using a cheater bar and a filter socket.

 

[XR650R]

It's a drain bolt. It doesn't hold anything together. It has to be tight enough that it won't leak, and won't come loose. That's not really very tight.

 

[Meowoosh]

+1 for ugga dugga

 

[Intuit]

I'm one of those people that are terrible about under or over torquing things, and therefore relate to using a torque wrench on everything.

The filter and drain plug however is probably one of the few exceptions I've not bothered with.

The "trick" that I use with the drain bolt, is to push it tight, and not pull it. This is just using the short handle of a standard 3/8" ratchet.

The filter, I just follow the instructions of turning 1 or 1.5 revolutions, after the filter's lubricated gasket makes initial contact with the block. Then I'll turn it back slightly, to make it easier to twist back off by hand, some 3-6k down the road.

I was also pretty bad about cross-threading things. The trick to avoiding this is to turn counter-clockwise until you feel a light drop or bump, then immediately start to turn clockwise.

 

[rxreyn3]

I bought the helm manual and can’t locate the plug torque, nor the oil and filter change process. Am I tarded?

 

[alexrex20]

Yes

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[rxreyn3]

Yes

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I’m glad you spent the calorie to be a douche.


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[alexrex20]

Don't ask if you can't handle the answer.

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