Oil drain plg torque

[Ralph Werner]

I thought someone posted the torque settings for the oil drain bolt, transmission drain bolt, and rear drain bolt but I couldn't find it in any of my searches. Any help?

[twhitaker]

These drain plugs have o-rings under their heads or a washer with an elastic sealer and as such they do not need to be torqued down super heavy. A good push or pull with the wrench supplied in my tool kit and I'm comfortable with that.

 

As an example, if the wrench is 6 inches long and you are giving it 30 pounds of pull that is 15 foot pounds. Enough to hold a drain plug in place.

 

Just make sure the surfaces are clean and there is no crud in the threads. I screw the plugs most of the way in by hand. If it sticks on the way in, I'll remove the plug and find the crud it got stuck on.