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| posted on May 8th, 2004 at 11:02 PM |
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Oil drain plug temp sender
Gday,
I was changing the oil in my bug tonight when i realised that the torque for my oil drain plug might be different to that in the manuals.
I have a VDO oil plug temp sender.
Would this need to be torqued to a lower level than stock? |
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| posted on May 8th, 2004 at 11:38 PM |
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its all in the feel ! whats this about torque ?
just put a new sump plug washer on and tighten it up with a spanner . Tighten like a spark plug, when it gets firm then a 1/4 turn more.
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| posted on May 8th, 2004 at 11:56 PM |
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that's pretty much what i ended up doing.
when i was putting it on i got all worried about stripping the thread so i thought i would check (but checked after doing it... a bit silly) |
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| posted on May 15th, 2004 at 02:06 PM |
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The sump plate sender unit is probably done up the same as the original... so long as You use a new washer each time...
as Craig said..
Another thing I read somewhere many years ago was to use anti seize compound on spark plugs.. as its steel going into alloy...
to stop the steel & aluminium & heat reactions.. so I have been using anti seize on Spark plugs in All My vehicles for the past 15 years...
It does make them easier to undo...
Lee
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