Replace oil drain plug.
Oil drain bolt torque wrench.
If necessary replace the washer.
Steelman 6 piece oil drain plug wrench kit for installing and removing plastic oil drain plugs and bolts includes 3 8 inch drive t handle and five cr v steel adapters.
Lisle oil filter wrench.
Oil filter cap housing.
Spin in the drain bolt a few turns by hand in the clockwise direction to prevent it from becoming cross threaded.
If you have a torque wrench the service manual specifies 18 lb ft of torque.
Double check that the oil drain bolt is tight before moving on to the.
Once the designated torque amount has been reached the drain bolt is properly torqued.
If you have a torque wrench the service manual specification for the oil drain bolt is 18 lb ft of torque.
Anyway did the oil change but would like to know the torque specs for the filter drain plug the 6mm allen one.
Spin in the drain bolt a few turns by hand in the clockwise direction to prevent it from becoming cross threaded.
The purpose of torquing drain plugs is to properly secure the plug to a designated tightness that is recorded in foot pounds.
Inspect the metal washer or gasket on the oil drain bolt and replace it if necessary.
Replaced the drain plug with a ecs tuning magnetic one 14mm rather than the 18mm stock one.
I did the oil filter housing to spec which was 25nm.
The force is applied by a torque wrench.
Tighten the oil drain bolt with the 15mm socket and the 3 8 drive ratchet to just a small fraction of a turn past hand tight.
Try sliding a bar over the end of your ratchet or get a secondary box wrench on the end of the box wrench on the plug and using the additional leverage to carefully bust it loose.
Tighten the bolt in the clockwise direction to just past hand tight.
Only 20 left in stock order soon.
As the other answer s state using a little bit of heat applied care.
Replace oil drain bolt.
