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Old 04-06-2012, 07:43 PM
ar300d ar300d is offline
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Angry Oil change -- did ft-lb instead of newton meters ...

So I was in a hurry, looking at Ft-lb instead of n-m, and was probably at 50nm (instead of 40nm) on drain plug when I realized my mistake. Filter nuts probably reached 30nm (instead of 20nm) None of them got stripped, and I loosened/re-tightened the oil filter nuts to proper torque. I didnt touch the drain plug, but am considering replacing the copper washer with the 'non-copper' one from the filter box and torquing it properly..? I'm worried if it will fail somehow when heated up. Advice?? Insults??
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