[s-cars] Wow, what a nightmare... well, the start of one anyway.

[Lee Levitt]

Fred writes:
> For some reason if these plugs are over-torqued, they become almost
> impossible to remove at the next oil change. I had the same problem on the
> first oil change after I bought my UrS4. I replaced the drain
> plug ( the old one had obviously seen it's fair share of Vise-grips and
Channel-locs) and
> torque it (on a new copper washer) to 22 ft.lb after every oil
> change. I've haven't had a problem getting the plug out since.

Me neither...I switched to a Fumoto drain plug :)

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant