[V6-12v] Oil Light

[Tom Christiansen]

Folks,

>I admit I haven't been replacing the washer each time (this oil change
>is the first time I haven't replaced the washer).

I am about to do the third oil change without having changed the washer. I 
didn't have any trouble the other two times. I might have used my 18" 
breaker bar for the job. This time around I bought five of those washers at 
a buck each.

>  I got it torqued down to a little past
>snugness, not a lot at all, enough.  I've been looking at the nut
>afterwards and it hasn't backed out and no oil is coming out, so far
>so good..

The specified torque for the drain plug is 40 Nm (30 ft lb). It's 
definitely beyond snug to me.

Tom