Oil Drain Tension

[Soup Nazi]

Anyone know what the tension is for the oil drain on the 2.0 Tdi?

[peter]

30Nm, says the Haynes manual.

[Soup Nazi]

Thanks Peter, didn't know Haynes had one out yet.

[Johnbu]

i wonder does anybody ever take note of this, or does VW use a torque wrench.

me, just do it tight but without the chance of damaging the bolt or crushing the washer.

[Soup Nazi]

Johnbu
They should take not of this. Threads wear out and over-torquing is a major contributor of this. You would be suprised how many mechanics over-torque everything.

[peter]

The Haynes came out in 07 but I couldn't get it here until mid last year. Probably could've gotten it a bit sooner over the net but I wanted to support my local car bookshop, Drysdales, where I'd gotten other manuals before.

btw are you planning to reuse the sump plug? I did the first time, but started changing it when I found out it was only a few dollars. Not sure why they didn't make it possible to change just the washer... apart from commercial reasons!

[Johnbu]

you can't change the sump plug washer alone?

could it be a TDI thing, as I have an invoice for $0.50 for the GTI sump plug washer

[Soup Nazi]

Peter
Yeah they have designed the thing so as you change the plug as well as the washer. Not sure why possibly the plug is the softer metal?

[maca]

Hey guys back on topic please.. Or if the OP's been answered satisfactorily, it'll be closed :)