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Originally Posted by look 171

What the hell was wrong with a steel nut like all auto mfg used in the pass? Fancy Torx and all the bs only means we have to buy from them. Is there an after market simple drain plug from an foreign auto parts house that fits? I am not sure and have never looked into it. Too low for my fat ass to crawl under to see.

There are a bunch of aftermarket options.
I bought the top one, "Febi Bilstein," for $7. I considered one of the models with magnets (Rennline or LN Eng) @ 4-5x the cost, but then I'd had to have to replace those with every oil change, like I'm planning to do with the cheap ones.

You can bet your aß that I'll be using a torque wrench to get the plug to 37ftlbs (and the oil filter cover to 19ftlbs)