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Originally Posted by JFP in PA View Post
I would really like to see you weld a steel bolt to an aluminum drain plug.......
use an aluminum bolt ?....

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Originally Posted by bklyn View Post
....... I think between the numerous oil changes and my insecurity of a bolt never being tight enough this happened.
As a security blanket get a torque wrench. As you've found out the hard way, too tight is often worse than too loose..... Drain plug is 37 ft-lb
Old 08-14-2011, 01:16 PM
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