On these air cooled VeeDubs, what is the recommended torque wrench value for the little studs on the sump plate? What about for the oil drain plug? I tried searching this newsgroup but could not find it.
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15 years ago
On these air cooled VeeDubs, what is the recommended torque wrench value for the little studs on the sump plate? What about for the oil drain plug? I tried searching this newsgroup but could not find it.
Better heads will be on with better answers tomorrow.
But DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN! (Very important)
as Meyer said, 5 ft/lb on the small cap nuts(tighten in criss-cross pattern) and the drainplug is torqued to 25ft/lbs.... use new copper washers under all the capnuts and drainplug..
The little acorn nuts get 5 ft. lb.s or 60 inch lbs.
The 21mm socket size drain plug get 25 ft. lbs. or 300 inch lbs.
It takes 1 pint of oil to bring it from the lower mark on the dip stick to the higher mark.
If it has no filter but only has the oil strainer, change the oil every 1000 miles or every 3 months, whichever comes first.
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