Yea had to throw that in, hate to see people throw money away at the stealerships. Ill always let someone know when they can save as much as half!!lol

 

DON'T EVER just hand tighten the drain plug. you must use a 13 mm 6 pt. wrench and it's suppose to be torqued at i believe 13 ft. lbs. or you make sure it is snug with the wrench, if you do not have a torque wrench. otherwise it will leak if not tightened properly or if to tight you will strip the threads.

 

it is 20 foot pounds tq, yeah i own only dodge i know you can get it for cheaper elsewhere but for some reason i like getting some things from the dealer

 

I would hope that no one around here has been doing that...

 

yea pretty much what I said.lol 13 ft lbs is barely a flex of the wrist.

 

1. Um, why are you responding to yourself in your own post and quote?

2. It's not 13 in/lbs, it's 13 ft/lbs... huge difference there. Like I said, do not just hand-tighten. Use a wrench or socket, but do not overtighten either for above reasons. But just using your fingers is not good enough.

For those of you who were curious, if you can't tell the difference between too tight and too loose, maybe ask a mechanic or someone to show you instead.

 

that was in response to mjs iowa, and I went back and edited the foot pounds as you were typing.lol

 

i just wanted to make sure you didn't think that hand tight by your fingers was ok. but i see that you know that, so it's all good!

 

Yea its cool mjs. So Jay did ya get the drain plug out? How much or little damage did ya do to it?

 

anyone ever heard of system flushing your engine with water...had a dream i drained it and poured cold water in it and it cleaned it out and ruined my car...correction wasnt a dream it was a nightmare...LOL thought it was funny though