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Old 11-14-2011, 08:58 AM
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Did my oil change last Friday, decided to take a video for those who might need it




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Old 12-06-2011, 12:32 AM
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nice! thanks for the upload!
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Great video! What are the torque settings for the oil drain plug, oil filter cap and oil filter cap drain plug?
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Old 12-11-2011, 02:15 AM
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to be very honest, I was lazy and I just hand tighten them all.
They should be in the Bentley manual
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First post......here goes!


Thanks for the write up dude! I'm planning on doing this next week some time, so it's good that I saw this!
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nice vid. However, 8.5 Quarts, not 9.
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very helpful....thanks
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