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Did anyone ever come up with a torque setting for the rear drain plug on the uce engine?

According to my workshop manual the torque setting for the drain plug is 20 N/M or 15 Ft/Lb. The torque setting for the suction cover filter bolts is 6 N/M or 4.5 Ft/Lb. Those are the figures I use , hope it helps

Thanks Mog. My manual gives that figure too, but for the "magnetic" drain plug which is the front one. There is no mention of the rear (secondary) plug. Is that the figure for the rear one as well?

I am not aware of another drain plug other than those mentioned. My engine is a 2011 UCE and has no other sump drain.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I guess that I'll just tighten it up by "feel" again as in the past.

Since I lost a sump plug out of my A10 in the sixties,I drill and wire all my sump plugs. I know this could have implications in case of a warranty claim but for piece of mind that's the way I like it.

After 2012 EFIs were fitted with 2 drains pugs to help empty the sump more completely. Both are to be tightened to 20Nm [15 lb/ft].

in 2015 they added another (third) drain plug to remove the half cup of dirty oil that is left sitting under the crank after an oil chain on all the previous UCE models!

Cheers Presto.