Let me step up and say this.
44 Ft lbs and 60Nm.
Not open for discussion.

 

ok thanks, will come back too you in 16 years

 

16 years later? That’s right on schedule for my next oil change.

 

Don't you keep up on the news? The kilogram has been redefined. All previous measurements are now expired.

Oil pan plugs are now 3 ugga duggas, oil filter is two ugga duggas.

 

i like fun as much as anyone. But when it’s fast approaching midnight and my hands are soaked in oil I just want the torque specs pronto I can’t read through dozens of posts trying to find it. I did find it but it was in my hanes Manual (aka haze-manual for lack of details). More power to ya and less oil on my garage floor.

 

14 years of 944-ing, a torque wrench has never come close to my oil plug.
mine has a 15mm hex head and i just give it a real good shove once it bottoms out on the crush gasket.
never a leak...from there


44lbft seems crazy high, IMO, even though it's a large thread, it's aluminum plug into aluminum pan...

 

I've used the 44 ft/lbs listed in the Haynes manual, and the same that's listed in the Tech Specs for the 928 for many years.

It's 'snug but not super tight'.

I tend to use a torque wrench on a lot of stuff (just about anything that I can find a spec on).