[mudig]

Anyone know? Even though I just got the car, I'm gonna change the oil myself a lot sooner than BMW marketing recommends.

[TJZ67201]

25nm for both filter and drain plug.

[MPR]

Or 18.5 ft lbs

[danallxt]

I changed mine at roughly 500 miles, really glad i did, the plug was barely over finger tight, i am very familiar with torque estimation by feel and this was less than 5 ft lbs of torque. (I have 3 torque wrenches).

[d3sign3r]

Originally Posted by danallxt

I changed mine at roughly 500 miles, really glad i did, the plug was barely over finger tight, i am very familiar with torque estimation by feel and this was less than 5 ft lbs of torque. (I have 3 torque wrenches).

Seems the plug guy at the factory needs some retraining

[ScepticalChymist]

FCP Euro specifies 6 Nm drain plug torque for BMW X3 with N20 engine.

[Pentland]

Originally Posted by ScepticalChymist

FCP Euro specifies 6 Nm drain plug torque for BMW X3 with N20 engine.

It’s over 18 months since this was asked and correctly answered. Also this is the G42 forum not the x3 forum.