My 200,000 mile drain plug washer is gone!

[robkay]

Hey, speaking of drain plugs. Do you guys torque your drain plug?

I try to torque everything. I started out torquing it to spec, 28 ft lbs, but after about 10 years it became pretty hard to crack loose, so I started torquing at 20 ft lbs. which was good.

I just changed my oil yesterday and the plug was a bit hard to crack loose. I am a little nervous about going lower than 20 ft lbs.

Any thoughts?