Hello, this is a very old thread as I can see and I wanted to put in some information for people regarding F430 oil services. According to OEM service manual released by Ferrari, the torque specs are as follows in NM: Engine oil drain caps 75 Fastening screw on filter screen access flange 6 Oil filter cartridge 30 Use your best judgement when torqueing drain plugs.
I was able to torque both the large and small drain plugs successfully to 75NM without fear of stripping threads with OEM copper crush washers.
DO - NOT tighten the drain plugs to the service manual specified 75nm. I made this mistake recently and ended up ordering both a new pair of pants and a new "Olio Motore" plate that one of the plugs threads into on my 360. Fortunately Hill Engineering makes a significantly cheaper (and likely significantly better) version vs OEM. Even more fortunate was that I didn't strip the other oil drain plug, which would have been hugely expensive!
I have always done 75nm (55 ft lbs) as specified in the manual. Never had an issue. I will say that after reading almost everyone say this is overly tight, I do get a little nervous now. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
I just now tightened mine to 70 nm and it didn't seem like it took that much force and I'm not Hercules. Makes me wonder if my torque wrench is accurate, but it's practically brand new. I have a digital torque meter on order so I'll check it w/ that when it arrives.
From my notes… Tools needed: 19mm hex, 10mm hex, 10mm socket torque filter to 30Nm or 22 ft/lb, torque drains to hand tight 10 qts 5w40 Pennzoil Ultra Use new washers as outlined earlier in this thread
