The sump plug on my Roadster, previous Duratec, and GDI all have a bonded rubber washer on the plug. I haven't changed one yet and they don't seem to leak.

In the first year I got a Mondeo plug as a replacement, but it was different so I never used it. It's still kicking about somewhere.


DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4