Re: OIL PAN BOLT TORQUE
[Re: minnesota guy]
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01/22/10 09:18 PM
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Snug but not so much as to dimple the pan around the mounting holes. Run through a couple of heat cycles and recheck.
Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks.
But: Don't fix it, if it Works!
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Re: OIL PAN BOLT TORQUE
[Re: Snoopy]
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01/23/10 08:34 AM
01/23/10 08:34 AM
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Quote:
Doc,
What you are failing to understand is that snug means different things to different people. You are not taking into consideration the experience level of the reader. You are assuming that everyone that reads this thread has the same abilities that you do.
You give a 1/4" ratchet and socket to 10 different people and tell them to snug the bolt down, I can guarantee that you will get 10 different torques values.
That is why I always list the torque values.
And I will guarantee you that you will get different torque values in depending on the manual you are looking at. The main thing is to make sure not to over tighten, not tightening to the point of squishing the gasket or distorting the pan rail. I also recommend starting in the side center of the pan and working toward the ends in criss cross fashion and tighten in a couple of passes rather than just one. By the way my book shows 15 ft lbs. which is 180 inch lbs. See what I mean we already have a different torque spec.
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Re: OIL PAN BOLT TORQUE
[Re: Snoopy]
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01/23/10 03:49 PM
01/23/10 03:49 PM
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Quote:
Doc,
What you are failing to understand is that snug means different things to different people. You are not taking into consideration the experience level of the reader. You are assuming that everyone that reads this thread has the same abilities that you do.
You give a 1/4" ratchet and socket to 10 different people and tell them to snug the bolt down, I can guarantee that you will get 10 different torques values.
That is why I alway list the torque values.
Well Snoop .... I totally UNDERSTAND. You don't feel comfortable with your snug-"feel" ...and I said .. use your T-wrench. Whatever werks-ferr-U ! 
And yes ....GOOD POINT above about having flat and straight pan-rails.
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Re: OIL PAN BOLT TORQUE
[Re: BeEtLeJuIcE !]
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01/23/10 03:55 PM
01/23/10 03:55 PM
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I'm trying to remember now...I think mine went together with paper gaskets? anyway, I made an RTV sandwich with mine. skim coat on block rail, gasket, skim coat on both sides of windage tray, then installed, next gasket, and skim coat on oil pan. and by skim coat, I mean just enough to get the paper to stick down, NO BEADS OF RTV!!!
snugged it down...sorry torque value unknown...no leaks yet, and no gobs of RTV squeezed out all over the place.
this combo might make it hard to pull the oil pan with it in the vehicle, but I don't plan on pulling the oil pan very much. (never)
**Photobucket sucks**
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. Side to side in GRADUAL and MULTIPLE stages till snug then sit overnight then more of the above but staying on the conservative side (for the torque amt). I think the torque amt depends more on the gasket/cement type you use.
good point
