Tourqe specs for oil pan

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Aug 7, 2002 | 04:10 PM

FUP23

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Tourqe specs for oil pan

What are they ? Thanks ..I turned mine as tightly as they would go without putting to much effotr in them ..but it seems like i still have a little leak

Aug 7, 2002 | 04:14 PM

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Re: Tourqe specs for oil pan (Devin17)

the book i have says 9ft-lbs

Aug 7, 2002 | 04:15 PM

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Re: Tourqe specs for oil pan (Hcivic88)

damn....that seems loose :\ ..ah well

Aug 8, 2002 | 07:05 AM

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Re: Tourqe specs for oil pan (Devin17)

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What are they ? Thanks ..I turned mine as tightly as they would go without putting to much effotr in them ..but it seems like i still have a little leak

the leak can be caused by the oil pan gasket not seating properly. make sure you use the criss-cross pattern i stated in the other post about this. also try using like 3 stages to tighten the gasket.