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christq · 10-15-2007, 11:03 PM

there is no torque setting on a drain plug, you only tighten them to a quarter or half past "snug" tight.. snug tight is basically where you finger tightened then tightened until you feel the feel the bolt initially bottom out to the work surface, so as my dad would say "stop when you feel it resist" Now taking from the advice concerning everyone above I would assume that the rubber washer on the bolt has already been damaged from being torqued, you need to go and buy a new oil pan bolt for 2.99 at autzone. as it will only leek more over time. even brand new they can never be torqued without causing failure

when you have the old one off, feel the point around the oil hole, does it feel raised or slightley bumped immediately around the threads? if so the applied torque from previous lubes shops or what not; have warped the threaded insertion point and well, you need to take it to shop that will rethread it to new size to remove that "lip" as that may also be causing you issue if a new oil pan bolt does not fix it.

OR skip around a damaged rubber/butyl washer and bad threads by applying aircraft gasket sealant which now called "tightseal"

10-15-2007, 11:03 PM	#10
christq GX Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: walnut, il Posts: 16	there is no torque setting on a drain plug, you only tighten them to a quarter or half past "snug" tight.. snug tight is basically where you finger tightened then tightened until you feel the feel the bolt initially bottom out to the work surface, so as my dad would say "stop when you feel it resist" Now taking from the advice concerning everyone above I would assume that the rubber washer on the bolt has already been damaged from being torqued, you need to go and buy a new oil pan bolt for 2.99 at autzone. as it will only leek more over time. even brand new they can never be torqued without causing failure when you have the old one off, feel the point around the oil hole, does it feel raised or slightley bumped immediately around the threads? if so the applied torque from previous lubes shops or what not; have warped the threaded insertion point and well, you need to take it to shop that will rethread it to new size to remove that "lip" as that may also be causing you issue if a new oil pan bolt does not fix it. OR skip around a damaged rubber/butyl washer and bad threads by applying aircraft gasket sealant which now called "tightseal" Last edited by christq : 10-15-2007 at 11:05 PM.