Drain plug torque

[efnfast]

So it started as "what torque should the oil drain plug be". As I try to find an answer to this it also raised the question about the pan bolts.

Can someone tell me what the torque should be on both the drain plug and the oil pan.

T.I.A.

Steve

[tomtom72]

oil pan bolts = 20 ft/lbs or 26 N/m
oil pan drain plug = 37 ft/lbs or 50 N/m


Tom

[efnfast]

Thank you sir.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by efnfast

Thank you sir.

Just about ALL of the bolts I've removed on this motor for various reasons, from breather bolts to IH bolts, the plenum, and you name it bolts, have been loose. All of them are now torqued with a dab of Locktite (blue for everyting except red LT on the flywheel) threads. Now they seem to stay put pretty well - no leaky.

As for the steel/aluminum contact between the various plugs and the pan and the transmission, for examples, I reinstalled them with Neversieze or teflon tape; the latter is prolly best to prevent seepage during temp cycles.

Just a thought.

P.

[efnfast]

Thanks guys, on that note, headers are going on the car as soon as they come back from Swain Tech. Tourque on those? Lock tite?

[efnfast]

Thanks D, I'll pick up a set. The torque chart would not open.

Steve

[Socalerv]

Originally Posted by efnfast

Thanks D, I'll pick up a set. The torque chart would not open.

Steve

Give the chart another try, it opened with no problems for me.

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by efnfast

Thanks guys, on that note, headers are going on the car as soon as they come back from Swain Tech. Tourque on those? Lock tite?

Unless you pull the motor you will not have sufficient room to even consider using a torque wrench. You will most likely be using a small box end wrench and limit of torque will be determined by pain threshold you can deal with.
As for the loctite, I did not use any.

[VetteMed]

Originally Posted by secondchance

Unless you pull the motor you will not have sufficient room to even consider using a torque wrench. You will most likely be using a small box end wrench and limit of torque will be determined by pain threshold you can deal with.
As for the loctite, I did not use any.

I agree. I installed my headers the same way.

[tomtom72]

Okay, so what is the collective thinking on the header bolts and using blue loc- tite? Not needed?

I was going to use the blue on as many as I could get to go in, except for the center(?) locations where the factory used studs that go into the oil passage. On those I was planning on using Loc-tite thread sealer at the end and blue up near the head of the bolt.