Oil and Filter Change
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From: Built_Well on 3 Nov 2007 13:40 Forgot to ask: Is 18 foot-pounds of torque on the oil drain plug just tightening it finger-tight, as tight as your fingers can manage? Or do you have to use a wrench to get to 18? 18 foot-pounds doesn't sound like a lot of torque.
From: aarcuda69062 on 3 Nov 2007 14:48 In article <pan.2007.11.03.17.40.06.281976(a)hotmail.com>, Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Forgot to ask: Is 18 foot-pounds of torque on the > oil drain plug just tightening it finger-tight, as > tight as your fingers can manage? If you're the Bionic Man. > Or do you have to > use a wrench to get to 18? 18 foot-pounds doesn't > sound like a lot of torque. The 18ft.lb. spec suggests using a torque wrench, no? The average man can tighten with a screw driver to 72 inch pounds (6 ft.lbs.)
From: cuhulin on 3 Nov 2007 14:00 Tightnening an oil drain plug.You have to use a wrench.The way I do the oil drain plug on my 1978 Dodge van and all of the vehicles I own and I ever have owned is get a closed end wrench that fits the plug (usually 9/16'') and I just snug them up to what feels right to me.Never had any leaks yet. cuhulin
From: Built_Well on 3 Nov 2007 15:45 aarcuda69062 wrote: > The 18ft.lb. spec suggests using a torque wrench, no? > > The average man can tighten with a screw driver to 6 ft.lbs. ======== I guess Jamie Sommers would have no problem tightening to 18 foot-pounds using her right arm ;-) Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, my Craftsman torque wrench only goes as low as 20 foot-pounds, and it's not very accurate at the very low and very high ends of its torque range (20 to 150 ft-lbs). I bought it just to tighten the wheel nuts to 76 foot-pounds. Plus, I think it would probably be unwieldy trying to use the long Craftsman clicker underneath the car. I guess I should just use a regular 6-point wrench to tighten the oil drain plug, but how many turns would 18 foot-pounds be after the nut makes contact with the oil pan? The number of turns is not mentioned in the official Toyota repair manual at CamryManuals.com. It just says to tighten to 18 foot-pounds. The repair manual does say to tighten the oil filter three-quarters of a turn after the oil filter gasket makes contact with the housing seat.
From: Ray O on 3 Nov 2007 18:14
"Built_Well" <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:pan.2007.11.03.17.40.06.281976(a)hotmail.com... > Forgot to ask: Is 18 foot-pounds of torque on the > oil drain plug just tightening it finger-tight, as > tight as your fingers can manage? Or do you have to > use a wrench to get to 18? 18 foot-pounds doesn't > sound like a lot of torque. > Tighten the drain plug until it doesn't leak - about 1/4 to 1/2 turn after the bolt head contacts the oil pan. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |