oil pan bolts

[lovetoski]

Read on either the 40 board or this one about oil pan bolts being loose. This captured my interest as I had noticed that the metal panel (below the spark plugs) on the PS was leaking, and mostly becuase the bolts were really loose. I tighten them to spec, and no more leaks. I've seen some leakage at the rear of my engine for quite awhile, and assumed it was the rear main seal. When I read about loose oil pan bolts though, I went and checked. Spec is 61 in/lbs, none of mine were even close. Most took 2-3 full turns to get to factory spec. Have no clue whether this will make a difference in oil consumption, since I just did it a few hours ago, but thought some of you might want to check this simple thing. Who knows, maybe my rear main is OK?

Best Regards,

 

[photogod]

Did the same thing on my sons fj80 and the oil pan bolts took a lot of tightning. Stoped that pesky drip, drip, drip.

 

[swank60]

That cleared up my leaks pretty well, too. It took a few days for it to prove it's self, as there was oil welled up in weird places and continued to drip off.

Next, all I need to find where the transmission/transfer case is leaking and, hopefully, tighten a few bolts for a fix. (wouldn't that be the greatest?)