CAMARO6 - Coolant Leak from Broken Oil Cooler Lines or Oil Pump Damage

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Trochoidal

06-17-2023 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by R8R1LE (Post 11326803)

I would make a heatshield.
Another item on the "if I ever mod it" list.

That might help but the original hose on my car looked like it suffered the dreaded oil drip from the under torqued oil pan bolts.

Ventmaster

06-17-2023 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trochoidal (Post 11000114)

Mine didn’t fail but it was going to fail and probably not fair off given the condition of the one I removed. I know exactly why mine was failing and it was the lose oil pan bolt in the same proximity of that hose. Oil and rubber don’t play well together and it was deteriorating my hose.

I had checked the torque on every bolt I could reach with the aluminum plate in place. When I replaced the hose I torqued the remaining bolts.

It would be nice if more people knew what caused their hose to fail. I’d really suggest anyone that has the time to check every oil pan bolt.

I’ll check the 4-ply silicone hose I bought at the next oil change, if not sooner.

Thanks to all for the useful info in this thread! But what is the torque spec for the oil pan bolts? Thanks in advance- :nod:

Trochoidal

06-18-2023 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ventmaster (Post 11326944)

Thanks to all for the useful info in this thread! But what is the torque spec for the oil pan bolts? Thanks in advance- :nod:

Hey VM you’re welcome and here’s the spec.

I’m also going to add that if/when you check the torque of the pan bolts, check the oil cooler line going into the side of the pan. You won’t regret it. I’ll have to dig that spec up too. I don’t recall if it was the same as the pan.

EDIT: this number sounds right for the cooler bolts. This was faster than pulling out the service manuals.

https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=573013

One more thing, I had to drop the cover under the engine to get to the front pan bolts. You know the one with 300 screws/bolts holding plastic parts in place?

Ventmaster

06-18-2023 12:53 PM

Thank you sir! Very helpful info!
I'll put it to good use the next time I'm under the car- :w00t:

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