[ebenavides]

Hello, does anyone know the torques specs for this? I noticed it was loose and was leaking.

[bishopts]

A little tighter than that

[GreyGhost702]

Originally Posted by ebenavides

Hello, does anyone know the torques specs for this? I noticed it was loose and was leaking.

Common issue. Best to hit all of them if you can. The normal bolts are 25Nm (18lb/ft) and the rear-most 2 bolts are 12Nm (106lb/in).

If you hit them and they click with no turn, I'd add 10% and give it another click just to go on the high end of error. After re-torque, if they still leak, it's likely the RTV seal is broken or was poorly applied at the factory. Oil is insidious, if there is even a smallest gap in a seal it will find it and ooze it's way out. I absolutely hate the RTV seal method for oil pans and much preferred the old rubber/plastic gaskets. Still needed a dab of RTV at the joints but that was never as big of a deal as a full RTV gasket.

The worst experience of my engine tear down was peeling the oil pan off without marring the shit out of the block or pan. Equally, putting it back together the oil pan RTV application was not the business. Though, the retard engineer who decided to put a special single head bolt on the cylinder heads... well that was a special experience too... AutoZone appreciates GM's forced patronage for that. Just when you think you've got every tool on the planet for anything ever made, along comes GM with a giant allen style head bolt to lock your heads down until you run to the store for a special tool.

[ebenavides]

Thank you