Re: Oil leak, front of engine
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:06 pm
The Veg wrote:More bad news. I just checked this bolt and thought it seemed loose. With very little torque applied -not even beginning to feel tight- the thread in the head stripped!
Look at it this way - at least you know a few more things this time before you pull it down so hopefully you won't have any issues this time round. When you get in there - and I would suggest replacing the sump gasket too - with cork gaskets go around all the bolts and only torque them up ONCE. If you keep go over the bolts and rechecking the torque even after they come up to torque once the gasket will still keep compressing, become overstressed and start to extrude. Use a torque wrench and tap the sump flange flat around the bolt holes too if around there it has become distorted over time.