new Honda CR-V break in
On 01/01/2010 06:23 PM, Guy wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:14:37 -0800, jim > wrote:
>
>> On 01/01/2010 04:54 PM, JRE wrote:
>>> Tegger wrote:
>>>> jim > wrote in
>>>> t:
>>>>> On 01/01/2010 12:38 PM, Joe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> It makes sense to be informed. Talk to the technician doing the work
>>>>>> before and after. Make sure they're not cutting corners...
>>>>>>
>>>>> while the dealer is the safest long term bet, i have to say, they're
>>>>> not infallible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ain't that the truth.
>>>>
>>>> My own dealer got three years out of the original oil pan. Then they
>>>> managed to strip the plug. The monkeys were severely overtightening
>>>> the plug, probably by using a combo wrench and tightening it by
>>>> hanging from it, as monkeys do.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still running with the replacement pan, sixteen years later. The
>>>> plug is not stripped.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The faithfully torqued (with a torque wrench, to spec, every time,
>>> without exception, since the car was new) drain plug in my '91 Accord
>>> stripped about a year and a half ago. Pretty annoying...and very
>>> unusual. But that's why they make self-tapping replacements, I suppose.
>>>
>>> (Note: I recently got a new torque wrench and checked it against the old
>>> one. They're within a foot-pound of each other.)
>>>
>>
>> [much to the delight of "crv guy" no doubt] i actually disregard factory
>> oil pan plug torque. 45N.m is very high for something with a soft
>> aluminum crush washer under it. i use ~30N.m and have never had a
>> thread strip, nor a plug loosen or leak. replicate at your own risk.
>
>
> Thanks Jim for your honesty<smile>. At least we can agree here.
so /you/ did the math too??? somehow, i find that hard to believe.
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