Help!
replaced the oil pan on the 2013 Journey. Purchased new pan and a Victor brand gasket that the part store website showed as paper thin with the engineered sealant already applied. What the gasket was was the cork/rubber material.
I knew that was going to give more grey hairs. The O.E. torque was 105 lbs / in for the 17 small bolt and 195 lbs / in for the 5 large bolts.
Placed the RTV sealant on the pan, then added the gasket and then added to the block side of the gasket. Install pan the finger tighten all the bolts and let the RTV set up for 24 hrs.
Began to torque all the bolts in a X pattern and noticed that the 105 lbs / in seem high. Search the Google and all the gasket manufactures and no one shows a lower value for the thicker cork / rubber gasket.
Continued with suggested values and sure as there is doggie droppings in the garden, today after starting the engine, the gasket in corner by the AC compressor is squished out and dripping oil.
It stuck in my head, the factory values are for a pan with a RTV bead only. Is there a different lower torque value for thicker cork / rubber gaskets?
Thanks
