Type-44: Tightening turbo oil lines - Bentley mistake?

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Mon Aug 2 04:59:54 EDT 2004


> This really doesn't seem to make sense, but the Bentley (as well as the Haynes) says to
tighten the bolts for the turbo oil lines to 18 ft-lbs. These are the little M6 bolts that
actually bolt into the turbo. I looked up the torque chart for M6 and even w/ class 12.9
hardware, you can only get about 12 ft-lbs out of 'em. Some how I doubt that'll work. Any
experience or BTDT's regarding the proper torque? Also how about the torque for the other
sides of the lines... one is M6 and bolts to the aluminum oil filter housing, and the other is
M8 and bolts into the block. I can't find any spec for either. Thanks for the help.

Does http://www.isham-research.com/quattro/torque.html help?  I know it's ur-quattro, but ...

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