[V8] Amusing find - Backing up

[Ron Wainwright]

Hope you had your coffee.... So could you elaborate on how to tighten it... in the off chance that this happens to another lister?

 Ron


--- On Fri, 2/20/09, qshipq at aol.com <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:

> From: qshipq at aol.com <qshipq at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Amusing find - Backing up
> To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com, toml99 at todomundo.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 9:28 AM
> A fine reminder the factory oil filter torque spec is
> 11-15lb/ft on all v8's, including all ascribed v8
> "junkers".? The threaded pipe insert at 50lb/ft
> means if that pipe is loose, someone needs to put a torque
> wrench on that filter on the next install.? I argue hose
> pipes don't really "become" loose, they are
> loosened by overzealous torque on the filter, specifically,
> much more than 50lb/ft of torque is required to *remove* the
> filter.? Happens on the I5's too.? With a properly
> torqued filter install, that threaded pipe should never
> "become" loose.
> 
> I might also argue that a strap wrench to tighten the
> threaded pipe isn't enough torque, nor the proper tool
> for a loose oil filter stud.
> 
> My .02
> 
> Scott J
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> To: toml99 at todomundo.com <toml99 at todomundo.com>
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 7:17 am
> Subject: Re: [V8] Amusing find
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> Looks like there is a oil pan drain plug crush washer up
> there?!
> 
> All so if you haven't noticed...... the threaded piece
> there... make sure it's 
> tight in the housing.
>  In my vast experience with these......
> "junkers".... I have noticed a few times 
> that, that threaded piece has become loose on a few cars
> I've serviced.
>  I have used a strap wrench to tighten it back up.
> 
>  & I thought I expressed clearley were that top starter
> bolt was? I suppose in 
> my experiences I haven't had to deal with any hay
> 
>  Ron
> 
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> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, toml99 at todomundo.com
> <toml99 at todomundo.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: toml99 at todomundo.com
> <toml99 at todomundo.com>
> > Subject: [V8] Amusing find
> > To: "v8audi" <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 1:14 AM
> > Hey, well I was taking the starter out of the Pearl
> > car(DOTC) and  
> > found something funny.  I should say I was FINISHING
> taking
> > the  
> > starter out of the car, as I had started 2 days ago,
> and
> > the top bolt  
> > took me an embarassingly long time.(whole event took
> more
> > than the  
> > book time on a timing belt).   Biggest problem was
> I'd
> > taken off the  
> > only 10mm allen I could find(tranny bolt), and the
> real
> > starter bolt  
> > was down below,buried under an inch of hay/hydraulic
> > goo(car sat in a  
> > cow field for some time).  In the end I'd cut a
> piece
> > of 10mm allen  
> > about an inch long, and got my "10mm ratchetting
> box
> > end over the  
> > end, and with a 8" piece of 1/2" pipe....got
> it
> > loose.  I just  
> > finished a complete stone bathroom remodel in a 100 yo
> > house that  
> > came out incredible, but the satisfaction of getting
> that
> > bolt to  
> > turn was soooo much more fulfilling.  Made my day. 
> Anyway,
> > might  
> > just take some pics and write it up since the
> knowledge
> > base seems  
> > like it's missing this  (factory manual was no
> help at
> > all), but may  
> > need some help getting it posted as I'm not up on
> the
> > "wiki" code.   
> > See if anything seems amiss in the photo....Sincerely
> Tom
> > 
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> http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc268/blackmouth_photos/?
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> > action=view&current=DOTCoilfilter.jpg
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