CourageOO7

Hey guys, I just finished the updated oil jet installation on my 2001. I really didn't think it was as easy as many posted. It's not that it's terribly complicated. It's not.

It's that my fingers and arms were getting fatigued working under a car on jack stands and cylinder one really is a bitch.

Question:
I installed my bolt in cylinder one and it felt fine threading in. However, when I got to the end of my threads and torqued the bolt to 12lbs, I felt like I could keep torquing the bolt. It didn't feel as secure as the other cylinders but it did hit the 12lb requirement so I backed off on the pressure.

Did anyone else have this same experience? Hopefully I'm not alone.

Cheers,

Jorge

Slows2k

It is very difficult to start oil jet bolt for cylinder 1, over the oil pump.

You also MUST make sure the oil jets alignment tab is correctly positioned and flush.

If the alignment tab is not in the correct place the torque reading will be off, and you may even strip the threads in the block.

zeroptzero

what kind of torque wrench did you use , click style or beam style. If you used a click style and heard the wrench click at 12 ft lbs you should be fine. 12 foot lbs isn't much and you could make the bolt turn further if you keep applying force to the wrench at the 12 ft lb point. If you used a beam style wrench you should have stopped turning once it hit the 12 ft lb mark, though I could see it being harder to use in tight quarters under the oil pan. You should have felt a bit of resistance either way. If the bolt was stripped and there wasn't resistance you shouldn't have reached the 12 ft lb point.

starchland

sometimes its hard to tell with the much longer handle of a torque wrench when sometimes we are used to a small wratchet. I like to double check my work after with a wratchet im more familiar with just to make sure the bolt is at least snug feeling

CourageOO7

I think it's okay. It just didn't feel as right as the other ones. I actually first finger tightened by pulling the socket extension off the socket and just using my hand. It went in straight, I think. I am considering doing a double check to make sure because I'm paranoid. I might jump under there this week and completely pull out the #1 jet and bolt and use one of the other bolts to see how that feels.

Thanks guys...

zeroptzero

[QUOTE=CourageOO7,Feb 21 2010, 08:59 PM] I think it's okay.

drewmob

I didn't notice a difference in the feeling of torquing any of mine. I had a universal joint connected to do #1 and not for the others which feels a little funny, but nothing that I thought was worthwhile.

Seemed pretty straight forward to me

aw11

Is there a diy link for this?

CourageOO7

Yes. At the top of the UTH forum in the DIY links thread that is a sticky.

aw11

Thanks