Please can some one tell me the torque value for the sump pan drain bolt on a fiat seicento sporting 2003
Cheers Graham
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Does 22nm = breaker bar + long pole ?????
No! That'll be more like 220nm
dam i thought people would know i was only joking haha!
Another sump plug resurrection....
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I bought a FIAT workshop manual on line. It states the plug should be torqued to 50Nm. I couldnt acess the ones linked in one of the replies here.
The plug appears to be a taper thread, there is not shoulder for it to tighten up on, so it must be a taper, really. If it's not tight enough and backs out at all, it could immediately become very loose (becasue tapered) , and could fall out, dropping the oil on the floor. So I would argue it is absolutely very important that it's tight enough.
Tapers are a bit unpredictable, they rely on a metal-to metal seal formed by the two threads distorting slightly as tightened, until there are no holes left for leaks to occur. PTFE tape is sometimes used to aid the sealing..
So - I would receommend using the correct torque, and re-checking it repeatedly until it stops moving. If the plug doesn't leak then great, if it does leak, it's probably OK to up the torque a bit to get it to seal.