Hey everyone,
I just replaced the oil level sender seals, oil pickup and oil pan on my 420SEL.
I used VictorReinz gasket and I initially tightened all the Alan bolts down to 10-Nm as specified in the FSM.
I had to borrow a 3/8" drive torque wrench as my 1/2" drive didn't go down that low. Actually the 3/8" drive didn't go down low enough either. I ordered a 1/4" drive torque wrench yesterday just so that I have it in the future.
However soon after a large leak sprung up on my driveway!
So I went back under and gave it a 1/4 turn and put some cardboard under it. The leak was less than before but still not gone.
Another 1/4 turn and it diminished to like 4-5 quarter size drips so I went back under and did another 1/4 turn and we'll see how it goes...
I was thinking, for whatever reason would the victor reinz gasket require a different torque than normal to fully squish it into place?
I rather dislike pans and gaskets, I have a bad history with them. I ended up over-torquing two transmission pans and bending the lip and ripping the gasket.
I properly torque this oil pan down and it leaks!
