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!

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