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Originally Posted by B58 parts
Yeah I had a square plastic pan nicely sitting underneath the engine stand, and the volume and /or rate of fluid caused the pan to tip off the engine stand and spill all over the garage floor. Put cardboard all over the place on the floor.
Also I read a post that said the leak could be caused by over tightening the cap when doing an oil change. I don't know about that, but if you think about it it might be possible. It is all plastic. If you crank on the cap maybe it twist something out and it'll start to leak. So 25 Newton meters it is. Not worth gambling having to do this job over it. And also I never used it on the drain plug either but turns out I've been under tightening that, so I do that too now.
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I read this as well and have started to torque it to spec since doing this miserable job, but I'm doubtful my leak near the heat exchanger had anything to do with that. I guess overtightening could cause issues higher up, but I have no idea.