Torque for Mitsubishi Colt 2006 sump nut?

cojomo2

Hi

I recently serviced one of these and there's a slight leak at the sump nut. I can't find the spec anywhere online, anyone know what the torque should be at the sump drain plug? Thanks!

PsychoPete

Probably needs a new washer, sump nuts are normally 20-30nm. I just tighten them a little more than hand tight

biko

You can use a rubber or copper washer that will help seal.

About 10 foot pounds or a bit more perhaps?

Toyotafanboi

Agree on hand tight plus a little bit should be ok. If it's weeping from the plug it's for the want of a new washer.

BavarianCare

cojomo2 wrote: »

Hi

I recently serviced one of these and there's a slight leak at the sump nut. I can't find the spec anywhere online, anyone know what the torque should be at the sump drain plug? Thanks!

Reg? Engine?

CianRyan

You shouldn't need to ask, in all my time on the tools I've never seen anyone torque a dump not.
New washer and the correct washer is what's needed. If it's a collapse type copper washer, don't swing out if it, you'll only damage it and cause a leak.

BavarianCare

cojomo2 wrote: »

Hi

I recently serviced one of these and there's a slight leak at the sump nut. I can't find the spec anywhere online, anyone know what the torque should be at the sump drain plug? Thanks!

Colt.jpg

Assuming petrol.
But they'll all be similar.
Any mechanic that messes up a sump nut is a t*t

colm_mcm

CianRyan wrote: »

You shouldn't need to ask, in all my time on the tools I've never seen anyone torque a dump not.
New washer and the correct washer is what's needed. If it's a collapse type copper washer, don't swing out if it, you'll only damage it and cause a leak.

DIY forum though.

CianRyan

colm_mcm wrote: »

DIY forum though.

This is where I come to cry.

Don't go near a sump nut with a torque wrench, not worth the risk of stripping the threads. Just nip it tight and give a tiny extra turn.

newmember2

Raelynn Unsightly Liquor wrote: »

Don't go near a sump nut with a torque wrench, not worth the risk of stripping the threads. Just nip it tight and give a tiny extra quarter turn.

FYP

CianRyan

Raelynn Unsightly Liquor wrote: »

Don't go near a sump nut with a torque wrench, not worth the risk of stripping the threads. Just nip it tight and give a tiny extra turn.

This is a straight up brain ****, the whole reason we use a torque wrench is to ensure we do not over (or under) tighten bolts. You have more chance of damaging the treads with your ambiguous "tiny extra turn".

That said, I don't use a torque wrench for sump nuts but I'm an experienced professional and your logic is flawed.

spiggotpaddy

CianRyan wrote: »

This is a straight up brain ****, the whole reason we use a torque wrench is to ensure we do not over (or under) tighten bolts. You have more chance of damaging the treads with your ambiguous "tiny extra turn".

That said, I don't use a torque wrench for sump nuts but I'm an experienced professional and your logic is flawed.

Yeah but you can't say that anymore, people are to allowed to take ambiguous turns nowadays. Sure they had an election n'all. 🀣

CianRyan

Careful now, that's an entirely different turn. :pac:

BavarianCare

Raelynn Unsightly Liquor wrote: »

Don't go near a sump nut with a torque wrench, not worth the risk of stripping the threads. Just nip it tight and give a tiny extra turn.

Simple questions:

Do you know
1. What a torque wrench is?
2. What it is used for?

Thank you for reading.

BlakeS94

BavarianCare wrote: »

Simple questions:

Do you know
1. What a torque wrench is?
2. What it is used for?

Thank you for reading.

Maybe Raelynn Unsightly Liquor is confusing a torque wrench for a breaker bar?