I noticed that the oil pan on my 2000 Montana is sweating oil. Of course I cant tell if it is the gasket :( or hopefully instead the bolts may have come loose over time coupled with the seasonal changes of temperature. *I* cant tell if *all* the relevant bolts can be seen to be retorqued. And so I wonder if tightening only those that can be got to might make matters worse. Does anyone know off hand if all the oil pan bolts can be got to?
all bolts accessible for oil pan in Montana?
Apr 11, 2006
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I don't have first-hand knowledge however browsing through the manual it looks like there's a lot of items that must be removed in order to remove the oil pan. While you are asking about just tightening the bolts, I'd assume many of these items would have to be moved just to have access to all the pan bolts.
Thanks for the feedback. I wonder than if it might do more harm than good by only tightening those bolts that one can reach...?
Typically there's a tightening sequence on oil pans. If the leak is small and not getting worse, I'd be inclinded not to selectively tighten individual bolts. If it gets worse you'll probably want to go thru the sequence of removing/reinstalling it anyway. Bottom line it's a crap shoot.
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