Info Request - Torque Specs

[haux]

What are the torque specs for the motor oil drain plug, transmission drain plug, differential drain plug, and differential fill plug. I couldn't locate any of this in the Haynes manual. Having some difficulty finding it in the camrystuff docs also. Maybe I'm blind or stupid... or both!

[rusty9]

snug, and then 1/4 turn will do it. there is no reason to "properly" torque those plugs since they arent under any stress.

[haux]

Originally Posted by rusty9

snug, and then 1/4 turn will do it. there is no reason to "properly" torque those plugs since they arent under any stress.

Well, the reason would be so they don't leak? And so vibrations don't unscrew them. When I changed my oil the other day I noticed the plug was extremely loose. Not enough to untwist with one finger, but with a very small amount of force. I remember tightening it pretty hard last time too. *shrug* I made sure everything was more than tight enough this time, but thought I'd get the specs and do it properly so nothing leaks. It's harder to identify seal/gasket leaks when something stupid like a plug is leaking.

[Hajoca]

The oil drain plug uses a fibre crush gasket, that said, 27 ft-lb in the FSM. Stamped steel oil pan.

Trans 30 ft-lb and could not find Diff. Both use an aluminum plug with aluminum washer to avoid drain plug from galling onto the aluminum. I coat the drain plug threads with pipe dope or RTV and re install.

[DxElite]

I've made a table sheet of Specifications for my 2000 Camry I4 5SFE.
I'll share it, you can download it here. It's PDF format so make sure you have acrobat.
Includes most fluid specs and torque specs for common maintenance and suspension parts. Mostly specs. for stuff that I've used so far. This is mainly for the I4 5SFE engine, V6 guys are on your own.

[haux]

^ Pretty useful. Thank you!