Wow this new torque wrench is grea... FSCK!

[Kruzen]

Didn't even have to take them out either, sigh.

how to proceed?

Note to self: get a non-shitty torque wrench from home depot next time that you can actually TELL when it clicks.

[morontron]

Daing man sucks. Sorry.
What brand / where did you buy it so we can all avoid it?

[browntown]

drill-out and re-tap. You may want to try left-hand thread screw-outs, but either way you'll likely want to re-tap the hole. New fasteners will often prevent such mishaps.

[rs4pro3]

you realize those bolts are torqued to in/lbs not ft/lbs like typical torque wrenches. I just always do them hand tight.

[cthulu703]

I get alot of tools from Harbor Freight, Sears etc., but for things like torque wrenches, tire pressure gauges, you just have to step up to a calibratable one ie bluepoint etc.

[TheRedHorseman]

well this does make me feel better about my engine bay being dirty

[Hick]

you realize those bolts are torqued to in/lbs not ft/lbs like typical torque wrenches. I just always do them hand tight.

hahaha, that would be priceless

[e30vert]

Just drill out the bolts -making sure to use the correct drill size for the EZ Out that you use. The drill will be smaller than the OD (outer diameter) bolt size as to not ruin the threads. Then use a counter clockwise EZ out to get those sheared bolts out. Just go to the Auto Store or Sears and ask for an "EZ Out"
Most importantly -take your time and dont rush the job or you will trash the threads that are there.

Godd luck

[M3 Ryan]

I don't understand what you were torquing those bolts for, because from the looks of that pan (the grease/dirt build-up) I wouldn't think that yiu just relplaced the gasket. It also wouldn't expain why the other bolt on the left side of the pic looks like it has never been touched... What were you doing, trying to retorque the bolts? They require 7-9ft/lbs which is less than your wrench starts at if it is a 3/8" and in ft/lbs. If it is a in/lb wrench then you need to recalibrate your arm strength because obviously you don't know what 9 ft/lbs feels like (it isn't much...). Good luck!

[Jand3rson]

I was always told that oil pan bolts don't have to be torqued down to a spec anyway, they just need to be good and snug.

I just got them good and tight on my wife's oil pan, and they've been just fine after a year.

[Kruzen]

I don't understand what you were torquing those bolts for, because from the looks of that pan (the grease/dirt build-up) I wouldn't think that yiu just relplaced the gasket. It also wouldn't expain why the other bolt on the left side of the pic looks like it has never been touched... What were you doing, trying to retorque the bolts? They require 7-9ft/lbs which is less than your wrench starts at if it is a 3/8" and in ft/lbs. If it is a in/lb wrench then you need to recalibrate your arm strength because obviously you don't know what 9 ft/lbs feels like (it isn't much...). Good luck!

Alrighty story time.

My dad and I were doing my timing belt/water pump/the rest of those goodies.

When we were reading in the bentley it said to remove the lower belt plastic cover or whatever, for some reason my dad (couldn't see through all the fucking oil cause my car is a leaky motherfucker) undid three bolts on the oil pan plus a couple other things an effort to find what was attached to what.

When i showed him that thats all part of the oilpan and unnecessary to take off I went to put them back in, being the good 'ol bmw boy that I am, I decided to torque them down appropriately for something as important as the oil pan.

I usually just buy my torque wrenches and take them back, the one I got this time was particularly shitty and It sounded more like the torque wrench was clanging against the metal in the engine bay than clicking cause it was at the proper torque spec.

The first bolt I was like 'what teh fuck why is this taking so long to torque down' and then it popped loose, it was the first thing i had tightened with the torque wrench so I was like 'weird, maybe it just releases at the torque spec somehow'

So I go to do the second nut and when the same shit happens the bolt falls out and i'm like FUCK. so I go to loosen the other one seeing as I realized what happened and that bolt fell out too, and I realized I just broke two bolts.

If there's no apparant leaks i'm gonna let it run for awhile, from looking at it the threads are equally distributed over the crack, essentially holding itself together. I'll watch for excessive leaking in that area and hopefully get around to drilling them out later. Honestly right now I don't have the time/money/patience to do it after spending 2 days doing my timing belt (about to become 3 because sunlight blows. )

[e30vert]

Bad idea! Oil pan will more than likley leak fluid. Then there will be none in the case and you will have lots more of a problem then a few sheared bolts to contend with. Can you say engine rebuild?

Anyone else care to comment on the serverity of damage that this can do. Dont forget that under engine warm up and oil pressure build up there will more than likely be leaks.

[ptownTSI]

kruzen, were you putting them down to the proper torque spec anyways?? you need to buy a craftsman micro-torq i think they are called. they are click-type torque wrenches i have used them alot.

[Kruzen]

kruzen, were you putting them down to the proper torque spec anyways?? you need to buy a craftsman micro-torq i think they are called. they are click-type torque wrenches i have used them alot.

yes i was putting them down to 7.5 ft lb's, bentley siad 7-8

i just couldn't hear the fucking click because it was so subtle and this wrench is terrible, the last one i bought was 10x more noticeable

[Kruzen]

Bad idea! Oil pan will more than likley leak fluid. Then there will be none in the case and you will have lots more of a problem then a few sheared bolts to contend with. Can you say engine rebuild?

Anyone else care to comment on the serverity of damage that this can do. Dont forget that under engine warm up and oil pressure build up there will more than likely be leaks.

Grats on completely not reading my post, I just said i'm gonna let it run for awhile and watch for leaks. I know exactly what the ramifications of having no oil in the engine are