Thread locker on Oil Pan Bolts?

[somolovitch3]

Well, weigh in everyone.

Tightened them up 3 mo ago, got an 1/8 to a 1/4 turn each last week.

[R.O.R-2.0]

probably just the gasket settling in. see if they loosen again in another few months.

[somolovitch3]

Gaskets are from before my ownership of vehical.

[somolovitch3]

Come on guys/gals................Any thoughts?

[theman53]

I would go the low strength especially in the aluminum in the ends. It shouldn't hurt. Don't go the high strength or you will probably strip the end ones on disassembly.

[somolovitch3]

Okay, so far the idea is to use blue loctite on the bolts....dry torque is 15 ft lb....Hummmm...... 7 to 10 ft lbs with the loctite.

Thanks all for the help!

[belchfire]

Lock-tite also makes a low strength locker that's purple. Since the pan bolts have virtually no stress on them, that might be a better choice especially on the ends. Since I usually put a ton of silicone sealant on the gasket, that has been sufficient to keep them from falling out.
  On a related subject; I've had a b**ch of a time pulling the pan with the trans attached. How do you get those two bolts out from the rear seal? I replaced mine with socket heads & have to use a ball end wrench but that can't be how it's done the first time.

[bajacalal]

Use 1/4" wobble extension, u-joint extension or flexible extension, or some combination of all 3 to take them off.  

There's really no easy way to get to them with the transmission installed.

The best thing to do, I think, is to put two studs there, that way you push the oil pan on and it's not so hard to thread a nut onto the stud as it is to get a bolt started at such a ridiculous angle.

Whatever you do, don't put locktite on those (unless you're using it to install a stud). I would rather have the 2 rear bolts fall out than try to fight a stuck bolt there.