cookiemonster
Tremor Fiend
Finally did my first oil change and put on the fumoto valve. Unfortunately I've got a leak. No easy way to do the exact torque, but I followed their guideline of thread in by hand first - which was no problem at all, threaded very easy. And got it hand tight - which the valve was basically sitting perfectly pointing at the 12 o'clock position. Then I took a wrench and tightened 1/8 of a turn - so now it's pointing at that point between 1 and 2 o'clock.
Their warnings all say DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN, so called them and left a voicemail. I also see on their website install they say you can go up to a 1/4 turn. Edit: the install instructions that came with the valve say 1/8 turn only.
Wondering what everyone's experience has been with torquing these down? Should I go for the 1/4 turn?
Their warnings all say DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN, so called them and left a voicemail. I also see on their website install they say you can go up to a 1/4 turn. Edit: the install instructions that came with the valve say 1/8 turn only.
Wondering what everyone's experience has been with torquing these down? Should I go for the 1/4 turn?
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