A tip about tightening;don't over due it, especially

[boscoebrea]

Rubber gaskets, no bulging. If you need to get a gasket tighter, you need a new gasket... my take on it.

 

[kahu]

While there are variation to the application, that is a pretty good rule-of-thumb. 8^)

 

[Treefrog]

Torque specs are a good thing to know. Clean mating surfaces matter too.

Cheers,

J~

 

[Joekrooz]

My name is Jokerooz…. and I’m an overtightener

 

[fborchers]

My dad always said after "tight' comes "off", when working on his car . There is some hard earned wisdom that still pops in my head now and then

 

[flagger]

My father always said "tight plus a quarter turn".

 

[SilentSquirrel]

My dad was always tight!