series 3 2.25 crankshaft cap bolt torque

dwdw · Jul 18, 2022

Hello all, am putting my series 3, petrol, 5 bearing crank back together & have found conflicting info re cap bolt torque, varies between 85 & 100 ftlbs. Anyone know what the correct torque is?

Rgds DW.

Turboman · Jul 18, 2022

dwdw said:
Hello all, am putting my series 3, petrol, 5 bearing crank back together & have found conflicting info re cap bolt torque, varies between 85 & 100 ftlbs. Anyone know what the correct torque is?

Rgds DW.

Is this main bearings or big ends?

In any case, I would go with what it says in the genuine manual.

steve2286w · Jul 18, 2022

http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/2010/03/series-iii-workshop-manual/

This normally useful but confirms 85 for 3 bearing and 100 for diesel
Don’t think it would harm having 85 on the 5 bearing

steve2286w · Jul 18, 2022

All revealed in the 5mb engine supplement at the back of above manual , …..it depends on engine serial number to use the higher torque

Bobsticle · Jul 19, 2022

I’d go right ruddy tight. Swat I did on mine and it ain’t fell off.

dwdw · Jul 21, 2022

Turboman said:
Is this main bearings or big ends?

In any case, I would go with what it says in the genuine manual.

Its the main bearing.

Many thanks to all, looks like its 85ftlbs for petrol & 100 ftlbs for diesel.

steve2286w · Jul 21, 2022

You haven’t read the 5mb supplement properly some petrol engines are 100Ft/lbs as they use diesel spec bolts check your engine number

dwdw · Jul 22, 2022

checked eng no & its the 361281............................no. Do the later eng nos use stretch bolts like modern cars????

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