Anybody ever check their upper intake bolts?

[Jamerson]

Done mine today. 2019 Ram classic. All were under specs. I went 20,40,60,80,95 then finally 108 in. lbs.
2 moved @ 20 in.lbs. [emoji15]Engine sounds quieter now.


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[U&A]

38,000 miles on my 6.4.

No loose bolts. [emoji2373]

I’d rather check them every oil change then put Loctite on them.

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[U&A]

Hope RAM FCA is reading all of this

They wont do a dang thing.


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[OCDTech]

They wont do a dang thing.


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

Laughing all the way to the bank probably, funny thing for a bonus, moved past chevy on the list chasing ford for no. one.

 

[NY Andrew]

Was waiting until my oil/filter change and other maintenance to go around and finally check these. Below is my results ONLY AFTER 6,483 MILES!!!!! Can't even imagine going 36k and bummed I can't properly check a few of them! This was after two years; from now on I think I'll just check them every 2 years.



Didn’t tighten in the sequence because couldn't properly/comfortably access the passenger side bolts correctly due to Mopar CAI and Catch-Can. I attempted to re-torque each three times.


Drivers side:
All at least 20 inch-pounds loose, but 1 was good.

Passenger side:
7 was good
3 & 6 might have been a little loose
Couldn't reach 2 & 10

 

[grizzstang]

Changed my oil and checked all my intake bolts today. All of mine were very loose. 2017 with less than 23,000 miles. Went around in sequence 3 times at a half turn each time until tight. I only torqued them to 85 inch pounds as I was afraid to crack the intake or the 3 year old gaskets. I will definitely check these again next oil change (10 months to a year) to see if they loosened off again.


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[Lyle Longboat]

Getting FCA to do anything is like getting that white Redline lubed ram on OCDTech’s sig to jump off that damn screen!

 

[Lyle Longboat]

Sorry that would be U&A, my bad!

 

[OCDTech]

Sorry that would be U&A, my bad!

You had me trying to figure that one out!

 

[grizzstang]

I was under the hood changing the air filter so i thought I would check the intake bolt torque after a week of driving. Sure enough they were almost a half turn loose again so I retorqued them to 90 in/lbs. From what I have read the bolts are not really loosening off. Several guys on a Challenger forum have torqued them, driven it for a month and retorqued them, then marked them. After driving for months and rechecking the marks, none moved. I think if you keep torquing them down eventually you will mash the intake seals and/or crack your intake. I think I will leave mine alone now since they have been done twice.


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[Mister Luck]

Déjà vu

4 years later….

 

[Mister Luck]

I think this should be made into a sticky at least until a better thread is created