With my recent oops with striping and then breaking a cam support plate bolt... I figured I should ask a question before I make an assumption and mess it up for me later.

Am I supposed to use thread locker on the cam support plate bolts? The oil pump bolts?

My manual states to use thread locker (red I believe) on the cam sprocket but not the crank sprocket. This right?

And the came cover bolts? Blue lock tight?

Thanks for the info... Im just feeling a little gun shy after this dibocal.

 

Trust the manual. General rule of thumb, Red needs heat or a lot of torque to loosen. Blue can for the most part be loosened with simple hand tools. In my case I pretty much use blue on evrything that doesn't need red. Lost too much chit

 

+1 on the Blue for everything that needs to come off again, and yet you want some security.

Red only for where it's called for by the manual or instructions.

 

When in doubt use blue