'13 Camry with the black oil filter cap which houses the filter element.
Do you think that factory engineers selected 36ft-lbs knowing it'd likely be oily or should I spray the heck out of the threads on the cap and aluminum oil pump housing with brake cleaner to make them a "dry" torque?
Also, where is 36ft-lbs on the scale of "loose (under kill) to too tight (overkill) in your opinion for an oil filter cap with large coarse plastic threads?
Do you think that factory engineers selected 36ft-lbs knowing it'd likely be oily or should I spray the heck out of the threads on the cap and aluminum oil pump housing with brake cleaner to make them a "dry" torque?
Also, where is 36ft-lbs on the scale of "loose (under kill) to too tight (overkill) in your opinion for an oil filter cap with large coarse plastic threads?