does anyone have the torque specs for the coolant flange that bolts to the front of the block on the engine on a 2005 mini cooper S? currently replacing my water pump, ive heard 30 ft-lbs and ive also heard 6-9 ft-lbs. the bolts are just two 10mm bolts. the part im talking about is here.


http://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2005-C...anges/ES24417/

 

Some of these numbers are hard to find or decipher which part they are actually referring to. Anyway, my resources say 8-12 NM (seems to be the same part listed 2 ways) so 6-9 ft-lbs is right--it's only a 6mm bolt and you only really need to compress the o-ring to seal the flange--9 ft-lbs won't hurt the bolt or the o-ring ( I use 9).