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Sorry I jumped to the conclusion that you got it too tight. You very well could have it too loose. Put a regular 1/4" socket on there, hold the ratchet basically over the socket and see if using just your wrist you can snug the bolts up a little.

I think that is way too tight. Yep, just looked in the -20. 125-160 INCH pounds. You did FOOT pounds didn't you? Goint that tight normally breaks all the bolts off and if they don't break, the pan is bent. Time to pull it back off, use my hammer trick listed above and put it back on looser.

Another good thing to do on thin metal pans such as the trans and engine oil pan. Is to set them on a wood surface, put the round end of a ball peen hammer on each bolt hole and then hit it with another hammer. This flattens out the hole and will let the bolts actually hold the pan up as high...