Shop humor for tightening by arm feel instead of a measured torque value, dressed up to sound like a German specification. It passes for low-stakes hardware and gets mocked on anything with a published spec, because a mechanic's sense of tight varies wildly between a quarter-inch screw and a head bolt. Saying something was done gutentight is often a confession.
What did you torque the oil pan bolts to? Gutentight, which is why the gasket's squeezed out the side.
Also heard as
- good-n-tight
- German torque spec
Related terms
Ugga dugga
Imitation of an impact wrench, meaning tightened by impact until it sounded done rather than to a torque spec.
Click wrench
Shop name for an adjustable torque wrench that clicks and briefly gives way when the set torque is reached.
Preload
The tension created in a bolt by tightening it, which clamps the joint and keeps it from slipping or opening.