Glad it worked for you you should see the dirt that came out of my dad's '02 pathfinder (160K miles). I had to use 3 shop towels and a full can of TB cleaner lol.

As for the hex bolts, the FSM says 75ft-lb of torque.

 

^WOW 75ft-lb! in that case i might have under tightened em lol. ill check em tonite for sure. Thanks again!

 

Yeah it does sound high but that's what it says.



How can you measure the torque on a hex bolt anyway? I just tightened it really good.

 

well i just have a small torque wrench on which i can use hex key attachments and torque it down. But ya i also tightened it real good, i am more worried about having it overtightened and crack the plastic plenum some how. I know not really possible unless the bolts are REALLY overtightened but ill check just to be sure.

Thanks again!

 

Thanks for the DIY need to mine soon

 

Don't over tight them and break something, as long as they're fit and secure, no need to do 75lb of torque, 75lb torque is just TOO much for a small hex bolt, i think they're 7 or 8 lb torque.

 

^ thats what i thought too 75lbs is crazy considering that our wheels are torques down to 80ftlbs, i tightened mine good but not too much to cause any cracks. Thanks for the update though i still wonder why they would have the wrong numbers on the pdf...

 

how the hell does someone measure torque settings on these small Hex screws?

all I've got is a huge *** torque wrench I don't see how I can attach a small Hex tool to the end to measure the TQ, how did u do it Kool Yaar?

and WTH is Kool Yaar anyway? is it like saying cool yah just in a funny accent?

 

mine were super tight from factory I actually stripped out one of the screws. Had to drill off the head and take off the remaining threaded shaft.

 

yeah that's what I'm scared of, I don't think I'll be removing my screws, I think I'll just do it from the outside in through the butterfly valve thingy

 

Mine was ok, even a friend of mine car was ok, so i think you should do it, just treat those screws like treating a little baby girl, and it should come out easily, don't worry.

 

did u guys change the O-ring as well?

 

8.43 (0.86, 75) --- Even though the last number SHOULD refer to ft/lb (as it usually does in the factory service manual), I'm sure this was a mistake and it actually meant to say to in/lb. Roughly speaking, 8.43Nm = 0.86kg/m = 75in/lb = 6ft/lb.

That small screw was NOT made for 75ft/lb of torque. LOL Heck, our lug nuts are 80ft/lb!!

 

^ +1 when i got my small torque wrench yesterday i saw the reading were in in/lb so i figured the PDF meant 75in/lb so i tightened mine to 75in/lb yesterday, i was about to post that today.

@Defratos I have a tool similar to this but much cheaper, it is used for such small torquing needs.

 

Defratos, you shouldn't need to change them, especially if you're under 100K miles. BTW, cleaning behind the valve without taking out the TB will not be as effective and you'll still have a lot of dirt left. I tried it.