Got FSM? Quick question =)
 

Morning gentlemen (and ladies),

Took my valve cover off, started the process of painting it, then had breakfast knowing that I was going to use my FSM to retorque the valve cover blots to spec... problem is, for some reason I thought I already had a 240SX S14 FSM! I DON'T! I glanced at my FSM from my old car (95 200SX SE-R) and in my head it clicked "got FSM... kay it's Crunchberries time!"

So uh yeah... heh... I need the bolt order and torque specs for the valve cover on a KA24DE :confused: my bad!

do you have dial-up or broadband? I have the FSM for 95-97 240's, PM me and i'll send you it.

Dr.

Here's the tightening order, couldn't find the torque specs though. I looked up the pic from the fsm and uploaded it to my site, here you go.

https://home.comcast.net/~drnovascotia/Valve_Cover.jpg

i know this is a lame question... but... why does the order matter ? i know it matters for wheels but i see why.

Thanks a bunch doc... I got the torque specs by calling the Nissan service bay...


irax, the concept of tightening wheels in a certain order (to evenly distribute the load) is the same with a valve cover - but to seal it properly :thumb:

NP Rainy, lemme know if you want a copy of that FSM.

Dr.

Torque specs are 12-14 lbs.ft. for the valve bolts... just in case someone finds this thread in a search :D

Good thinkin Rainy, well done.
And with that the post is closed.


Dr.