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Valve clerances

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Valve clerances

Post by Carl Coight »

On a TD42 Nissan diesel, does the valve clearane need to be altered with the addition of an after market turbo?
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Post by Juzza »

.35 mm, hot, not running.
Wouldn't have thought their would be a need to change.
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Post by M&M Custom Engineerin »

Juzza wrote:.35 mm, hot, not running.
Wouldn't have thought their would be a need to change.


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Post by RUFF »

I was just wondering how many engines need to be running to set the valve clearances?
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Post by Carl Coight »

.35mm, so just standard then, thanks guys! :D
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Post by Cheezy4x4 »

YEP :D
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Post by BeZeRK »

older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!
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Post by moose »

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Post by bj on roids »

BeZeRK wrote:older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!



gawd this is funny, and its staying, cause there is "some" tech, plus you'll read this in a years time and think, damn i was and probly still am a stoner :lol:
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Post by M&M Custom Engineerin »

bj on roids wrote:
BeZeRK wrote:older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!



gawd this is funny, and its staying, cause there is "some" tech, plus you'll read this in a years time and think, damn i was and probly still am a stoner :lol:


He is probably the only person in the workshop that has to check them running! I bet the tradesmen have a good laugh when they watch him try to adjust them!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Wendle »

BeZeRK wrote:older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!



bahahahah. Go and get me a cordless extension lead, a long wait, and a tin of grinding sparks.. :P
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Post by M&M Custom Engineerin »

Wendle wrote:
BeZeRK wrote:older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!



bahahahah. Go and get me a cordless extension lead, a long wait, and a tin of grinding sparks.. :P


i was waiting for someone to come out with these!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Carl Coight »

What about the striped paint or the left handed shifter? :roll:
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Post by bj on roids »

mickbj42 wrote:
Wendle wrote:
BeZeRK wrote:older nissans and toyotas, some have to be running, also some old rovers i think...

we do a few running at work, pain in the ass cause ya burn yaself heaps and it makes a mess of ya feeler gauges!



bahahahah. Go and get me a cordless extension lead, a long wait, and a tin of grinding sparks.. :P


i was waiting for someone to come out with these!! :lol: :lol: :lol:


still looking for them for the tradesmen at your work hey mick?

i got a tin of grinding sparks here for ya, and a long wait, how much you wanna pay?!?!
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Post by Juzza »

How about a left handed screwdriver, a metric shifter and a bucket of compressed air. :lol:
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Post by DAZZ »

Or a can of compression for a diesel. Which is bigger than a petrol cos they have more!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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