Element Thermo Help

2000 NISSAN PATHFINDER
110,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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HENSON_JR
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I need to install Nissan part #16391 (Element Thermo Kit) into my 2000 Nissan Pathfinder. The instructions have been obviously translated from Japanese (badly, i might add), and they say to install within 10 seconds of removal from the "fixture". The "Fixture" being a bracket with a large spring keeping the element compressed. So, I need to get this thing into my throttle body and get it under pressure again within 10 seconds? Or, is the translation really that bad?
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Dec 6, 2010 at 9:12 PM
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BUDDYCRAIGG
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yep, you really have to get it in there fast, else you run a risk of ruining the new part. After you take it out of that caged bracket, it will start trying to open.
Dec 6, 2010 at 9:53 PM
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HENSON_JR
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So,I have to get pressure back on it once its in within 10 seconds? Seems almost impossible. I cant imagine getting the linkage back together that quick.
Dec 7, 2010 at 2:35 AM
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BUDDYCRAIGG
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well i've never actually timed myself with a stopwatch. but I work as fast as I can. Because I know that everyone in the shop will make jokes about me if i have to go back to the parts department and pay for another one.

But trust me, that 10 seconds feels like a lifetime.
Dec 8, 2010 at 7:15 AM