whats up with the secondary butterfly bolts?

sunnysentra · Nov 10th, 2005, 03:20 PM

Whats the deal on the butterfly bolts flying into the engine? Should I worry if I am only using the car for street? Will all engines do this? How about the thermostat issue? anybody change the units to even the temperature.

Chris

Zac · Nov 10th, 2005, 09:42 PM

if you have a qr, it is an issue no matter the year. get some loctite, remove the upper portion of the intake manifold loctite the screws and replace. be sure to use a new gasket.

sunnysentra · Nov 15th, 2005, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Zac

if you have a qr, it is an issue no matter the year. get some loctite, remove the upper portion of the intake manifold loctite the screws and replace. be sure to use a new gasket.

So is this a real issue that needs to be dealt with soon? Should I worry. Should the dealers be notified of this? Or do they already know about it? What happens if the nuts get sucked in? Covered under warranty? can it happen under normal driving without pushing the car at the high RPM that will cause the butterflys to open up?

Chris

Jarek · Nov 15th, 2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sunnysentra

So is this a real issue that needs to be dealt with soon? Should I worry. Should the dealers be notified of this? Or do they already know about it? What happens if the nuts get sucked in? Covered under warranty? can it happen under normal driving without pushing the car at the high RPM that will cause the butterflys to open up?

Chris

read the the bottom of this thread:

its "under common problems" http://www.nissanforums.com/showthread.php?t=84067

Zac · Nov 18th, 2005, 11:40 AM

^What he said.

And dealers know and wont do anything. you need to diy or get a tuning shop to do it.