Element Thermo Help

HENSON_JR

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2000 NISSAN PATHFINDER
6 CYL
4WD
AUTOMATIC
110,000 MILES

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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Monday, December 6th, 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.

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Monday, December 6th, 2010 AT 9:53 PM

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.

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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 AT 2:35 AM

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.

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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 AT 7:15 AM