2004 Nissan Sentra valve adjustment

2004 NISSAN SENTRA
88,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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need a valve adjustment. what is the clearance? what is the sequence to adjusting engin valves?
Feb 12, 2010 at 9:24 PM
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Hi there,

These are shim adjusted valves and there is a special tool required and some maths involved to calculate the new shim adjustment, this can get quite complex, do you have the tooling required? It is a Nissan Part No. 45074-1.

mark (mhpautos)
Feb 12, 2010 at 9:36 PM
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