rotor arm removal

[Rob72]

how do i get the rotor arm off my f7r engine..?

cant just pull it off, is there a certain way of doing it ?

[Bailey_1260]

tug it off :P

should com away with some mild pressure mate

[Rob72]

thanks..

another question...anyone know the tightening torque for spark plugs.

[Bailey_1260]

Taper seat plugs......15to20 nm

Sealing washer plugs.......24-30nm

[drsmith1979]

i had a similar problem with my rotor arm, i pursuaded it off with a little help from a long armed screw driver. just be careful with it, they just get stuck on sometimes....

[summeh]

thanks..

another question...anyone know the tightening torque for spark plugs.

1/4 of a turn to nip them up normally does the trick for me :wink:

[Rob72]

removed the rotor arm with big pliers and brute force.
changed spark plugs, but the one nearest the distributer was soaking with oil..other 3 were a bit white on electrode .
i know white electrode suggests lean running and oily one could be worn piston rings.
car isnt burning oil ,rocker cover gasket not leaking.

its worrying me though think ill do a compression test.
any ideas ppl ? and whats the correct compression tester to get ?

[drsmith1979]

more than likely it will be a leaking rocker cover gasket that has seeped into the plug socket and got onto the plug, its a common thing to happen and is nothing to worry about.

is your car chipped or remapped?

[midge]

its the side where you fill up the oil and you must have missed, it always runs down the plug holes, when you pull the plug out it gets covered

[Rob72]

thanks for the advice , ill look into it.

no its not chipped or re-mapped.

p.s. has anyone got a hillpower induction kit, are they any good ?