Nissan Frontier D22. Manual - part 695

OUTER COMPONENT PARTS

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Thermostat housing

2.

Oil pressure switch

3.

LH exhaust manifold cover

4.

LH catalyst

5.

Exhaust manifold (left bank)

6.

RH catalyst

7.

Exhaust manifold (right bank)

8.

RH exhaust manifold cover

9.

Gasket

10. Heated oxygen sensor 1 (bank 1)

11.

Heated oxygen sensor 1 (bank 2)

12. Exhaust manifold stud bolt

13. Oil filter bracket

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[VG33E and VG33ER]

OIL PAN

OIL PAN

PFP:11110

Removal

EBS00GTC

WARNING:

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Place the vehicle on a flat and solid surface.

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Place chocks in front of and behind the rear wheels.

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You should not remove the oil pan until the exhaust system and cooling system have completely
cooled off. Otherwise, you may burn yourself and a fire could break out in the fuel line.

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When removing the front and rear engine mounting bolts and nuts, lift the engine slightly to
ensure safety.

CAUTION:

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In lifting the engine, be careful not to hit against any adjacent parts, especially the accelerator wire
casing end, brake tube and brake master cylinder.

1.

Remove the undercover.

2.

Drain the engine oil. Refer to 

MA-30, "Changing Engine Oil"

 .

3.

Remove the stabilizer bracket bolts (RH & LH). Refer to 

FSU-20, "Removal"

 .

4.

Remove the front propeller shaft from front differential carrier. Refer to 

PR-8, "Removal and Installation"

 .

5.

Remove the front drive shaft fixing bolts. Refer to 

FAX-20, "Removal and Installation"

 .

6.

Remove the front differential carrier bleeder hose

FFD-11, "Components"

 .

7.

Remove the front suspension cross member. Refer to 

FSU-5, "Components"

 .

8.

Remove the differential front mounting bolts and rear mounting bolts. Refer to 

FFD-11, "Components"

 .

9.

Remove the front differential carrier. Refer to 

FFD-9, "Removal and Installation"

 .

10. Remove the front differential carrier mounting bracket. Refer to 

FFD-11, "Components"

 .

11. Remove the starter motor. Refer to 

SC-25, "VG33E AND VG33ER MODELS"

 .

12. Remove the transmission to rear engine mounting bracket nuts. Refer to 

MT-10, "Removal and Installa-

tion"

  (FS5W71C), 

MT-48, "Removal and Installation"

  (FS5R30A), 

AT-62, "REMOVAL AND INSTALLA-

TION"

  (RL4R01A), 

AT-407, "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION"

  (RE4R01A).

13. Remove the engine mounting bolts or nuts. Refer to 

EM-128, "Removal and Installation"

 .

14. Remove the power steering gear mounting brackets. Refer to 

PS-15, "Removal and Installation"

 .

15. Lift up the engine. If necessary, disconnect exhaust tube.

16. Remove the relay rod. Refer to 

PS-20, "Components"

 . It is not necessary to disconnect pitman arm.

17. Remove the oil pan bolts in numerical order as shown.

18. Remove the oil pan.

a.

Insert Tool between the cylinder block and the oil pan and tap (1)
using a plastic hammer to separate the pan from the engine
block, as shown.

CAUTION:

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Do not drive seal cutter into oil pump or rear oil seal
retainer portion, or aluminum mating face will be dam-
aged.

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Do not insert screwdriver, or oil pan flange will be
deformed.

SEM308F

PBIC0002E

OIL PAN

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b.

Slide Tool by tapping on the side (2) with a hammer to remove the oil pan from the engine block.

Installation

EBS00GTD

1.

Before installing the oil pan, remove all traces of the liquid gas-
ket from the mating surface using a scraper as shown.

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Also remove all traces of liquid gasket from the mating sur-
face of the cylinder block.

2.

Apply the liquid gasket to the oil pump gasket and rear oil seal
retainer gasket.

3.

Apply a continuous bead of liquid gasket to mating surface of oil
pan.

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Use Genuine Silicone RTV Sealant or equivalent. Refer to 

GI-

42, "RECOMMENDED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND SEAL-
ANTS"

 .

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Be sure the liquid gasket bead is 3.5 - 4.5 mm (0.138 - 0.177
in) wide. Apply the liquid gasket to the oil pan, going around
the bolt holes as shown.

SEM350B

SEM894B

SEM351B

SEM015E

EM-90

[VG33E and VG33ER]

OIL PAN

4.

Install the oil pan, and tighten the oil pan bolts to specification,
and in the numerical order as shown.

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Installation of the oil pan must be done within 5 minutes of the
liquid gasket application.

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Wait at least 30 minutes before filling the engine with oil.

5.

Install the remaining components in the reverse order of removal.

Oil pan bolts

: 6.3 - 8.3 N·m (0.64 - 0.85 kg-m, 
55.6 - 73.8 in-lb)

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