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Oil Pan: Components: Installation

  1. Install the oil pan gasket to the oil pan.
    CAUTION:
    • Completely wipe out any moisture, oil, and old gasket from the oil pan gasket mating surface and bolt hole of oil pan and transaxle case.
    • Never reuse oil pan gasket.
  2. Install the oil pan assembly to the transaxle case, and then temporarily tighten the oil pan bolt.
    CAUTION: Never reuse oil pan bolts.
  3. Tighten the oil pan bolts in the order shown in the figure to the specified torque.
    Fig 1: View Of Oil Pan Bolt Tightening Sequence
    G07139227Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  4. Tighten the oil pan bolts again clockwise from (1) shown in the figure to the specified torque.
  5. Install drain plug gasket to drain plug.
    CAUTION: Never reuse drain plug gasket.
  6. Install drain plug to oil pan.
    CAUTION:
    • After installation is complete, fill CVT will recommended CVT fluid and check for CVT fluid leakage and CVT fluid level. Refer to "CHECKING CVT FLUID ".