Thank you for posting this series of videos. I used them to change the spark plugs on my 2007 Nissan Quest yesterday and it helped tremendously. There are a few minor differences on the 2007, but nothing that can't be easily figured out. I will say (for those wanting to do this job) that getting to some of the rear bolts was very difficult for me. I have big hands and could not get my hand into the space to remove and reinstall a couple of the bolts on the lower part of the air intake plenum. I had my father-in-law assisting me. He has smaller hands and was able to get those bolts removed and reinstalled. I didn't keep close track of time, but I would say it took us about 7 hours to do this job.
I really appreciate you taking to time to post your comment and letting people know your experience on the 2007. I am glad you got the job done and was able to save some money doing it yourself.
I'm working on my 04 Max. What I though and had prepped for (gasket replacement) has turned into cover replacements too. Now my car is down until the parts arrive Monday. It's Thursday now. :/ I have plenty of time to remove a broken rear cover bolt that snapped as I was removing the cover. :/ At least it's on the front row. :/). Make sure you have some hose on hand to replace the vacuum hoses that are also brittle.
I just want to say "thank you" for posting this series of videos. I finished my 2004 Quest spark plug replacement today and everything went perfectly. I probably couldn't have done it without these videos - saved me $400 too (Nissan's quote for this). Thanks again.
Oh thank heavens you decided to tackle this project. I've wanted to do this for the longest time on my Quest but I didn't think it was possible to do it. It looks so cramped in the back of the engine. I will be watching the entire video series over and over again and memorize the steps involved. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was also putting off doing this until my valve cover was leaking and I couldn't wait anymore. This job is tough and will wear you out. Have some good tools so you don't round out any bolts. Be organized and prepared for any surprises that may come. Good luck.
Hey bud i really want to thank you for taking your time and recording all this 5 videos of how to replace valve cover i just finished my car(2007 nissan maxima) it took me the all day with no rush at all i got it done.. i took notes of all of your videos without any complications... i had to go and buy a few old vacumm hoses the ones i had was all crack specially the one behind the plenum manifold... I got all OEM parts from Nissan... They only thing i did not had to do was to remove the windshield column maxima has a lil bit more space at the firewall i guess...thank you so much i really appreciated your time.. NOTE: anyone trying to do this job please do not try to do this with a pair of pliers and a wrench .. Grab all the correct tools shown in the video specially the 7 PC Impact Star socket set you will need it ..
I completed this job using videos 2-4 of this series on a 2002 Nissan Maxima early last month. Happy to report that my oil loss days are behind me. I was putting about a quart of oil every 200 miles but the problem appears to have been resolved. When I went to change the spark plugs I noticed one of the plugs was wet with oil and this is what led me down this path to replace the rear valve cover. Thanks again to dial2fast for great instructions and saving me almost $1000 dollars by avoiding the dealer for this job.
I've used a lot of your videos for the Quest (ours is an 08), and this one, I followed 100%. Cyl 5 kept misfiring from a bad coil, and I waited for it to get worse, it did and your videos made this easy. Well, as easy as working in confined spaces could be..ha. But thank you for your time in making these, you saved me a quoted $400 in just labor that I just couldn't spare. Thanks!
Thank you sir for posting this and the subsequent video on the plenum removal. Watching in reverse helped me put everything back together! Edit: Just saw it was 9 years ago too, thanks for keeping it up.
Thanks for your Quest videos, great productions and very informative! Your first video that I watched was the one about the cracked Catalytic converter mounts. I was wondering what that noise was! Anyway, where did you get the valve cover from? I'm trying to replace mine on a 2007 quest and the price I'm finding for the rear valve cover is $183 OEM!
Great videos as always and very helpful. I know this was done on a Nissan Quest but would the process to replace the valve cover be similar for a 2007 Nissan Murano?
Awesome video, used it to change out my spark plugs. I replaced spark plugs and both valve cover gasket and intake manifold gasket on my 04 Nissan Murano. Put everything back together, but the car is not starting. It cranks but does not start. Wonder if you have any advices. Thanks!
Very similar to a 2008 Maxmia? the old lady's car.. wanting to change the plugs.. did Nissan also make the valve covers plastic on the 08's maxima? if so I will replace them.. great video by the way.. saved $300.00 on the daughters 97 maxima changing the valve covers gaskets, so many wire harnesses and one coolant hose under the intake..
Hello Sir. I really like your video. It helps a lot. Please do you have video for water pump replacement on 06 Quest. Is that simple or can be done at home garage. Thanks.
Love your videos! I have a 2008 Quest, do I need to take off the plenum to get to the spark plugs or can I simply remove the cowl for enough access? Also, I have 110k miles, valve covers are NOT leaking. Should I change the valve cover as a precaution if I'm changing spark plugs? Thank you!
The 2008 Quest have the same engine design, so you will need to remove the intake plenum to get to the rear spark plugs. As to the rear valve cover, it's more of a preventative maintenance item for you. Probably good idea to do it since the rear is much hotter and that's why the rear gasket becomes hard quicker than the front. This is one of those job that you really only want to do every 100k miles because it's a pain the butt. LOL.
As to the size or sockets you need, I believe I have mentioned them in my videos. As for the tools, I mentioned anything that is specialized to do specific function. The rest of it is your regular ratchet set, wrenches, and screwdrivers.
I have changed oil, break pads, rotors and starters so I have some experience but I am wondering how long this took you and how long you think it might take me?
My Video 4 of this series give some info to your question. If you are prepared with all the right tools and parts, you can probably get this done in about 4-5 hours while working a decent pace. You will also have to do some programming which I showed in Video 5.
hi, hope doing fine!!! what does the "cooling heater valve does????...and whats the name of that little motor that you took off right after that..its connected to the same hose its got the metal clip to disconnect the power... i have a 04 nissan quest and that little motor just started to make this buzzing sound and it went from less to more it almost got to a point that became unbearable . I also notes that the buzzing sound star when the engine gets up to normal cruising temperature..and only when engine is less than 800 RPM ..when engine is over 800 RPM or so the buzzing sound shuts off....and less than 800 RPM sound comes back on....hope you can give me an idea of whats going on .. thank you so much
Initially I spent a good 5 min prying it out and was able to get maybe 1/2" out, but it was still not coming out, so that's when I cut the ends off. After the install, I was able to utilize that 1/2" of plastic still present to plug it back in. You can try to pry yours out but it will get mangled pretty bad. If you decide to just cut it off, then a simple nylon tie wrap will hold it in place.
dial2fast In my 2006 I didn't actually have that coolant setup. My nissan service manual does show it either. BTW, that flexible ratchet from Harbor-Freight saved my bacon. Good call on that. It might just be my new favorite tool other than a dead-blow hammer. Complete this job today in 5h, including driving to H-F and back for the ratchet and taking a few breaks here and there. Being able to watch the videos last night (yours and a few others') made the job go much easier. Thanks for doing such a great job!
Chris Cleeland Excellent to hear you got it done with success. This job can be either straight forward or a nightmare depending on the tools you have. I am glad there is a HF near you. Thanks for sharing your experience. Cheers!
I have to replace my struts and this looks like the only way I can get to the bolts on the top. Looks like a lot of work and really difficult to put back together. Either I do it my self or pay up the a$$ for some one else to do it. Smh
I can not believe this is so involved. Way too much work! I would never buy this vehicle or any vehicle so time consuming to conduct basic maintenance. GF has a Murano, engine bay looks just like this video. She has around 120,000 miles on it and is losing oil very fast. I gave it a quick look over and believe that the leaks are coming from both valve covers and the hose that connects the remote oil filter mounted near the passenger side wheel well. I expected more from a japanese product to be honest, not reminding me of the Honda accords, Datsun / nissan 280's and toyota's that were so reliable. This vehicle is known for leaks and design of the engine bay makes fixing everything a nightmare. Not a vehicle worth keeping long term IMO.
Don't buy future high end Nissan or Infiniti cars. * Current value cover is made out of plastic & run around $400.00 each. Needs two. * Have to buy plenty of gaskets for valve covers, intake top & bottom. * $15 per spark plugs & you better pray the coil is not defective or clip broken. * Pray that all those cables & wires don't break /or snaps during removable & install. * Better know how to use the torque wrenches & torque patterns. Inifiniti Q45 and Nissan 350Z cost $1,500+ for spark plug & gaskets replacement And well over $3,500.00 for valve cover with above parts. You don't want to know the prices on Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari & Porsche.
This guy is doing it the hard way how about taking off the tires and maybe the windows and removing the doors and interior to take off the spark plugs lmao
Wtfpleasehlp ummm it's extremly tough for a bigger hand to get through to the back without more space. So it's really healpful to remove the cowl assembly
My mom got a $700 quote from the dealer plus $1500 in other work. I'm knocking things off the list one-by-one, and I'm not looking forward to doing the valve cover and spark plug replacement. I've watched dial2fast's videos a couple times, so the job no longer seems too challenging; just lots of parts to remove.
+dial2fast I finally got up the nerve to change the rear valve cover on my mom's 2002 Altima SE. It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. I removed the top and bottom plenum as a unit. I did make one mistake and crossed up the coil connectors (still not sure how I did that), which resulted in a P0300 code, but it's good now. It took about 6 hours from start to finish, including the cowl.
Thank you for posting this series of videos. I used them to change the spark plugs on my 2007 Nissan Quest yesterday and it helped tremendously. There are a few minor differences on the 2007, but nothing that can't be easily figured out. I will say (for those wanting to do this job) that getting to some of the rear bolts was very difficult for me. I have big hands and could not get my hand into the space to remove and reinstall a couple of the bolts on the lower part of the air intake plenum. I had my father-in-law assisting me. He has smaller hands and was able to get those bolts removed and reinstalled. I didn't keep close track of time, but I would say it took us about 7 hours to do this job.
I really appreciate you taking to time to post your comment and letting people know your experience on the 2007. I am glad you got the job done and was able to save some money doing it yourself.
Bhj
I'm working on my 04 Max. What I though and had prepped for (gasket replacement) has turned into cover replacements too. Now my car is down until the parts arrive Monday. It's Thursday now. :/ I have plenty of time to remove a broken rear cover bolt that snapped as I was removing the cover. :/
At least it's on the front row. :/).
Make sure you have some hose on hand to replace the vacuum hoses that are also brittle.
I just want to say "thank you" for posting this series of videos. I finished my 2004 Quest spark plug replacement today and everything went perfectly. I probably couldn't have done it without these videos - saved me $400 too (Nissan's quote for this). Thanks again.
Oh thank heavens you decided to tackle this project. I've wanted to do this for the longest time on my Quest but I didn't think it was possible to do it. It looks so cramped in the back of the engine. I will be watching the entire video series over and over again and memorize the steps involved. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was also putting off doing this until my valve cover was leaking and I couldn't wait anymore. This job is tough and will wear you out. Have some good tools so you don't round out any bolts. Be organized and prepared for any surprises that may come. Good luck.
Like hoses, zip ties and plugs while your in there.
Hey bud i really want to thank you for taking your time and recording all this 5 videos of how to replace valve cover i just finished my car(2007 nissan maxima) it took me the all day with no rush at all i got it done.. i took notes of all of your videos without any complications... i had to go and buy a few old vacumm hoses the ones i had was all crack specially the one behind the plenum manifold... I got all OEM parts from Nissan... They only thing i did not had to do was to remove the windshield column maxima has a lil bit more space at the firewall i guess...thank you so much i really appreciated your time.. NOTE: anyone trying to do this job please do not try to do this with a pair of pliers and a wrench .. Grab all the correct tools shown in the video specially the 7 PC Impact Star socket set you will need it ..
Excellent. Thanks for sharing your experience. Now we know this is good for the Maxima too. You have a great week!!
I completed this job using videos 2-4 of this series on a 2002 Nissan Maxima early last month. Happy to report that my oil loss days are behind me. I was putting about a quart of oil every 200 miles but the problem appears to have been resolved. When I went to change the spark plugs I noticed one of the plugs was wet with oil and this is what led me down this path to replace the rear valve cover. Thanks again to dial2fast for great instructions and saving me almost $1000 dollars by avoiding the dealer for this job.
2k2 Albatross yea I have a 2007 Nissan Murano and the rear middle spark plug was covered in oil
I've used a lot of your videos for the Quest (ours is an 08), and this one, I followed 100%. Cyl 5 kept misfiring from a bad coil, and I waited for it to get worse, it did and your videos made this easy. Well, as easy as working in confined spaces could be..ha. But thank you for your time in making these, you saved me a quoted $400 in just labor that I just couldn't spare. Thanks!
Very awesome to hear your feedback. I am glad you found my videos to be helpful. Cheers!!
Thank you sir for posting this and the subsequent video on the plenum removal. Watching in reverse helped me put everything back together!
Edit: Just saw it was 9 years ago too, thanks for keeping it up.
This whole series rocked. Did it to my 2007 Quest. Took about 7 hours, but I am definitely an amateur.
dial2fast, you produced a great video here, your explanations and communication skills are a cut above most everyone else!
Really appreciate your comment. Thank you!
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Thanks for your Quest videos, great productions and very informative! Your first video that I watched was the one about the cracked Catalytic converter mounts. I was wondering what that noise was! Anyway, where did you get the valve cover from? I'm trying to replace mine on a 2007 quest and the price I'm finding for the rear valve cover is $183 OEM!
Great videos as always and very helpful. I know this was done on a Nissan Quest but would the process to replace the valve cover be similar for a 2007 Nissan Murano?
Yes, same engine and layout.
dial2fast ok thanks
Thank you so much. I have a 2005 Nissan Murano coming up on 300K miles and do most maintenance on it now that I'm unemployed. This was very helpful.
It's good to hear you are taking care of the vehicle and it's still going at 300k. Take care and thanks for your comment!
Awesome video, used it to change out my spark plugs. I replaced spark plugs and both valve cover gasket and intake manifold gasket on my 04 Nissan Murano. Put everything back together, but the car is not starting. It cranks but does not start. Wonder if you have any advices. Thanks!
Never mind. Got it to work. Thanks again for the great video.
Good job, man. Good camera angles.
Very similar to a 2008 Maxmia? the old lady's car.. wanting to change the plugs.. did Nissan also make the valve covers plastic on the 08's maxima? if so I will replace them.. great video by the way.. saved $300.00 on the daughters 97 maxima changing the valve covers gaskets, so many wire harnesses and one coolant hose under the intake..
+Jam “bambam” Ward I am pretty sure the 08 also has plastic valve cover. Later years uses plastic plenum also.
Which tool did you use at 2:55 to remove the clip for the windshield cowl?
It's a trim removal tool like this amzn.to/3Gx8cmL
Thanks for the great series of videos, I am getting ready to do the same procedure and you are going to make the job a lot easier.
Excellent channel.
Thanks for your wonderful comment! Hope your job goes smoothly.
Hello Sir. I really like your video. It helps a lot. Please do you have video for water pump replacement on 06 Quest. Is that simple or can be done at home garage. Thanks.
Love your videos! I have a 2008 Quest, do I need to take off the plenum to get to the spark plugs or can I simply remove the cowl for enough access? Also, I have 110k miles, valve covers are NOT leaking. Should I change the valve cover as a precaution if I'm changing spark plugs? Thank you!
The 2008 Quest have the same engine design, so you will need to remove the intake plenum to get to the rear spark plugs. As to the rear valve cover, it's more of a preventative maintenance item for you. Probably good idea to do it since the rear is much hotter and that's why the rear gasket becomes hard quicker than the front. This is one of those job that you really only want to do every 100k miles because it's a pain the butt. LOL.
Great video i'm gonna have to do this to my Quest, just wanted to know if you had a list of tools and sizes for this job?
As to the size or sockets you need, I believe I have mentioned them in my videos. As for the tools, I mentioned anything that is specialized to do specific function. The rest of it is your regular ratchet set, wrenches, and screwdrivers.
I have changed oil, break pads, rotors and starters so I have some experience but I am wondering how long this took you and how long you think it might take me?
My Video 4 of this series give some info to your question. If you are prepared with all the right tools and parts, you can probably get this done in about 4-5 hours while working a decent pace. You will also have to do some programming which I showed in Video 5.
Thank you for the video. Big help.great explanations and good camera angle, easy to follow.
Glad my video was helpful.
Dial, what issue's where you getting that made you realize you needed to change the cover.
Thanks
The valve cover was leaking oil and dripping onto the exhaust manifold causing it to smoke.
I am changing out my front struts do i need to dis connect my ecmi or can i leave it attached as a whole?
hi, hope doing fine!!! what does the "cooling heater valve does????...and whats the name of that little motor that you took off right after that..its connected to the same hose its got the metal clip to disconnect the power... i have a 04 nissan quest and that little motor just started to make this buzzing sound and it went from less to more it almost got to a point that became unbearable . I also notes that the buzzing sound star when the engine gets up to normal cruising temperature..and only when engine is less than 800 RPM ..when engine is over 800 RPM or so the buzzing sound shuts off....and less than 800 RPM sound comes back on....hope you can give me an idea of whats going on ..
thank you so much
Do you have to drain any fluids before starting this repair? Thank you
No fluid drain.
dial2fast thank you for the reply.
What did you do with the clips that broke on the upper coolant hoses that connect to the cowl? How did you reconnect?
Initially I spent a good 5 min prying it out and was able to get maybe 1/2" out, but it was still not coming out, so that's when I cut the ends off. After the install, I was able to utilize that 1/2" of plastic still present to plug it back in. You can try to pry yours out but it will get mangled pretty bad. If you decide to just cut it off, then a simple nylon tie wrap will hold it in place.
dial2fast In my 2006 I didn't actually have that coolant setup. My nissan service manual does show it either.
BTW, that flexible ratchet from Harbor-Freight saved my bacon. Good call on that. It might just be my new favorite tool other than a dead-blow hammer.
Complete this job today in 5h, including driving to H-F and back for the ratchet and taking a few breaks here and there. Being able to watch the videos last night (yours and a few others') made the job go much easier.
Thanks for doing such a great job!
Chris Cleeland Excellent to hear you got it done with success. This job can be either straight forward or a nightmare depending on the tools you have. I am glad there is a HF near you. Thanks for sharing your experience. Cheers!
these nissans are a big pain!!!!! I stick with Honda now!!! easier to work on!!! thank you for sharing.
Have you replaced your shocks yet? I see another video coming hehehe
Fingers crossed. Hope no more problems LOL
2007 Nissan Quest cylinder 6 spark plug replacement
I have to replace my struts and this looks like the only way I can get to the bolts on the top. Looks like a lot of work and really difficult to put back together. Either I do it my self or pay up the a$$ for some one else to do it. Smh
will it be the same on a 2006 Nissan Murano?
Yes it's the same
would this work for 2007 nissan quest?
Yes
I have changed my pulges after my car start missing lilt vibration 2013 nissan xterra import from us
same for an 05 Maxima?
Yes same.
thks for the video i would never get to the rear intake
Excellent video series thanks so much
Thanks for your comment!
Can this be done to replace the plugs instead of removing the manifold? I would rather remove this cowling on a Merano than remove the manifold.
You must remove the manifold. The plugs in the rear can be changed without removing the cowling.
@@truepatriot8751 Thanks. I ended up telling the same thing to the guy I sold it to a few months back.
yaaaaa I'm not paying 300$ for someone to do this. thanks for the video
I can not believe this is so involved. Way too much work! I would never buy this vehicle or any vehicle so time consuming to conduct basic maintenance. GF has a Murano, engine bay looks just like this video. She has around 120,000 miles on it and is losing oil very fast. I gave it a quick look over and believe that the leaks are coming from both valve covers and the hose that connects the remote oil filter mounted near the passenger side wheel well. I expected more from a japanese product to be honest, not reminding me of the Honda accords, Datsun / nissan 280's and toyota's that were so reliable. This vehicle is known for leaks and design of the engine bay makes fixing everything a nightmare. Not a vehicle worth keeping long term IMO.
OdinsCloud I drive a couple 90's Hondas/Acuras...nothing on those cars is this hard. Geez. I agree - very disappointing for being a Japanese car.
The only i can tell is this is not an 08 Maxima.
You're taking off too much things off, there's a more simple way.
And how is that? Can you explain?
Don't buy future high end Nissan or Infiniti cars.
* Current value cover is made out of plastic & run around $400.00 each. Needs two.
* Have to buy plenty of gaskets for valve covers, intake top & bottom.
* $15 per spark plugs & you better pray the coil is not defective or clip broken.
* Pray that all those cables & wires don't break /or snaps during removable & install.
* Better know how to use the torque wrenches & torque patterns.
Inifiniti Q45 and Nissan 350Z cost $1,500+ for spark plug & gaskets replacement
And well over $3,500.00 for valve cover with above parts.
You don't want to know the prices on Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari & Porsche.
Hell no, no need to remove all that stuff!
The entire video i just kept saying "BUT WHY!!!!" lol
This guy is doing it the hard way how about taking off the tires and maybe the windows and removing the doors and interior to take off the spark plugs lmao
Wtfpleasehlp ummm it's extremly tough for a bigger hand to get through to the back without more space. So it's really healpful to remove the cowl assembly
I have 2 quotes for this job, one is $700, one is $900. Ugh.....
Yeah, there is a lot of labour involved in this job. If those prices are from a dealer, they are charging over $100/hr these days.
My mom got a $700 quote from the dealer plus $1500 in other work. I'm knocking things off the list one-by-one, and I'm not looking forward to doing the valve cover and spark plug replacement. I've watched dial2fast's videos a couple times, so the job no longer seems too challenging; just lots of parts to remove.
Holy Christ....that's a lot of F~!%kn work...Just Junk the Car....that's easier!
jjsiegal1 Nah...not that bad when you only have to do this every 8-9 years.
+dial2fast I finally got up the nerve to change the rear valve cover on my mom's 2002 Altima SE. It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. I removed the top and bottom plenum as a unit. I did make one mistake and crossed up the coil connectors (still not sure how I did that), which resulted in a P0300 code, but it's good now. It took about 6 hours from start to finish, including the cowl.