I was going to say basicly what was just said above. Thanks so much for doing that tear down. I have a much better understanding of where everything is on my 2005 Nissan Xterra SE 2WD@@Rythecarguy
@@JCEverett77 that's awesome! Glad to hear that. TBTH I kinda just did this video for fun but it makes really happy that it seems to be helping people out.
This video helped me more than you know! I had to change head gaskets after determining the heads weren't cracked. Everything was step by step and when done the truck fired right up and has been doing good! Thanks!
Wow, thank you man, I really appreciate it. 👍I do the best I am able to do with what I have and being a one man show. It means a lot that people actually like it.
That coil pack wire boot you pulled out that was deformed looking was exactly what one of mine looked like when I pulled it from Cylinder 1 after a misfire. It would not return to normal position like heat had permenantly deformed it. It was really weird! Replaced all 6 and problem gone. Idle is super smooth now.
Great video, I'm referencing this for a potential head gasket replacement. I have a couple of questions: Does the rear timing cover need to be completely removed to remove the heads? Are there tappets under the cam lobes for the camshaft that need to be accounted for when removing the cams? Thanks!
Still watching, but how did this motor not make it into... the Z! A Maxima? I didn't even think it existed. Was it assembled in 'Merica? Best American V6 after the Buick 3800!
I'm pretty sure the 3.5 in the z has more power than the 4.0. The later 3.7 definitely does. Although the 4.0 ( being its for a truck.) may have more tq idk tho
Ok question for you. Got a 07 that had the cats clogged before we purchased it and the cats started to disintegrate and it’s consuming oil lime crazy. Is it worth it to rebuild the motor and install new rings or should we just buy a used motor and hope the same thing didn’t happen to it ?
Hi and happy birthday I think 🧐 this alternator will not work with vk engen i think 🤔 you need the other on that works on 14v - 130A valeo Thanks 😊 and good luck ❤
Have a misters oil leak on my 06 xterra leaking on O2sensor passenger side causing smoke replaced valve covers and gaskets still have a drip cleaned up and can’t seems to locate the leak ??? Runs great really quite just an annoying leak any theories???
Nissan engines aren’t really all that great even the VA engine is a pile of crap. Nissan hasn’t really made a good engine in years. They used to be good back in the days when it was Datsun then it went to Nissan I would say from the Dotson era I’ve been to the 90s they made pretty good vehicles after that they went to crap
I think most motors are good if you maintain them. Some just take a lot more maintenance than others. I will agree that the VQ40 does have some faults but they can be easily remedied. The VKs seem to be pretty great. I am seeing a ton of people put crazy miles on them with nothing but oil changes.
Actually Nissan makes fantastic engines. I have owned cars with VG30, SR20, and VQ40 engines and all have been fantastic as long as you perform the maintenance.
He's probably referring to what my dad( Veteran master mechanic) calls “modern nissans” which he says is when fiat came in and although they simplified things by putting a 2.5 or 3.5 in every car, this saved nissan as they were in trouble however there quality and reliability suffered massively. It's no secret that nissan cars are not great. Even the Z is not great like it used to be. However the trucks and suv seem to be a lot better. I was wondering if it's because up until the 2nd gen X they had distributors still and rear drum brakes must be the last company to do this. I have a 1st gen 3.3 x and I specifically avoided the 2nd gen because I have heard the 4.0 has many issues? I sorta wish I had the 2nd gen now.
Yes, the VG40E will be replaced by the GTR R35 engine. This is not strange. we will talk. We will fall behind in disasters, especially in the difficult stages of the tour and the tariff, as well as adding in ease and splendor and a real monster that is not something simple.
I dont comprehend all the fuss about timming chain issues on the 4.0 liter nissan engine does everyone think that other engines from all makes and models dont have issues as well, fords 4.0 v6 had a horrendous timming set up on the newer engines with the jackshaft but they were excellent engines ,All auto manufactuers have their faults ,now gdi engines and variable transmissions/axles theres something to hate on.
Oh fun fact i discovered a drain plug at about the 5 oclock position from the water pump so for anyone tearing down and dont want to get so much coolant in the oil pan when pulking the water pump , simply clean out that hile i discussed and tou should have a drain plug 😊
Hi, I just removed the passenger side head in my 2012 Pathfinder. After I removed the cam bracket and the cams, all valves went to “closed” position. Shall put camshafts back into place and tighten all brackets? How do I align the timing of the shafts? The main chain was on TDC cylinder #1.
Man…everything you spot as you’re pulling it apart in the “shade tree mechanic” realm is everything people have done to my 05 Xterra engine. Now if someone could take a Toyota 4.0 & the Nissan 4.0 out side by side to show the differences in the two so I can understand why my buddy’s 1st year Tacoma 4.0 has 315k miles, zero leaks, zero exhaust, zero transmission issues, zero cooling leaks, zero rattles & he’s only ever had to replace spark plugs once…while I’ve had to replace everything on my 05 Xterra, that would be the best comparison and information video ever
Hey man, love your channel! It has helped me more than once with my X. I've been asking the "I Do Cars" channel (very entertaining if you're interested) to tear down a VQ40DE for a while now, so it was a very nice surprise to see you put this up! If I may, there were a couple of things I noticed that may save you and anyone reading this a headache or two in the future... First thing, the crank pulley. This engine may be a special case since whoever had it in the past clearly did not know what an oil change was, but removing the pulley itself doesn't require a puller at all. If it's in there normally, it just takes a wiggle and it will slide right out! I want to say I read that in the FSM, if you are in need of a copy, Id be happy to share it! Next, and my only major critique... When you were taking the head bolts out, you went from back to front, and there's a good chance the head was warped in the process. It's aluminum (one reason it's so light) and easy to damage. You want to work from the top outside corner to the opposite bottom corner in an X pattern (no pun intended), then repeat with the inner four. That applies to pretty much any part that relies on that much flat contact, including the timing covers, valve covers, intake plenum, etc. The camshafts you seemed to get at least partly right, so cheers on that! It just worried me because I don't think I would buy an aluminum head that I knew was removed like that. Not trying to be an ass, just trying to help. Part of me is screaming that you know what you're doing and you were just tearing it down as a palate cleanser, but I had to mention it because no one wants their heads to end up being rocking chairs, haha. Again, you do awesome work and are appreciated, and I hope you keep putting out content!
Glad you like the channel! You’re right, normally I just pull it by the old “wiggle and pull” but this one was hard as hell for some reason and I was not about to deal with it. As far as the heads, I really was tearing this down as a “watch me tear this down” and not a “how to tear down a VQ” I didnt make it clear in the video but I would hope that people would not tear down a VQ the way i did if they were actually planning on reusing it. If anyone was actually going to buy the heads (no one did) I would have made it clear how they were removed and that they would need them tested and possibly decked if they were not perfect. Anyone buying used heads should be doing that anyway. Neither here nor there though, 99% of that engine went to the recyclers to be melted down into white claw cans. 😂 Thanks for the feedback dude!
Hey man I enjoyed the video great job. I have an 05 pathfinder waiting for a vq to vk heart transplant but I’m having some trouble finding anyone who can make a swap harness. If you can help me out that would be much appreciated.
Yea, I am trying to get ahold of Brennan from Driven desire since everyone else basically says no and tells you to go to him. But I cannot get him to respond to my emails for anything. We are coming up to the deadline though and if he does not get back to me I will need to figure something else out.
Awesome video! Just did the swap myself on a frontier. Thought I might mention you'll want to keep your AC lines from the compressor and also that oil pressure sensor. You'll reuse that oil pressure sensor on the vk56, and the low pressure ac line can be bent a bit to fit the vk56 compressor. High pressure will require v8 pathfinder line.
@Rythecarguy there's really only one person that does the conversion as a service, and that's Brennan over at drivendesire. His turnaround is pretty quick. As for NATS. There's two options. If you plan on getting aftermarket headers and uprev, it can be tuned out completely. (Expect to pay a bit for this) But less you have an entire titan, you can grab the BCM out of the titan and swap it into the xterra. Should be same plugs. Than remove the security chip from the titan key and xterra key. Put the chip from the titan into the xterra key and your set. However, I couldn't get another key programmed correctly (I only had one), so I ended up tuning out NATS with uprev to create keys at a much cheaper cost.
@@ke_ata thanks for this info! Brennan has been hard AF to get ahold of lately but I am still hoping to get it out to him to complete. I love the idea of the BCM because I am parting out my Titan anyway. So I will move that over. I also heard you can change the NATS antenna and the key cylinder in the ignition so you can use the same keys as the titan as well. I want to do that because I have two titan keys and two remotes. The Xterra only had one key.
Hey @ Ry so about the upper oil pan & the crank case once I take upper oil pan off if I unbolt crank case will crank fall out on my head or can I support (I’m working in my driveway motor still in truck). Plz help
It's very heavy but if you have one person hold it and you leave two of the caps on, you can probably remove the two outer caps and safely lower it down, but I don't know how you're gonna get it back in there.
More excellent progress getting you closer to new adventures in the new rig. One small suggestion. I know others have mentioned the way you have your tail lights mounted. You certianly might have reasons for mounting them where you did but as others have mentioned it seems like they could get damaged if you happen to drag the back end and being that they are angled down their visibility is diminished I imagine. Was wondering since you seem to have pretty good fab skills if you couldn't just make a couple brackets that you could mount to the top edge of your bumper that would be L shaped sort of and bent so that you could mount your lights to the brackets. This would have the lights up higher basically kind of as if you mounted them to the camper itself but attached to the bumper so you wouldn't have to drill into the camper. Visibility would be much better and they wouldn't get damaged if you do happen to drag your bumper.
Lol some how You Tube put my comment on another vid on this vid. Anyway another awesome vid thanks for the great work man. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to rebuild my Fronty motor. Got 416,000 on it and it finally developed a large enough head gasket leak that I don't think I'll be able to fix it with head gasket sealer this time. It's been such a great truck and a great engine that I really just want to keep the truck but as you can imagine the truck got 416,000 miles of hard work and play so she's dinged and dented and the drivers seat is pretty much work out so I'm also looking for another 2nd gen crew cab LWB 4X4 to replace it. Truck prices right now though holy smokes.
416,000!!! You officially have the most miles I have ever heard of on the VQ. Is that all original core components? Including bearings? Thats a tough call, I would say that if you are able to have extending down time for the truck then putting new head gaskets in and redoing the timing would be a good move. If it continues to work for you then an investment of probably around 1500 it way cheaper than buying a new truck.
@Rythecarguy Yea all original components for the most part engine wise as far as I know. Ive obviously replaced suspension and brake parts over the years and I bought the truck used with 60,000 on the odo and put the rest on myself so not sure what if anything was done by the 1st owner. Over my ownership I replaced 2 radiators due to leaks, one at around 150thou the other around 300thou, and the heater core around the time of the 2nd radiator due to the hose attachment gasket on the fitting on the heatercore failing. I put new plugs and coils on the truck at 300thou thinking the poor running conditions I was having were due to me never having replaced them before. But it turned out I needed new catalytic coverters. So I put new Cats on the truck around 350thou after the Cats were so clogged it was putting my truck in limp mode lol. I've been a little hard on the truck and ashamed to say a bit lackadaisical on some maintinence lol. I did change the oil every 10thou with Valvoline High Mileage syn blend and used a Valvoline Purolator One oil filter over the life of the truck. At the time I had my Cats replaced I also had the valve covers replaced because I had a pesky leak that was dripping on my exhaust and really causing a stink. Oh and since I never changed the fluids in my diffs my rear diff went out at around 350thou and decided to put a new rear end in the truck. I did do a lot of towing with the truck over the years so I blame the diff failure on myself. Then ofcourse around that time I developed a small headgasket leak and was burning coolant in cylinder 5 with a good bit of white smoke in the morn when I started up the truck. Used some head gasket sealer and it fixed the problem until 416thou and now I've got another good sized leak pouring coolant on the ground. It's been a Great truck and if the body was pristine which it is far from as it has been a hard working truck all it's life then I would probably just drop another engine in it. But it's pretty beat up and I think the only way it comes back to life is if I try some serious gasket sealer procedure or replace the headgaskets which is an undertaking of time that I probably can't commit to. So more then likely it'll be a parts truck for the next one I buy as I'm hunting for one just like mine right now. Funny thing is the long bed crew cabs are harder to find then the short beds. Anyway they are great trucks and I've seen comments on lots of Frontier you tube content where owners have talked about their trucks going 400 and even 500 thou. Of course not sure if that's all original. If I was a better owner and better at preventative maintenence I believe I could have easily gotten my truck to 500thou. Definately going to be going for it with the next one with the mindset to treat it a little bit nicer.
Hi! Thanks for the great video. It’s very informative. Do you have a video on how to remove the engine from the XTerra? If not, can you make one :). I am sure there a lot of guys that needs to pull the engine out for a rebuilt Oh. Do you happen to have a Xterra engine rebuilt video as well?
Glad you like it. Thanks. The first 4 videos of my VK swap series is removing the Xterra Engine. Here is the first video: th-cam.com/video/Vaw3NmNyktQ/w-d-xo.html No rebuild series on the VQ40DE yet. Only on the VK56DE
I have been waiting for someone to make this video for 17 years since I bought mine. Great work as always. Thanks!
Glad I could be the guy to do it! Thank you and thanks for watching.
This content is phenomenal, man! Thanks for doing what you do and for being so involved/interested in the Nissan community!
It's my pleasure man. Thank you for saying that. It's a lot of work but it's worth it if you guys enjoy it and it's helpful. 💪🏻
I was going to say basicly what was just said above. Thanks so much for doing that tear down. I have a much better understanding of where everything is on my 2005 Nissan Xterra SE 2WD@@Rythecarguy
@@JCEverett77 that's awesome! Glad to hear that. TBTH I kinda just did this video for fun but it makes really happy that it seems to be helping people out.
This video helped me more than you know! I had to change head gaskets after determining the heads weren't cracked. Everything was step by step and when done the truck fired right up and has been doing good! Thanks!
Those engines are strong and tough.
Angreed
Dude, your auto content is the very best I've seen and since I also have an Xterra, even MORE awesome!!!! Thank you!!1
Wow, thank you man, I really appreciate it. 👍I do the best I am able to do with what I have and being a one man show. It means a lot that people actually like it.
This was a great break down, it felt like I was watching I Do Cars sometimes lol.
Happy Birthday, and you did an excellent job.
happy birthday buddy, thanks for your channel and how to's. you've been such a huge help with my X
Thank you! Its my pleasure, I love helping out.
Happy birthday brother 🎉🎉🎉great video
Thanks so much
That coil pack wire boot you pulled out that was deformed looking was exactly what one of mine looked like when I pulled it from Cylinder 1 after a misfire. It would not return to normal position like heat had permenantly deformed it. It was really weird! Replaced all 6 and problem gone. Idle is super smooth now.
I had a similar problem. It turned out that the rubber O ring from a spark plug socket got stuck on the spark plug and wedged in the boot!
Happy Birthday Ry
Thank you! :D
Can you give us a video of your thoughts of Toyota’s new catastrophic engine failure?
Good job on tair down
Thanks!
Dang man, you really know your way around the vq. I hope to get there some day
Thank man, I’m about to have another one that needs to get pulled apart. You can do it for me if you want lol.
@@Rythecarguy haha I wish I could lol 😂
"There's always ONE that I forget... well sometimes... five."
The most Ry thing I've heard in a while. Lmao
😂 and if we're being real, it's not sometimes... it's most the time.
Great running engines ... The design is so complicated.
Agreed. But it works well.
That is one beefy main cap girdle.
Only the best for Nissan 😂
Great video, I'm referencing this for a potential head gasket replacement. I have a couple of questions:
Does the rear timing cover need to be completely removed to remove the heads?
Are there tappets under the cam lobes for the camshaft that need to be accounted for when removing the cams?
Thanks!
Happy belated birthday!! 🎉
Thanks so much man!
Still watching, but how did this motor not make it into... the Z! A Maxima? I didn't even think it existed. Was it assembled in 'Merica? Best American V6 after the Buick 3800!
I'm pretty sure the 3.5 in the z has more power than the 4.0. The later 3.7 definitely does. Although the 4.0 ( being its for a truck.) may have more tq idk tho
Thank you
Great video! What was the smell from? I don't get that part...
Idk but every time I tear down an engine it just has this very distinct and terrible smell. I hate it.
happy birthday
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Hey Ry what's thoughts about FIXD Code Reader that's said I was thinking getting one
Ok question for you. Got a 07 that had the cats clogged before we purchased it and the cats started to disintegrate and it’s consuming oil lime crazy. Is it worth it to rebuild the motor and install new rings or should we just buy a used motor and hope the same thing didn’t happen to it ?
Hi and happy birthday
I think 🧐 this alternator will not work with vk engen i think 🤔 you need the other on that works on 14v - 130A valeo
Thanks 😊 and good luck ❤
Thank you. I hope it does. I am already spending a lot of money on this. Lol
Fun episode
Thanks mike! 💪🏻 this week we dig into the Titan .
Is there any possible way you can compare the vq40 right next to the vq35, intakes, heads, pistons, crank ect
Unfortunately no. I don't have any experience or access to a vq35
good job 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 💪🏻
thats vq35de ?
Nope. VQ40DE
Have a misters oil leak on my 06 xterra leaking on O2sensor passenger side causing smoke replaced valve covers and gaskets still have a drip cleaned up and can’t seems to locate the leak ??? Runs great really quite just an annoying leak any theories???
If its on your O2 then its 99% likely to be your valve covers. These are notorious for leaky valve covers.
@@Rythecarguythat’s the very 1st thing I did along with tune up covers and gaskets, the oil leak is still there?
@@ExtremeKustomz615leaking cam sensor o-ring?
@@nathankelly7259 I figured it out it, RTV was too thick wouldn’t let the valve cover seat properly causing it to leak.
V6 gang . The v6 Vq is so much more capable and better for turning and boost……. As most v6 a are.
They are great. I love this motor. I bought a spare that's just chilling in my garage for when mine goes out.
How much for crankshaft??
Oh man, I'm sorry, I just scrapped most of this engine since I had not heard from anyone. Crank is gone.
Looks like they had rtv in a caulking gun. Lol
Really tho!!
Must've been 1000W-30 in that thing.
Right?!? Insane.
This engine wasn’t maintenance to properly, and was extremely abused .
Agreed.
Nissan engines aren’t really all that great even the VA engine is a pile of crap. Nissan hasn’t really made a good engine in years. They used to be good back in the days when it was Datsun then it went to Nissan I would say from the Dotson era I’ve been to the 90s they made pretty good vehicles after that they went to crap
I think most motors are good if you maintain them. Some just take a lot more maintenance than others. I will agree that the VQ40 does have some faults but they can be easily remedied. The VKs seem to be pretty great. I am seeing a ton of people put crazy miles on them with nothing but oil changes.
Other than the timing chain tensioners, I think the VQ40 is one of the better “modern” Nissan engines. Of course you have the VG’s.
Actually Nissan makes fantastic engines. I have owned cars with VG30, SR20, and VQ40 engines and all have been fantastic as long as you perform the maintenance.
He's probably referring to what my dad( Veteran master mechanic) calls “modern nissans” which he says is when fiat came in and although they simplified things by putting a 2.5 or 3.5 in every car, this saved nissan as they were in trouble however there quality and reliability suffered massively. It's no secret that nissan cars are not great. Even the Z is not great like it used to be. However the trucks and suv seem to be a lot better. I was wondering if it's because up until the 2nd gen X they had distributors still and rear drum brakes must be the last company to do this. I have a 1st gen 3.3 x and I specifically avoided the 2nd gen because I have heard the 4.0 has many issues? I sorta wish I had the 2nd gen now.
Ry, what would you say is the average mileage lifespan of the VQ40DE motors?? 300k? 350?
Quickly becoming my favorite youtube series to follow
💪🏻💪🏻 hell yea, that means a lot to me. I was worried about moving to series so I love hearing this. Thank you.
Sad looks like they dumped some serious money into that Xterra but refused to do oil changes frequently
I'm doing the exact opposite and it's been working pretty well lol
Oil changes are #1! Do that and its amazing what you can get away with.
Wild right? You gotta stick with the basics.
Another great video! Love engine teardown videos! Hope you're having an amazing day Ry! Keep up the awesome content!
Thanks! You too!
Yes, the VG40E will be replaced by the GTR R35 engine. This is not strange. we will talk. We will fall behind in disasters, especially in the difficult stages of the tour and the tariff, as well as adding in ease and splendor and a real monster that is not something simple.
Those bottom bolts oil pan to timing cover was another genius engineering feat for nissan especially if the engine is still in the vehicle 😂😂
NISSAN 🖕
I dont comprehend all the fuss about timming chain issues on the 4.0 liter nissan engine does everyone think that other engines from all makes and models dont have issues as well, fords 4.0 v6 had a horrendous timming set up on the newer engines with the jackshaft but they were excellent engines ,All auto manufactuers have their faults ,now gdi engines and variable transmissions/axles theres something to hate on.
Oh fun fact i discovered a drain plug at about the 5 oclock position from the water pump so for anyone tearing down and dont want to get so much coolant in the oil pan when pulking the water pump , simply clean out that hile i discussed and tou should have a drain plug 😊
Hi,
I just removed the passenger side head in my 2012 Pathfinder. After I removed the cam bracket and the cams, all valves went to “closed” position. Shall put camshafts back into place and tighten all brackets? How do I align the timing of the shafts? The main chain was on TDC cylinder #1.
Man…everything you spot as you’re pulling it apart in the “shade tree mechanic” realm is everything people have done to my 05 Xterra engine.
Now if someone could take a Toyota 4.0 & the Nissan 4.0 out side by side to show the differences in the two so I can understand why my buddy’s 1st year Tacoma 4.0 has 315k miles, zero leaks, zero exhaust, zero transmission issues, zero cooling leaks, zero rattles & he’s only ever had to replace spark plugs once…while I’ve had to replace everything on my 05 Xterra, that would be the best comparison and information video ever
Do you watch Eric on I Do Cars channel? Looks like you're doing his work. Happy birthday 🎉
No, never heard of him. Is this his style? If so, what a champ lol. and Thank you! 😊
Hey man, love your channel! It has helped me more than once with my X. I've been asking the "I Do Cars" channel (very entertaining if you're interested) to tear down a VQ40DE for a while now, so it was a very nice surprise to see you put this up! If I may, there were a couple of things I noticed that may save you and anyone reading this a headache or two in the future... First thing, the crank pulley. This engine may be a special case since whoever had it in the past clearly did not know what an oil change was, but removing the pulley itself doesn't require a puller at all. If it's in there normally, it just takes a wiggle and it will slide right out! I want to say I read that in the FSM, if you are in need of a copy, Id be happy to share it! Next, and my only major critique... When you were taking the head bolts out, you went from back to front, and there's a good chance the head was warped in the process. It's aluminum (one reason it's so light) and easy to damage. You want to work from the top outside corner to the opposite bottom corner in an X pattern (no pun intended), then repeat with the inner four. That applies to pretty much any part that relies on that much flat contact, including the timing covers, valve covers, intake plenum, etc. The camshafts you seemed to get at least partly right, so cheers on that! It just worried me because I don't think I would buy an aluminum head that I knew was removed like that. Not trying to be an ass, just trying to help.
Part of me is screaming that you know what you're doing and you were just tearing it down as a palate cleanser, but I had to mention it because no one wants their heads to end up being rocking chairs, haha. Again, you do awesome work and are appreciated, and I hope you keep putting out content!
Glad you like the channel! You’re right, normally I just pull it by the old “wiggle and pull” but this one was hard as hell for some reason and I was not about to deal with it. As far as the heads, I really was tearing this down as a “watch me tear this down” and not a “how to tear down a VQ” I didnt make it clear in the video but I would hope that people would not tear down a VQ the way i did if they were actually planning on reusing it. If anyone was actually going to buy the heads (no one did) I would have made it clear how they were removed and that they would need them tested and possibly decked if they were not perfect. Anyone buying used heads should be doing that anyway. Neither here nor there though, 99% of that engine went to the recyclers to be melted down into white claw cans. 😂 Thanks for the feedback dude!
Do you have a pic or the size of the bolt that goes in the deep hole on the timing cover by any chance
Hey man I enjoyed the video great job. I have an 05 pathfinder waiting for a vq to vk heart transplant but I’m having some trouble finding anyone who can make a swap harness. If you can help me out that would be much appreciated.
I bought Bronco recently, but refusing to sell my 2015 Pro 4-X. It will have a VK heart one day. She’s going to be a beast.
Yea, I am trying to get ahold of Brennan from Driven desire since everyone else basically says no and tells you to go to him. But I cannot get him to respond to my emails for anything. We are coming up to the deadline though and if he does not get back to me I will need to figure something else out.
Awesome video! Just did the swap myself on a frontier. Thought I might mention you'll want to keep your AC lines from the compressor and also that oil pressure sensor. You'll reuse that oil pressure sensor on the vk56, and the low pressure ac line can be bent a bit to fit the vk56 compressor. High pressure will require v8 pathfinder line.
Hey that's great info, thank you! How did you end up handling NATS and the wiring harness?
@Rythecarguy there's really only one person that does the conversion as a service, and that's Brennan over at drivendesire. His turnaround is pretty quick.
As for NATS. There's two options. If you plan on getting aftermarket headers and uprev, it can be tuned out completely. (Expect to pay a bit for this)
But less you have an entire titan, you can grab the BCM out of the titan and swap it into the xterra. Should be same plugs. Than remove the security chip from the titan key and xterra key. Put the chip from the titan into the xterra key and your set. However, I couldn't get another key programmed correctly (I only had one), so I ended up tuning out NATS with uprev to create keys at a much cheaper cost.
@@ke_ata thanks for this info! Brennan has been hard AF to get ahold of lately but I am still hoping to get it out to him to complete. I love the idea of the BCM because I am parting out my Titan anyway. So I will move that over. I also heard you can change the NATS antenna and the key cylinder in the ignition so you can use the same keys as the titan as well. I want to do that because I have two titan keys and two remotes. The Xterra only had one key.
Hey @ Ry so about the upper oil pan & the crank case once I take upper oil pan off if I unbolt crank case will crank fall out on my head or can I support (I’m working in my driveway motor still in truck). Plz help
It's very heavy but if you have one person hold it and you leave two of the caps on, you can probably remove the two outer caps and safely lower it down, but I don't know how you're gonna get it back in there.
Y61 engine GTR R35
Ry where do you have the oil pump? Sold allready?
I think I do. But this engine had like 265 on it. Just so you know. HMU at ry@rtcg.tv if you're interested.
З днем народження Рай! Але навіщо ви двигун розбирали? Причина поломки?! 🇺🇦 я не зрозумів
Thank you! That engine was broken. It had many problems and I did not want to put the work into it to fix it. So I recycled all the pieces.
More excellent progress getting you closer to new adventures in the new rig. One small suggestion. I know others have mentioned the way you have your tail lights mounted. You certianly might have reasons for mounting them where you did but as others have mentioned it seems like they could get damaged if you happen to drag the back end and being that they are angled down their visibility is diminished I imagine. Was wondering since you seem to have pretty good fab skills if you couldn't just make a couple brackets that you could mount to the top edge of your bumper that would be L shaped sort of and bent so that you could mount your lights to the brackets. This would have the lights up higher basically kind of as if you mounted them to the camper itself but attached to the bumper so you wouldn't have to drill into the camper. Visibility would be much better and they wouldn't get damaged if you do happen to drag your bumper.
Lol some how You Tube put my comment on another vid on this vid. Anyway another awesome vid thanks for the great work man. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to rebuild my Fronty motor. Got 416,000 on it and it finally developed a large enough head gasket leak that I don't think I'll be able to fix it with head gasket sealer this time. It's been such a great truck and a great engine that I really just want to keep the truck but as you can imagine the truck got 416,000 miles of hard work and play so she's dinged and dented and the drivers seat is pretty much work out so I'm also looking for another 2nd gen crew cab LWB 4X4 to replace it. Truck prices right now though holy smokes.
416,000!!! You officially have the most miles I have ever heard of on the VQ. Is that all original core components? Including bearings? Thats a tough call, I would say that if you are able to have extending down time for the truck then putting new head gaskets in and redoing the timing would be a good move. If it continues to work for you then an investment of probably around 1500 it way cheaper than buying a new truck.
@Rythecarguy Yea all original components for the most part engine wise as far as I know. Ive obviously replaced suspension and brake parts over the years and I bought the truck used with 60,000 on the odo and put the rest on myself so not sure what if anything was done by the 1st owner. Over my ownership I replaced 2 radiators due to leaks, one at around 150thou the other around 300thou, and the heater core around the time of the 2nd radiator due to the hose attachment gasket on the fitting on the heatercore failing. I put new plugs and coils on the truck at 300thou thinking the poor running conditions I was having were due to me never having replaced them before. But it turned out I needed new catalytic coverters. So I put new Cats on the truck around 350thou after the Cats were so clogged it was putting my truck in limp mode lol. I've been a little hard on the truck and ashamed to say a bit lackadaisical on some maintinence lol. I did change the oil every 10thou with Valvoline High Mileage syn blend and used a Valvoline Purolator One oil filter over the life of the truck. At the time I had my Cats replaced I also had the valve covers replaced because I had a pesky leak that was dripping on my exhaust and really causing a stink. Oh and since I never changed the fluids in my diffs my rear diff went out at around 350thou and decided to put a new rear end in the truck. I did do a lot of towing with the truck over the years so I blame the diff failure on myself. Then ofcourse around that time I developed a small headgasket leak and was burning coolant in cylinder 5 with a good bit of white smoke in the morn when I started up the truck. Used some head gasket sealer and it fixed the problem until 416thou and now I've got another good sized leak pouring coolant on the ground. It's been a Great truck and if the body was pristine which it is far from as it has been a hard working truck all it's life then I would probably just drop another engine in it. But it's pretty beat up and I think the only way it comes back to life is if I try some serious gasket sealer procedure or replace the headgaskets which is an undertaking of time that I probably can't commit to. So more then likely it'll be a parts truck for the next one I buy as I'm hunting for one just like mine right now. Funny thing is the long bed crew cabs are harder to find then the short beds. Anyway they are great trucks and I've seen comments on lots of Frontier you tube content where owners have talked about their trucks going 400 and even 500 thou. Of course not sure if that's all original. If I was a better owner and better at preventative maintenence I believe I could have easily gotten my truck to 500thou. Definately going to be going for it with the next one with the mindset to treat it a little bit nicer.
Happy birthday brother!! Great video as always!
Thank you, I appreciate it!!
Hi!
Thanks for the great video. It’s very informative.
Do you have a video on how to remove the engine from the XTerra?
If not, can you make one :). I am sure there a lot of guys that needs to pull the engine out for a rebuilt
Oh. Do you happen to have a Xterra engine rebuilt video as well?
Glad you like it. Thanks.
The first 4 videos of my VK swap series is removing the Xterra Engine. Here is the first video:
th-cam.com/video/Vaw3NmNyktQ/w-d-xo.html
No rebuild series on the VQ40DE yet. Only on the VK56DE
Thanks! Can’t wait for the rebuilt!
@@nissantwinturboz one day. Lol. I'm picking up two VQs tomorrow so if one needs a rebuild I'll record it.
@@Rythecarguy awesome dude!!!!!
:)
Thanks!
Love these videos
Thanks! 💪🏻
What you doing with the engine parts?
I inventory some to keep in my garage and recycled the rest
@Rythecarguy oh was wondering if you selling them. I need crankshaft and the piston rod
@@juanhernandez5547 I think I have a crankshaft but I recycled the piston rods
@Rythecarguy let me know if you interested in selling the cranckshaft ,I'm rebuilding my 06 pathfinder and mine got really bad due to spun bearing
@@juanhernandez5547 I would be happy to sell it to you. Email me at ry@rtcg.tv
Nice job
Why did you scrap it in the first place?
Burning oil?
Yea, knocking and smoking.