Oh my goodness. Not exactly what I was looking for but it helped a great deal. Brother, mine is a 3.5 STANDARD TRANSMISSION 4X4. I was complaining until I saw yours. Mine is so much easier, LMBO. Then again my other thermostat also may be called a watet control. That sucker is under the manifold in the very back of the engine. I'm no longer complaining. Great video brother. Thank you.
Why didn't you show you actually pulling out the water pump around the chain? Did you really succeed on getting the pump out of the inspection plate hole? I don't think that always works cause I've been trying to wiggle that pump out for (no bullshit) 3 days until I decided to remove timing cover. So far I'm 4 days into this pump and I am a professional no a backyard or shade tree mechanic. Hardest waterpump I've ever seen. 20 plus years experience. It's mind boggling on how some of these vehicles are designed.
I have a 05 maxima 3.5 with 140k . I have no pump issues as of now.. but I know it's coming. Did one on a 09 280z 3.5 a few years back...... NEVER again. Took 4 full days and nights
thanks man for this video nobody has a good video on this i have a VQ30DE in a 1996 nissan maxima pretty much the same thing as the 3.5 but just nobody has a good video
I just replaced a cracked radiator, thermostat, and two motor mounts on a Nissan 3.5 for a relative. The parts cost about $200. My relative says that her mechanic wanted over $2000 to make the repairs.
And he would have deserved every bit of it! These things are a mechanical nightmare. Also don't forget he has to warranty the job, and his overhead is through the roof, and then if he makes any money he has to pay taxes on it. Not to mention the insurance he has to have to protect himself and his business. Most of what a mechanic shop charges isn't for the parts, it's all the crap it costs to keep the shop open. Remember the shop still has to pay out money even if there's no cars in the bays.
@Aesthetics622 The cost is due to Government Regulations and Taxes. Most dealers don't even own the parts department inventory, the Ford Co. does. The Dealership owner has to buy those parts from Ford at full price. The Dealer has to mark up the price 200-300% to pay for all the other costs to run the shop. The only trade off for the customer is if the vehicle is under warranty the part is free to the dealer, but the Labor the Dealership has to absorb as part of the cost to be a Dealer. Those costs are absorbed some how, so they are absorbed by other customers and vehicle buyers. I'm not saying the parts are expensive they are, I'm saying the reason they are is that 30-40% of that bill is directly tied to direct Taxes and Government Regulation Fees, then there's Embedded Taxes, those are the costs that the suppliers have to pay to get those parts to the dealer. Government Regulations and Taxes are Way out of control. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
@Aesthetics622 The shop he took it to wasn't a dealer. With that said some dealers don't own the parts department, it's owned and run by the Manufacture and in order for the Dealer to get paid for warranty work by the Manufacturer they MUST use Manufacture Parts from them. So the Dealer pays FULL price for the part, they just pass that cost onto the customer. So you can probably thank the UAW Union for driving the price of vehicles in Labor Costs. You know a vehicle is going to cost big bucks when a UAW Union worker is probably making over 100K after you figure in benefits, the those manufactures have 100's of thousands of those workers. A new Ford Truck is over $100K, it's not the parts, it's the Labor to make the parts and put the thing together. Now with that said good on them UAW Union workers for sticking it to the Manufactures and us.
@@tylerneal424 It's made in China using slave labor. Most of those workers have to live in the Factory and are not allowed to go home after their shifts. They are also not allowed to form a UAW style Union or they'll be sent to a concentration camp prison. That's why its $100.00 on Amazon. It's not easy to replace either, I've done them, it's a pain the in Arrsssss!
My wife has a QX60. I'm starting to not trust the shop we use because when I asked them to do the transmission fluid because I wasn't going to have time, they charged me 9qts when I never got close to getting that out. They said they just dropped the pan, not a flush. Then they quoted me over $700 to do the plugs, so I did them myself. When do the water pumps normally go bad? Her's isn't having problems, but just over 100k I'm thinking soon. Can you get it from the wheel well in this car? I never looked at it just thought about it today. I've never done one, just a lot of suspensions and other bolt on stuff like down pipes, intercooler and regular maintenance things like brakes and fluids. Hope I don't mess anything up if I try lol.
Water pumps don't go bad often, it's the seals, they get hard and shrinks a little letting coolant leak out through the hole. Some people just change only the seals. But with a high mileage engine, it's only logical to replace the whole pump and seals.
How do you make space to take of the pulleys? I took off the mount and lifted the engine, it doesn't go any lower than when it had the mount. Still don't have space to use a socket wrench. When I used a rachet, I was damaging the pulley bolt so I stopped. Don't know what to do.
Well my 2008 altima is going on Craigslist first thing in the morning!! I will not be waiting for this to happen to me. And I think 68,000 miles is enough to be worried about it!!
When you said razor off the old gasket, will I have to use some kind of gasket maker to recreate the old gasket? Thanks for the video 07 VQ35HR here so a bit different from the video I believe
"There you go" Well, that's great... too bad you didn't show yourself removing and replacing the water pump LOL! Anyone can tear something apart... We're looking at specifics on how to NOT mess up the timing in the process.
I've had my 2014 Murano with this engine in it and after watching this video, I'm cleaning it up and selling it! A water pump inside the engine, and you have to play with Timing, that's just insane! I'm changing the Radiator out on this today and tomorrow. I would love to smack the team of engineers who designed this set up. I had to take the Grill off, ok, but I also had to pull the battery, the battery tray, three supporting brackets the wiring for the PCM and attached module. Why because the hose clamps are facing up, not down so you could get to them from under the vehicle. Pulling the grill was a nightmare, it took over and hour to figure out how to release the clips and the two outer ones were so brittle they broke. Nope this car is so poorly engineered it's going bye bye! I'm going back to the older Toyota 3.4L 4 Runners and fix the bouncy suspension on them. Thanks for the video. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
You know it's a pretty good video except for the fact that you say water pump removal and that's the last thing you do you know you get to the water pump but you don't remove it
Thanks. This was enough to tell me that I didn’t want to do this job… 😒
Come on man it's easy-peasy an hour tops with hand tools. You scared say you're scared haha
@@jamesworsham2312 1w
Here I come did u get it
@@22floridacat Bro, are you nuts? Film what? Do what? Say what? Alls I said was that I didn't want to DIY this job bc it's obviously a PITA.
@@lashlarue7924 naw sorry dude, i meant that for the guy that put out the video..my bad..
Call me crazy but videos that actually show the process are much more helpful.
I appreciate you bro. You are stupendous! Your right the other videos sucked. You are the boss brother. Thanks!
Well done, sir as a 40 year mechanic that was a nice video thank you very much
Oh my goodness. Not exactly what I was looking for but it helped a great deal. Brother, mine is a 3.5 STANDARD TRANSMISSION 4X4. I was complaining until I saw yours. Mine is so much easier, LMBO. Then again my other thermostat also may be called a watet control. That sucker is under the manifold in the very back of the engine. I'm no longer complaining. Great video brother. Thank you.
A lot of this is very helpful, and some of this is different from mine but this did help a lot, and it also helped me realize that it’s still a pain
thank you u were right about no good videos u saved me a longer wait to get help changing it. thanksa again
Why didn't you show you actually pulling out the water pump around the chain? Did you really succeed on getting the pump out of the inspection plate hole? I don't think that always works cause I've been trying to wiggle that pump out for (no bullshit) 3 days until I decided to remove timing cover. So far I'm 4 days into this pump and I am a professional no a backyard or shade tree mechanic. Hardest waterpump I've ever seen. 20 plus years experience. It's mind boggling on how some of these vehicles are designed.
I have a 05 maxima 3.5 with 140k . I have no pump issues as of now.. but I know it's coming. Did one on a 09 280z 3.5 a few years back...... NEVER again. Took 4 full days and nights
350z
Let's wait for the comment from him
The ford's 3.5 is worst.
This was a good video showed me exactly what I needed to see.
Would have like to see you spin it back and forth but to a mechanic this made perfect since
thanks man for this video nobody has a good video on this i have a VQ30DE in a 1996 nissan maxima pretty much the same thing as the 3.5 but just nobody has a good video
...and still no good videos, including this one.
I just replaced a cracked radiator, thermostat, and two motor mounts on a Nissan 3.5 for a relative. The parts cost about $200. My relative says that her mechanic wanted over $2000 to make the repairs.
And he would have deserved every bit of it! These things are a mechanical nightmare. Also don't forget he has to warranty the job, and his overhead is through the roof, and then if he makes any money he has to pay taxes on it. Not to mention the insurance he has to have to protect himself and his business. Most of what a mechanic shop charges isn't for the parts, it's all the crap it costs to keep the shop open. Remember the shop still has to pay out money even if there's no cars in the bays.
@Aesthetics622 The cost is due to Government Regulations and Taxes. Most dealers don't even own the parts department inventory, the Ford Co. does. The Dealership owner has to buy those parts from Ford at full price. The Dealer has to mark up the price 200-300% to pay for all the other costs to run the shop. The only trade off for the customer is if the vehicle is under warranty the part is free to the dealer, but the Labor the Dealership has to absorb as part of the cost to be a Dealer. Those costs are absorbed some how, so they are absorbed by other customers and vehicle buyers. I'm not saying the parts are expensive they are, I'm saying the reason they are is that 30-40% of that bill is directly tied to direct Taxes and Government Regulation Fees, then there's Embedded Taxes, those are the costs that the suppliers have to pay to get those parts to the dealer. Government Regulations and Taxes are Way out of control. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Especially the radiator being so much. The part is only 100 dollars on Amazon! Very easy to replace!
@Aesthetics622 The shop he took it to wasn't a dealer. With that said some dealers don't own the parts department, it's owned and run by the Manufacture and in order for the Dealer to get paid for warranty work by the Manufacturer they MUST use Manufacture Parts from them. So the Dealer pays FULL price for the part, they just pass that cost onto the customer. So you can probably thank the UAW Union for driving the price of vehicles in Labor Costs. You know a vehicle is going to cost big bucks when a UAW Union worker is probably making over 100K after you figure in benefits, the those manufactures have 100's of thousands of those workers. A new Ford Truck is over $100K, it's not the parts, it's the Labor to make the parts and put the thing together. Now with that said good on them UAW Union workers for sticking it to the Manufactures and us.
@@tylerneal424 It's made in China using slave labor. Most of those workers have to live in the Factory and are not allowed to go home after their shifts. They are also not allowed to form a UAW style Union or they'll be sent to a concentration camp prison. That's why its $100.00 on Amazon. It's not easy to replace either, I've done them, it's a pain the in Arrsssss!
Thnx bro i did a replacement on a 350z which was easy bc of how tbe engine was oriented so i was kknda sketch on what to remove to do this task
I have a 350z and they are easier to work on.
dude, don't show the parts after removing them. show us you taking them off, then give us a breakdown on the parts.
And no explanation of the water pump....thanks.
But the explanation of how to remove the damn thing would have been nice
So when this pump or the seals fail, coolant can leak right in the crankcase and destroy your engine?
No.
@@leakyjeep5.9 I heard... yes. That is exactly what takes out a lot of VQ engines, leaks into the crank case.
@@RastusMcbride So you're telling me there's no weep holel between the two o rings on the water pump?
@@leakyjeep5.9 Nope, but these pumps do leak internally to the engine, that's common knowledge.
@@RastusMcbrideabsolutely not true. They leak coolant from the weephole ending up behind the a/c compressor, before hitting the pavement below.
Excellent video Bro😎🖖🏼
Nice video...I replaced the thermostat I accidentally stripped the right upper thread I am leaking from there, do you know how I can fix it
My wife has a QX60. I'm starting to not trust the shop we use because when I asked them to do the transmission fluid because I wasn't going to have time, they charged me 9qts when I never got close to getting that out. They said they just dropped the pan, not a flush. Then they quoted me over $700 to do the plugs, so I did them myself. When do the water pumps normally go bad? Her's isn't having problems, but just over 100k I'm thinking soon. Can you get it from the wheel well in this car? I never looked at it just thought about it today. I've never done one, just a lot of suspensions and other bolt on stuff like down pipes, intercooler and regular maintenance things like brakes and fluids. Hope I don't mess anything up if I try lol.
I have a 2002 Altima and mine didn’t go bad until around 260 thousand
Water pumps don't go bad often, it's the seals, they get hard and shrinks a little letting coolant leak out through the hole. Some people just change only the seals. But with a high mileage engine, it's only logical to replace the whole pump and seals.
Most thorough video! Thank you!
This was thorough? I hope you're not a teacher!
How do you make space to take of the pulleys? I took off the mount and lifted the engine, it doesn't go any lower than when it had the mount. Still don't have space to use a socket wrench. When I used a rachet, I was damaging the pulley bolt so I stopped. Don't know what to do.
Swivel socket if you have one through the wheel well
Can you fit a rachet wrench in place of the socket?
Well my 2008 altima is going on Craigslist first thing in the morning!!
I will not be waiting for this to happen to me. And I think 68,000 miles is enough to be worried about it!!
Thank you so much for a very informative video. Well done.
Is removing all that really necessary?
When you said razor off the old gasket, will I have to use some kind of gasket maker to recreate the old gasket? Thanks for the video 07 VQ35HR here so a bit different from the video I believe
Yes.
For the vq35hr you need to remove the timing cover
your explanation of how to handle the chain tensioner is terrible
Did u find out how to do it?
what does this usually cost?
Looking at my nieces car and they quoted her $800
Grand Rising
Are you in Oklahoma area?
You didn't show how to remove water pump from off the timing chain. This video is no help at all
Still don’t know how to loosen up the timing chain to pull out the water pump I’ll figure it out .
Fin nightmare it's gonna be fun
So the mounts and the and the reservoirs need to be removed/ moved. That answers the pain in the ass question.
Would you do this job for others if they’re paying ?
Great video btw!!! One of the best on the subject. The other videos do suck
I have a shop, so this was a customer car I was working on.
@@95z28onjuice what did you charge
very good visual
Nice, but no mention whatsoever about the water pump??????
Any chance of jumping timing with tensioner out?
Did you figure this out?
@@circlesrl9925 check my channel
Be careful
Happened to me right know and I'm pissed of lol
ty
Awesome video
"There you go" Well, that's great... too bad you didn't show yourself removing and replacing the water pump LOL! Anyone can tear something apart... We're looking at specifics on how to NOT mess up the timing in the process.
Donde se afloga la cadena para sacar la bomba de agua alguien en es pañol mediga
Great video
Thanks for the visit
Are you in florida
Yes
@@95z28onjuice I'm in Florida also may I ask where in florida? I'm from st cloud Florida and I need help with the water pump replacement
@@angelsolis4142 Clearwater
@@95z28onjuice are you mobile?
I have a Nissan quest 2011 but I cant drive it cause I need the water pump replaced
He's talking about other people's videos that sucks when his does the same 😂😂😂
I've had my 2014 Murano with this engine in it and after watching this video, I'm cleaning it up and selling it! A water pump inside the engine, and you have to play with Timing, that's just insane! I'm changing the Radiator out on this today and tomorrow. I would love to smack the team of engineers who designed this set up. I had to take the Grill off, ok, but I also had to pull the battery, the battery tray, three supporting brackets the wiring for the PCM and attached module. Why because the hose clamps are facing up, not down so you could get to them from under the vehicle. Pulling the grill was a nightmare, it took over and hour to figure out how to release the clips and the two outer ones were so brittle they broke. Nope this car is so poorly engineered it's going bye bye! I'm going back to the older Toyota 3.4L 4 Runners and fix the bouncy suspension on them. Thanks for the video. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Thanks!
This video is more about engine mount than anything else
This video sucks it doesn't show anything
Raggin on the 10yo who made other videos, but then you make one and don’t explain how to compress the tensioner smh 🤦
You know it's a pretty good video except for the fact that you say water pump removal and that's the last thing you do you know you get to the water pump but you don't remove it
"All the other videos are bad" meanwhile has the whole engine taken apart before the video starts
No.
lol Nissan.
Ok same thing you don't tell nothing on your video that's for nothing
This is the worst part replaced video ever on TH-cam
great video, i was tripping out when this job ended up being like the 4.0 motors they got.
knowing where that tensioner was led me here bahaha
aloha!