How to Replace Engine Oil 2002-06 Nissan Altima
Created on: 2017-09-11
New Engine Oil Filter & Drain Plug Gasket Kit from 1AAuto.com.
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step 1 :Draining the Oil
- Raise the vehicle on jack stands
- Locate the engine oil pan on the passenger side of the vehicle
- Have a drain pan ready
- Remove the 14mm bolt from the drain
- Drain the oil
- Remove the old gasket from the drain plug with a razor blade or pliers
- Thread on the new copper crush gasket
- Twist on the 14mm drain bolt
- Tighten the bolt with a 14mm wrench or socket and ratchet
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step 2 :Removing the Oil Filter
- Remove the oil filter with an oil filter wrench
- Clean the area with a rag
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step 3 :Installing the Oil Filter
- Place a layer of oil around the rim of the oil filter
- Twist the oil filter into place
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step 4 :Servicing the Oil
- Remove the oil cap
- Place a funnel into the oil fill
- Replace the oil to the recommended amount
- Replace the oil cap
- Start the vehicle
- Let the engine run for a few seconds
- Turn the vehicle off
- Check the oil level with the dipstick
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Oil Filter Wrench
14mm Socket
Paper Towels
Jack Stands
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Brake Parts Cleaner
Raise and support the vehicle. I'm standing at the front of the vehicle. On the passenger side of the vehicle, this is the engine oil pan. On the driver's side of the vehicle, this is the transmission fluid pan. Be very careful when you're under here, and you don't get these confused, because you don't want to drain your transmission fluid and then think you've drained the engine oil and fill up the engine oil after you've changed oil. Make sure you drain the engine oil from this pan here. And then change your filter. And then refill your engine with oil.
Have your drain pan in place. Take my 14 mm wrench, remove the drain plug. If you're doing this after the engine's been running, be careful, the oil will be warm or even hot. When you order your oil filter from 1AAuto.com, it comes with the correct copper drain plug gasket to be replaced in the drain plug. You can see there's one on here, it's squished out. So I'm just going to take a razor blade, just kind of carefully remove it. Just kind of work it underneath. Now I've got it separated by using the razor blade, and I'm going to take a pair of side cutting pliers, and just try to cut it, or pull it off any way I really can. This one probably hasn't been changed in a very long time—someone's reused it.
Take our drain plug, and our new copper crush gasket. It doesn't slide over, you just kind of thread it on. So, it's got two layers, so as we tighten this it's going to squish down and seal up so the oil doesn't leak out of the drain plug. Reinstall the drain plug.
With the drain plug seated, you can see the two layers of the copper crush gasket. I'm going to tighten it, til that crushes together, and that will seal it. So, copper is very, very soft, it will squish down as we tighten this. Give it one more turn. That little quarter of a turn should do it. Just hand tight til you see that copper crush gasket has been seated and crushed, and right there. Right when it starts get tight, you basically stop, you don't have to over tighten these, because you can ruin the oil pan.
This is our new filter. We got a Genuine filter from 1AAuto.com. Going to remove the old filter, located up here behind the splash shield. Place the drain pan underneath. Pull this splash shield out of the way. Take our oil filter wrench on the oil filter, turn it off. I'm going to let that drain before I take it off fully. Remove the oil filter. It's very loose, I'm going to take the wrench off of it. Oil filter's loose, going to remove it. Let it drain into my pan. Place that aside.
Make sure the old gasket is not stuck. Nope, it's nice and clean there. Take our new OEM filter we got from 1AAuto.com. It comes with a plastic cover, just to kind of protect it. Just going to peel it off. Throw that away. Take a little bit of oil from here, from the oil filter mount. We'll take a little bit of oil from that, a little more. Put it on the O-ring. Wipe my fingers off, so they don't slide everywhere. Install the oil filter. And I will get it as tight as I can by hand. And the oil filter's installed.
Now, wipe up all the extra oil that leaked out. Just going to take some brake parts cleaner, and just clean up some of the spilled oil. And just wipe up anything else, with a rag.
Fill the engine with the recommend weight and quantity of oil. For this engine, it's about 4-1/2 quarts. About 4-1/2 quarts. Run the engine, check for any leaks, let it sit for a few minutes, pull the dip stick, and check your fluid level, check your oil level. Right at the high mark.
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