Oil Filter: Service and Repair

OIL FILTER







REMOVAL
1. Open the oil filter installation/removal cover on the undercover.
2. Using an oil filter wrench, remove the oil filter.

CAUTION: The oil filter is provided with a relief valve. Use genuine NISSAN oil filter or equivalent.
Be careful not to get burned when the engine and engine oil are hot.
When removing, prepare a shop cloth to absorb any engine oil leakage or spillage.
Do not allow engine oil to adhere to the drive belts.
Completely wipe off any engine oil that adhere to the engine and the vehicle

INSTALLATION
1. Remove foreign materials adhering to the oil filter installation surface.







2. Apply engine oil to the oil seal circumference of the new oil filter.







3. Screw the oil filter manually until it touches the installation surface, then tighten it by 2/3 turn.

Oil filter: 14.7 - 20.6 Nm (1.5 - 2.1 kg-m, 11 - 15 ft. lbs.)

INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION
1. After warming up the engine, check for engine oil leakage.
2. Stop engine and wait for 15 minutes.
3. Check engine oil level and add engine oil.