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Josh Hernandez Posted on May 21, 2014
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Where is the Oil fill plug for transmission

Can someone tell me the location of oil fill plug for transmission? I only found the drain plug of the tranny... and as i was looking..I found one, but when i try to fill oil..the oil does not go through... then i see another one which sits at the front, which is also at the side of the drain plug. but im too anxious to unscrew it for i dont know what that plug is for. please help.. thanks

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I take it you don't have an owners manual / handbook although some companies may consider changing the oil beyond the regular owner.
My advice is go online and see if you can get a free download of the manual. Have you no Nissan dealers nearby?

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SOURCE: Need to locate oil filter in my 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE

Filter is next to the right tire (pass.side) behind a splash shield.

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Denis Aube

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  • Posted on Aug 15, 2008

SOURCE: tranny problems

Well, you say the noise is in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, and I assume this is an overdrive tranny with the overdrive in 5th.

This means your 4th gear is more than probably direct (1:1) ratio.

Meaning you have a bad countershaft bearing(s), or gears...

In direct, your countershaft still spins but carries no power/torque to the wheels (it is basically just freewheeling), input shaft speed/torque goes directly/is locked to the output shaft, so you don't hear the noise; in any other gear, where the countershaft bears a load, you hear the bad bearing or gears.

Either way your tranny has serious internal issues and needs to be rebuilt before it destroys itself.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 14, 2009

SOURCE: think I need oil pan gasket

It's probably the front crank seal or the cam seal. Kinda big job for a novice. The car only has one oil pan. The back one she refered to is for the transmission,if it's automatic. Never saw a oil pan gasket leak on a nissan '96 & up.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 21, 2009

SOURCE: Oil not circulating ? 1999 Nissan Altima DOHC,

Well, from the oil pump it goes into your oil filter so the lines going from the pump into the filter could be clogged. check that and see. Also on most imports I have found that they have to be primed after the oil pump has been replaced. Buy a oil pressure gauge and hook it up. Disconnect your fuel and spark delivery and then just crank over your motor to make sure you have good pressure. It takes up to 30 seconds to build on some cars. hope that helps.

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  • Posted on Aug 05, 2009

SOURCE: My daughter's 2000 Altima looks like there is oil

Could be a blown Head gasket or cracked head. Should be a drain at the bottom of the radiator I think on the drivers side. You will need to pull the heads off and have them checked Magnifluxed for cracks. If they find none then install new head gaskets and see what happens. I have the torque specs for your head bolts if you need them. Let me know.

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