As a guy that's in the middle of doing this myself I really have a ton of questions for you!! Wow what a frustrating experience how many times were you what you thought was 1-2 bolts from finishing only to find 2 more in stupid places

Thank you for the info it really helped me a lot , I just pulled it in 10 hours on the ground with engine lift it's just as horrible as you said I believe you now . I appreciate your effort 👌

Excellent vid - thanks - great to see somebody else similar to my welding skills

Glad I watched this. I have 2008 xtrail T31 diesel & was looking at swaping the motor. I have access to a hoist and engine cranes, but now I'm not so sure.

Did anyone else come here to listen to an Aussie bloke talking?

Still one of the best sounding 3.5 troopers out there

hey i’m just trying to replace the engine is it gonna be a pain in the arse

Great video definitely help me to decide to remove everything out the bottom together Still 8 - 10 hours to remove

Doing one at work now rust bucket . Unbolted exhuast and the weight snapped the rear bracket.left steering rack in and dropped frame with cvs. Removed diff then supported engine lifted body and unbolted gear box broke radiator top tank from hose pulling on it. Box slid straight out convert to single mass

I should have watched this video 2 days ago.... I'm going through the same pain

Well thanks I'm definitely not going to swap out my engine .looks like I'm going to get another car

How about if u just going to do a strat up engin swope .will we need to take it all out or can the gearbox stay in ?

I need to learn about how to check your car everyday

It took me 5hours to take the motor out.

Omg, I'm about to do one. 😱😭😭😭

Very nice, thank you for sharing! ✨💚

i feel your pain all the time i have a hoist and they are still terrible always try to avoid pulling subframe but always have to in the end

Hey mate I got the same car if I want to get the same exhaust what do I say to get it

front wheel drive based 4wd are stupid when it comes to repair they are pain in the a##

Hahah I know your pain. I have mine to now put back together

Feel the frustration mate just done one what a asshole job.

Hey mate. Guess what. I'm about to try this at home tomorrow. Hahah wish me luck

Where do you check and fill the trans oil? I was having a look just now and couldn’t find a dipstick. Nissan rebuilt the auto but it’s got a leak. Now I understand why it cost so much

Im actually removing an engine from one of these cars currently because it got blown up, so far its been the biggest pain in the ass I ever worked on in my life like omg man wtf.

The blue ones reving to high when it started you might want to adjust that before you brake the rings

I did wihout removing the engien, i Just lowered one side of the engien to remove the gearboxs but it is a hell to do I feel your Pain bro

Where is the fuse in these units if i need to change.... i have one and an struggling to get it to arc... wondering if fuse may be kaput... but dont know where it is

how u find the 3.5? is it the same that in the ra rodeos?

Is this the 2.5 engine? If not what . Would it be like for the engine to come out if it a 2.5 ltr

what tip size from bunnings would you get? 0.8mm Binzel Style M5?

Kind of curious if the Auto is so much different to the manual. One thing, you mention is the engine mount on the right side. Doing a head gasket now and removed that mount to help access to the timing chain. I never had any issue getting it off? I can understand the rant to an extent, but I'm wondering if it is as hard as you make out because that mount wasn't hard. I'll be taking the motor out of my 2nd T30 next after doing the head gasket in this one.

Hello

Have to say thank-you for the video. I hear your frustration. We used your video to get a good idea of where the issues were. In the end we removed the subframe (leaving the steering rack in the car, we also just removed the half shafts from the hubs and left the bottom arms on the struts. We removed the AC compressor and the electrical loom, water pipes etc and then lowered the engine, box and transfer case complete onto a motorbike lift. In all it took about 2 days to get it out and a day to get it back in. If we hadnt seen your video we wouldn't have looked a the problem issues/areas you had to see how we could work around them or what could be done. But it is the worst car I have ever worked on for changing a clutch.

please i have to know did it go back together LOL

There is people on KZbin who have taken the gear box off and left the engine in place.

Did you have use of n engine host?

So long story short dont buy an x trail.

I feel your pain. I went to do a clutch on one of these once. I couldnt believe the worn parts as l disassembled the required components to get to the clutch. Im a qualified mechanical trade school teacher with 40 years experience and lve never seen anything like this. It took over 26 hrs to do the job. Sure that included modifying it to a single mass flywheel but we had to replace every gearbox seal and transfer case seal. Rear main. Drive shafts. Struts. Hub bearings. Overhaul calipers. Tie rods. Front engine pipe. Rear engine mount. All that on a dealer maintained car every 10K with 180000. On the the speedo. What a piece of rubbish. If this owner had to pay for labour on top of all the parts the car would have been sent to the scrape pile.

I see your pain mate. Just did a manual AWD Rav4 (clutch and transfer box replacement) on the weekend in the back shed. It's amazing that the Toyota layout is near 100% identical to the Nissan setup - the Japanese engineers clearly follow each other. I had watched your video prior to me starting and saw your frustration so I stopped and thought about this a lot. And how they assembled the car in the first place - which would have been quite quick I reckon. I don't have a nice 2 post hoist either in the back shed - all I do have is a crappy Supercheap engine crane and this is my secret weapon. The little secret is to suspend the complete engine and trans with the engine crane (not a cross beam) from above and then remove the drive shafts, exhaust, mounts, suspension and crossmembers below. I gave up years ages ago trying to split things up insitu and trying to take the easy way out. Just go mad with a rattle gun for 20 minutes. Also - Golden rule - the electrics disconnect from the other end of the loom. Leave the engine side bits connected. Once the assembly is hanging from the crane - then lower the engine/trans assembly on to a low riding dolley (Bunnings) - even a peice of crappy carpet. The engine crane is then setup to lift the front of the car enough (using slings on the rails) so I can pull out the engine and trans under the left or right wheel arch. The car is on a wicked angle by then but works for me. I didn't even take the bonnet off in this case. Took me around 6 hours being the firtst time with a Rav. Done a heap of RWD cars with this method over the years. I use a trolley jack as well on a RWD trans with the hoist. Basically drop the engine and trans (never split them) to the ground and lift the car front end up enough to drag it all out from underneath. Would still love a 2 post hoist though - dont get me wrong. Something to think about next time and hope that helps. Good luck.

20 odd years of pulling engines out of cars and you didnt know to unbolt the converter from the flexplate first??? you do realise if you did that, you would have got it out in no time...

I am doing another one now (T31 Diesel manual) already done a diesel auto. Agree, it is a big job and engine or gearbox cannot be removed separately as there is no room between the frame rails. Transfer case may remain in place, but access improves if you remove it. Front frame must be removed and all the main loom connections. There are a number of cars where the engine and gearbox has to be removed downwards as a unit, not just a Nissan. Do yourself a favour and remove the bumper and front radiator support. No need to disconnect the condensor or aircon compressor just hang them aside for better access. Certainly not a job to do without a hoist, and engine crane and the right tools and expertise. Basically you lift the body up from the engine. Good luck with the reinstall, looks like you will need it!

i think the 4x2 fwd will be easier to do

are ther any adjusters on the front brakes that id need to adjust on one

I will not take my car to you. Ha Ha.

yeah, feel it. took the head off and pulled the motor/ gearbox-transfer out the bottom, built up the new motor but doesn't fit once built from underneath. hood off and dropped it back in from the top.

Here's your 2nd comment in 10 years.............................................................................................. CHEERS MATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This welder is DC or AC output

Im about to do a engine swap in my diesel t30 😅 did not boost My confidence.. The old engine did throw a rod in to the generator mount 😂.. I Hope i can get it done more painless than the swap you was doing 🤔 i do not have a hoist only a crane in the roof that is 1500 kg rated and a pallet thingy to do the lifting and lowering of the subframe assembly.. Bought the car cheap and same with replacement engine.. Around 800 doller in total invested ik the broken car and New engine.. And a running xtrail t30 2.2 dci 4x4 is close to 5000$ on the used marked in denmark :)

After 40 years of motoring with both motorbikes (2 and 4 strokes), and cars, I have had a lot of spark plug failures, always Champion. I always lean towards NGK. One of my G60's has a problem with number 5, oils up and blows smoke, replaced valve stem seals, good compression on all 6, all I can think is it is a faulty oil ring. As I have plenty of spares, it will be cheaper to just replace the engine. AUS

Nice...I just did the same vehicle..I hear you....about that shit....transfer case..were the 2 bolts was beneath the engine support..so I do the same thing..remove subframe..but I did not remove with the steering rack..remove axle separately to...did not remove rad and fan..🙂