This is an FYI Post for those wanting to service their own V9X vehicle, mine is out of warranty and was doing a 160,000km major service
I recently serviced my V9X vehicle and found real inconsistency in the tools required to access the drain and filler plugs for the engine, diffs and transfer box.
1. For the engine drain plug, I happened to know an ex-Nissan dealership mechanic and he lean't me his home made tool (which he made while at Nissan servicing the V9X) which was a high tensile bolt with a 19mm head which he ground down to a square head that was smaller then a 1/4" drive, very unusal size (auto-one and Auto-pro did not have any suitable tools, and even Nissan had to special order from Renault)
Note the Oil filter is positioned at the front, lower right of the engine, and is mounted/screwed in horizontally, so it has a little catch tray under it with a drain hole and small pipe to drain the oil that is collected as you undo the old oil filter, my drain hole was completely blocked with dirt so oil just sat in the small catch tray and would have spilt everywhere had I not cleaned out drain hole by disconnecting tube.
2. the drain plug and filler plug on the transfer box and the front diff were a standard 10mm allen key
3. the drain and filler plug on the rear LSD Diff was a square drive, which I simply used my 1/4"socket shifter/driver to undo.
4. Engine oil used was the comparable 7.1 litres of Penrite (Australian company) full synthetic C4 5W-30W, same as the Nissan branded/suggested oil.
5. I purchased all the parts (fluids, tools, filters, etc) from Auto-One and only the coolant and Fuel filter was from Nissan, for their was no after market compabible parts for these.
I was quoted between $1300-$1700 for the major service at Nissan and other reputable mechanics in remote Broome WA, and the reports from other fellow Nissan owners locally suggested I do it myself, so after about 7 hours labour and approx. $500 in parts and tools (like grease guns, brake pressure bleeding kits, oil pumps, allen keys, wiper blades, CO2 cleaners, and all the fluids, oils, filters, etc) I serviced it myself and that included time spent doing stuff not even suggested in the service manual (like cleaning airflow sensor and entire airbox, degreasing engine, WD40 all electrical contacts, wiper blades, etc)
Note: all the fluid quantities stated in the service schedule/manual were all accurate.
Note: just be aware when I reset the Maintenance counter at the odometer (as per instructions in owners Manual) I noticed the next service interval showed a count down in Kms from 20,000, when I asked Nissan about this they think it indicates distance to next MAJOR service, and you should still be replacing Oil at Minor service intervals every 10,000Kms or 5000kms if under extreme driving conditions.
Hope this helps people prepare before deciding to start a service on your V9X
I recently serviced my V9X vehicle and found real inconsistency in the tools required to access the drain and filler plugs for the engine, diffs and transfer box.
1. For the engine drain plug, I happened to know an ex-Nissan dealership mechanic and he lean't me his home made tool (which he made while at Nissan servicing the V9X) which was a high tensile bolt with a 19mm head which he ground down to a square head that was smaller then a 1/4" drive, very unusal size (auto-one and Auto-pro did not have any suitable tools, and even Nissan had to special order from Renault)
Note the Oil filter is positioned at the front, lower right of the engine, and is mounted/screwed in horizontally, so it has a little catch tray under it with a drain hole and small pipe to drain the oil that is collected as you undo the old oil filter, my drain hole was completely blocked with dirt so oil just sat in the small catch tray and would have spilt everywhere had I not cleaned out drain hole by disconnecting tube.
2. the drain plug and filler plug on the transfer box and the front diff were a standard 10mm allen key
3. the drain and filler plug on the rear LSD Diff was a square drive, which I simply used my 1/4"socket shifter/driver to undo.
4. Engine oil used was the comparable 7.1 litres of Penrite (Australian company) full synthetic C4 5W-30W, same as the Nissan branded/suggested oil.
5. I purchased all the parts (fluids, tools, filters, etc) from Auto-One and only the coolant and Fuel filter was from Nissan, for their was no after market compabible parts for these.
I was quoted between $1300-$1700 for the major service at Nissan and other reputable mechanics in remote Broome WA, and the reports from other fellow Nissan owners locally suggested I do it myself, so after about 7 hours labour and approx. $500 in parts and tools (like grease guns, brake pressure bleeding kits, oil pumps, allen keys, wiper blades, CO2 cleaners, and all the fluids, oils, filters, etc) I serviced it myself and that included time spent doing stuff not even suggested in the service manual (like cleaning airflow sensor and entire airbox, degreasing engine, WD40 all electrical contacts, wiper blades, etc)
Note: all the fluid quantities stated in the service schedule/manual were all accurate.
Note: just be aware when I reset the Maintenance counter at the odometer (as per instructions in owners Manual) I noticed the next service interval showed a count down in Kms from 20,000, when I asked Nissan about this they think it indicates distance to next MAJOR service, and you should still be replacing Oil at Minor service intervals every 10,000Kms or 5000kms if under extreme driving conditions.
Hope this helps people prepare before deciding to start a service on your V9X
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