There are two 10mm bolts hidden inside the transmission bell housing. Transmission has to moved.
if it is what i think it is there is a nut that you put a bolt in that pulls the sump down
14mm
Remove the bolts.
Easy, put the car on ramps. Remove the sump guard plasctics. Drain the oil from the sump. Disconnect the oil level sensor wires. Undo the 3 bolts on the bell-housing that holds unto the sump, you will need a 5mm ball-end allen socket. Undo the 20, 10mm head bolts on the sump bottom. Remove the sump, you may need to tap with a soft-head hammer. This is one of the easiest sumps to remove with the engine in the car.
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yes. you drain as much engine oil from them sump as you can by undoing the 13mm sump plug. you then undo all the bolts holding the sump onto the engine
I am currently changing the timing chain on my 1998 2.0l primera. I have never worked on engines before. I started by buying the 'Nissan Primera 1990 to 1999' Haynes Manual - This tells you how to do it. You have to take apart a lot of the engine. One thing it doesn't tell you is that if you remove the cylinder head (to replace the head gasket at the same time), you don't need to remove the upper sump, but with this upper sump in place the timing chain cover will only lift away if you push out the oil pump drive spacer from the inside, reaching from below where the sump has been removed.
Drain Engine oil Jack up and support car Remove front wheels Remove under pan Remove front inner wheel arches Remove sub frame side supports Remove front subframe Support cooling system with straps remove RH half shaft bearing support bolts Remove dip Stick Remove all sump to block bolts and sump to gearbox bolts.
Drain Engine oil Jack up and support car Remove front wheels Remove under pan Remove front inner wheel arches Remove sub frame side supports Remove front subframe Support cooling system with straps remove RH half shaft bearing support bolts Remove dip Stick Remove all sump to block bolts and sump to gearbox bolts.
i think as with all vectras it is a n.o 45 torx/star bit on the sump hope this helps
Remove nut from bottom of sump.
at the back of the sump, but first you must remove the car under tray, approx 8 torx screws