You were very helpful in your details of the tools used and exactly how you removed and installed each plug, coil and electrical connector. Thank you for posting.
Your welcome. This video was a life saver. Taking that intake off was much more risk. This was a little troublesome but total gold. Thanks again my friend.
Thanks for the helpful video, real life saver.. tool list, spot on... Especially with the swivel and short extension. Passenger side was killer on the hands, but easier t take wire off with coil oulled off, there was plenty of slack. Under the intake, used flat head to pry wire off the clamp while holding the other bracket lmao.. it was challenging, but got it in 3.5 hrs. Its roasting in TX!!! 🥵
Excellent presentation. Details on the tools really helpful. My 10mm rachet wrench isn't a stubby at 3 1/2 in . Mine is 6 inches. I think if you leave the center plug out on the intake side will make it easier to get front passenger side out.
Thank you ! I wasn t motivated to romove the air intake system. Your video shows details and soltions to pot issues. It took me 3 hours but cost only 74$ including special flexeble soket. the job done. Thanks
Very good video...one tip I do is to use a short piece of vacuum tubing, push on to top of spark plug. Then slowly lower in the plug hole and turn in the plug until it stops, then pulloff the tubing. Saves having to drop the plug in and insure no cross threading
Thx , just done this method. I have to say you need to have 2 sets of sockets for this job or bunch of extra extensions.Angle extension will help too. Ether way center one , and the one under intake was hardest. This job took me 2h40min. My highway fuel consumption went from 19l/100km to around 13.
Nice work!!! I have a 2011 4.0 pathy and iven been avoiding doing this job lol....thanks for this vid cause it is straight forward....i read other places you had to take off so much crap with the intake so now im not stressin lol. Thanks bro
Awesome 👌... I have the same vehicle as yours and I was dreading ripping the intake off to do this job without a mechanic friend around. I do have xxl hands, so having an Asian gf with "dainty hands"might prove to be worth her weight in gold... lol Love all your maintenance vids and hope I haven't missed any. Good job amigo
Thanks for this DIY. I just acquired a 2012 Pathfinder, and am in the process of going through all the preventative maintenance items even though it has relatively low mileage. Your channel is going to be a great help. Spark plugs done today exactly as you described. I used NGK 96355 Ruthenium plugs, and, aside from a little hand cramping dealing with the front passenger side coil, all is good.
I'm glad you were successful. Best of luck with the 2012 Pathfinder. I am pretty positive about mine, it has some quirky things about it but over all its been good.
lol...I wash my hands when they get dirty because I trashed my first GoPro because I got it covered in oil and crap. So I'm a lot more careful with the sony camera I bought to replace it. I also wear gloves pretty frequently and go through a ton of them.
Unfortunately I don't think that I will be able to get to it before it starts snowing here. Unless mine breaks....then yes I'll do it. Haynes seems to have a good video on it for the Pathfinders.
doin this tommorow with a slight hangover from the Oiler game tonight im sure.. Just wondering if you have done the alternator job yet and if you have a vid for that?!? I have the exact same truck even same color. Great vehicle but quite the gas pig!
I dont know if this is the best job to do hungover, but I wish you luck. Engine air filter change is a good hungover job. I haven't had to touch the alternator. I've done the belt, but that's it.
@@DIYNorthThank You, I was telling the guy who wants his Nissan tuned-up not to replace the coils but he bought them anyway. Also I'm doing the tune-up.
Hello, I have a question, the spark plugs that I removed from my frontier pro4x 2011 are shorter than the ones they gave me in a car parts. So I'm afraid to put the longest ones on it and spoil my engine, how could I know which ones are the right ones?
You should be able to look up the correct plug on several web sites such as advance autoparts web site. Did you get the plugs from a Nissan Dealership? If so I would assume that they got the right ones. Are the ones that you removed from the vehicle the original plugs? If there is any doubt you could just take the number off the side of the ones that are in the vehicle and replace them if they have been working fine. If the potion of the plug that enters the engine is longer that could be a big problem. If the portion of the plug that is longer is the ceramic portion that sticks out of the engine then I would be less concerned.
it should be an EVAP problem which could be a lot of things including issues with the gas cap, vent/purge valves, rust, etc. I'd start with the gas cap.
I think so. I believe the frontier has the VQ40DE engine as well. That said there are often differences across the an engines life cycle so there could be some differences between the 2006 and the 2012. I'm not 100% that they are identical.
@@DIYNorth I use NGK Iridium, my Frontier odometers reads about 180000, in 20K more miles I will use your method to changed them. Thanks for the good video.
The OEM plugs have a change interval of 120000 miles or 192000 km. I'm at about 220000 km, so I've gone well past the recommended change interval period. Other than that they seemed to still work fine.
@@ashmontrealty bro i have my Nissan Pathfinder 2011 silver edition. I got it back in 2013. Now has 228078. I never change it. Still running good 👍🏼 do I have to change it????
I obviously went just as far on my plugs as you did, I had a plug fail on me once and it was pretty bad. The plug detonated in the cylinder and it sounded like rocks banging around in a tin can. It was an expensive repair. If you go to my main site page and look at the banner picture you can see a cylinder head. the center cylinder head looks very mashed up and the ones on either side look fine. That is what happens inside your cylinder when a plug catastrophically fails.
Your analysis on the specific tools was a game changer and made this job a lot easier for me to do than the other DIY videos I watched. Thank you
Glad the effort wasnt in vain.
Thanks for watching
You were very helpful in your details of the tools used and exactly how you removed and installed each plug, coil and electrical connector. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for checking it out
Your welcome. This video was a life saver. Taking that intake off was much more risk. This was a little troublesome but total gold. Thanks again my friend.
im about to do the sparkplugs on my 08 xterra, but i had no idea it could be done without removing the air intake system. Awesome!
I'm pretty sure our engines are the same so you should be good.
Thanks for the helpful video, real life saver.. tool list, spot on... Especially with the swivel and short extension. Passenger side was killer on the hands, but easier t take wire off with coil oulled off, there was plenty of slack. Under the intake, used flat head to pry wire off the clamp while holding the other bracket lmao.. it was challenging, but got it in 3.5 hrs. Its roasting in TX!!! 🥵
Glad the video was helpful.
Hopefully you at least got a sun tan.
Excellent presentation. Details on the tools really helpful. My 10mm rachet wrench isn't a stubby at 3 1/2 in . Mine is 6 inches. I think if you leave the center plug out on the intake side will make it easier to get front passenger side out.
thanks for watching and the advice.
Thank you ! I wasn t motivated to romove the air intake system. Your video shows details and soltions to pot issues. It took me 3 hours but cost only 74$ including special flexeble soket. the job done. Thanks
Thanks for watching, glad it was useful
Very good video...one tip I do is to use a short piece of vacuum tubing, push on to top of spark plug. Then slowly lower in the plug hole and turn in the plug until it stops, then pulloff the tubing. Saves having to drop the plug in and insure no cross threading
Thanks for watching and commenting
You’re right, the middle one on the passenger was a bear. The electrical connector on the coil killed my fingers.
But is the job done?
For sure though, that one has to be the worst.
@@DIYNorth all but that one.
Thx , just done this method. I have to say you need to have 2 sets of sockets for this job or bunch of extra extensions.Angle extension will help too. Ether way center one , and the one under intake was hardest. This job took me 2h40min. My highway fuel consumption went from 19l/100km to around 13.
Glad it got done. Yes the more extensions the better on this one. Those are impressive fuel savings.
Nice work!!! I have a 2011 4.0 pathy and iven been avoiding doing this job lol....thanks for this vid cause it is straight forward....i read other places you had to take off so much crap with the intake so now im not stressin lol. Thanks bro
It honestly wasn't too bad. having the right sized sockets and extensions makes all the difference. Thanks for watching.
Awesome 👌... I have the same vehicle as yours and I was dreading ripping the intake off to do this job without a mechanic friend around. I do have xxl hands, so having an Asian gf with "dainty hands"might prove to be worth her weight in gold... lol
Love all your maintenance vids and hope I haven't missed any. Good job amigo
@@deanminault6276 If you've changed plugs on something else before this shouldn't be too bad. Thanks for checking out the videos. Best of luck.
Super helpful. You are great... I cannot thank you enough for such a detailed video. Keep posting videos please.
It's too cold right now to do car videos, but I'll get back on them soon. I need a heated garage
Thanks for this DIY. I just acquired a 2012 Pathfinder, and am in the process of going through all the preventative maintenance items even though it has relatively low mileage. Your channel is going to be a great help. Spark plugs done today exactly as you described. I used NGK 96355 Ruthenium plugs, and, aside from a little hand cramping dealing with the front passenger side coil, all is good.
I'm glad you were successful. Best of luck with the 2012 Pathfinder.
I am pretty positive about mine, it has some quirky things about it but over all its been good.
Excellent video. Thanks for posting and spreading the knowledge.
Thanks for checking it out
Great video🏆 i passed it along to my mechanic 🤭 He's pretty knowledgeable, already. Your video tips are valuable.🏅
Thanks for watching, and commenting.
@@DIYNorth 👍🏾
Thanks for the video bro, im gunna change mine once it warms up a little bit here lol
Its definately a warm weather job.
Smart idea👍
Thanks for checking it out
I found the front passenger side the toughest. Struggled getting coil in and out.
It's not exactly easy. I assume you were successful though.
@@DIYNorth got it done. Thanks
Thank you best explanations
Thanks for watching
Nice work my friend 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏thanks
No problem, thanks for checking it out
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for watching
Dude this shit was hard to remove .
Two of them are no joke to remove.
The other four are no problem.
How did your hands stay so clean??? I just changed my plugs and coils and my hands were filthy.
lol...I wash my hands when they get dirty because I trashed my first GoPro because I got it covered in oil and crap. So I'm a lot more careful with the sony camera I bought to replace it. I also wear gloves pretty frequently and go through a ton of them.
any chance u could do a thermostat change video for the 2012 4.0 Pathfinder. thanks Neil
Unfortunately I don't think that I will be able to get to it before it starts snowing here. Unless mine breaks....then yes I'll do it.
Haynes seems to have a good video on it for the Pathfinders.
watched Haynes video on thermostat. like your way of explaining steps much better
Would this work on a 2014 pathfinder?
They arent the same, but the principles are the same.
I've never seen that engine though.
Wait i never seen someone do this without taking half the engine apart.
If you believe it you can achieve it.
doin this tommorow with a slight hangover from the Oiler game tonight im sure.. Just wondering if you have done the alternator job yet and if you have a vid for that?!? I have the exact same truck even same color. Great vehicle but quite the gas pig!
I dont know if this is the best job to do hungover, but I wish you luck.
Engine air filter change is a good hungover job.
I haven't had to touch the alternator. I've done the belt, but that's it.
Do you have to replace the coils if they're not damaged?
I've never replaced a coil in my life, and I've had a lot of high milage vehicles. So I would say no.
@@DIYNorthThank You, I was telling the guy who wants his Nissan tuned-up not to replace the coils but he bought them anyway. Also I'm doing the tune-up.
Hello, I have a question, the spark plugs that I removed from my frontier pro4x 2011 are shorter than the ones they gave me in a car parts. So I'm afraid to put the longest ones on it and spoil my engine, how could I know which ones are the right ones?
Help 🙏🏻
You should be able to look up the correct plug on several web sites such as advance autoparts web site. Did you get the plugs from a Nissan Dealership? If so I would assume that they got the right ones. Are the ones that you removed from the vehicle the original plugs? If there is any doubt you could just take the number off the side of the ones that are in the vehicle and replace them if they have been working fine.
If the potion of the plug that enters the engine is longer that could be a big problem. If the portion of the plug that is longer is the ceramic portion that sticks out of the engine then I would be less concerned.
Hi my service engine soon light is on it reads code p0442
it should be an EVAP problem which could be a lot of things including issues with the gas cap, vent/purge valves, rust, etc. I'd start with the gas cap.
i assume 2006 frontier is same?
I think so. I believe the frontier has the VQ40DE engine as well. That said there are often differences across the an engines life cycle so there could be some differences between the 2006 and the 2012. I'm not 100% that they are identical.
@@DIYNorth thanks
They can easily last 100000 miles, I changed the ones in my Nissan Frontier, I will changed them again at 200000.
I think it might depend on which brand and type of plug you use, but generally iridium plugs last a very long time
@@DIYNorth I use NGK Iridium, my Frontier odometers reads about 180000, in 20K more miles I will use your method to changed them. Thanks for the good video.
I think the NGK ones are the best to use. Best of luck with the change.
Question 🙋♂️ why did u change them spark plugs why??
The OEM plugs have a change interval of 120000 miles or 192000 km.
I'm at about 220000 km, so I've gone well past the recommended change interval period.
Other than that they seemed to still work fine.
Hey Oscar you really should change every 75K
@@ashmontrealty bro i have my Nissan Pathfinder 2011 silver edition. I got it back in 2013. Now has 228078. I never change it. Still running good 👍🏼 do I have to change it????
I obviously went just as far on my plugs as you did, I had a plug fail on me once and it was pretty bad. The plug detonated in the cylinder and it sounded like rocks banging around in a tin can. It was an expensive repair. If you go to my main site page and look at the banner picture you can see a cylinder head. the center cylinder head looks very mashed up and the ones on either side look fine. That is what happens inside your cylinder when a plug catastrophically fails.
Be alot easier just to take the intake off
I'm not sure I agree, but you are welcome to do it any way you want.