Nissan 3.5L Timing Chain Replacement, Cloyes 9-0720S

🔥 This technical video from Cloyes covers the removal and installation of the timing drive system for Nissan's 2.5/3.5/3.7/4.0L engine.

⛓ Part numbers related to this video are: 9-0719S, 9-0719SVVT, 9-0719SWP, 9-0720S, 9-0720SA, 9-0720SAVVT, 9-0720SAWP, 9-0720SAX, 9-0720SVVT, 9-0720SWP, 9-0720SX, 9-0730S, 9-0730SA, 9-0730SAWP, 9-0730SWP, 9-0730SX, 9-5441, 9-5442, 9-5588, 9-5589, 9-5590, 9-5591, 9-5592, 9-5593, 9-5594, 9-5595, 9-5596, 9-5597, 9-5624, 9-5625, 9-5626, C719F, C720F, C721F, C730F, S947, S948T, VC111, VTS111, VTS112.

🚗 Application coverage ranges from the model years 2002-2019 and the following vehicles:

Infiniti FX35
Infiniti G25
Infiniti G35
Infiniti I35
Infiniti JX35
Infiniti M35
Infiniti QX60
Nissan 350Z
Nissan Altima
Nissan Frontier
Nissan Maxima
Nissan Murano
Nissan NV1500
Nissan NV2500
Nissan NV3500
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Quest
Nissan Xterra
Suzuki Equator

[solgi]

Love how precise this video is...need more like this for this engine

[mattmgarza]

I used the Cloyes video for the chrysler 2.7 timing chain and couldn't have done the job without it. These are the best instructional videos of any kind on YouTube, in my opinion.

[elonsus]

Owning a VQ is a love/hate relationship.

[davidbsac]

Who are the TEN who downvoted this video? They need to step forward and be publicly shamed.

This video could save a Nissan and possibly your marriage/kids/dog.

[wkryntekmarcin]

witam jestem z Polski i muszę powiedzieć naprawdę dobrze pokazane, mam maxime a34 z 2006 i jestem bardzo zadowolony z auta a teraz będę mógł sam nad nią popracować dzięki takim ludziom jak wy którzy tworzą takowe filmy .Pozdrawiam and happy new year .

[KenHMladin]

You don't need to remove the upper oil pan Just lower because of the 2 bolts holding the cover from underneath. And do yourself a favor and replace the gallery gaskets while you are in there ! those blow you will lose oil pressure and have to do all this work again ! If you already have the motor out I would do bearings and oil pump as well. Not that much more money, IMO peace of mind is priceless ! This is the best video out there for timing chain replacement !!!

[willk]

I wish I had found this vid a week ago. Best timing vid I've found...thanks guys

[blastfamusidiot]

I'm assembling my VQ at the moment and this video saved my life lol

[kirklandswearingen]

thank you cloyes. your videos are always way more helpful than the service manuals!!!

[cfchrischris]

Gets right to the point, very informative.
Even half baked I was following what you're saying.

[sprydo]

Very well done..CLOYES..easy to follow through the explaining process! Sincerely appreciate it. Hey guys watching this video, just a "FYI...Just in case notice"! Of both L/R side CAM Caps (O-ring) make sure these brand NEW be replaced just make sure..just so NO accidents in the future with the engine!

[patd]

Cloyes is a company of scholars and gentlemen. thx for the vid

[stevenalmendarez]

Great video bro! That was one of the most understandable instruction vids I’ve seen.

[SavageThrifter]

I thought it looked way more simple than I previously thought

[stumpmtsr]

I just purchased a 3.5L engine with 75K miles on it. I really want to replace the water Pump and the oil pump, but I do not want to mess with the timing at all. My other engine jumped timing after the timing guide was replaced. UGH. This video was spot on, but it still makes me nervous about the timing jumping on me.

[davidoshea]

Great video, this really helped me. However, there is a pretty BIG error in your video at 5:18-5:30 minutes in. (You show putting the RTV sealent on the CAM bearing caps, and you show it INCORRECTLY, oops.) Some caps (such as the one you show) have sealant channels at the outer edges (just inside the oval molding holes). Some caps such as model yr 2000, do not have that sealant channel at all. The next thing "in" from the edge of the part is another channel, an OIL channel (not a sealant channel) that starts out skinny (like a sealant channel) and expands to funnel shape. SEALANT SHOULD NOT BE PLACED IN THAT CHANNEL!!! It is an OIL CHANNEL, not a sealant channel. It also functions as a sealant GUARD gap, so that sealant ABSOLUTELY does not get anywhere near the cam bearing oil channel. You guys correctly show NOT putting sealant in the oil bearing oil channel, but you INCORRECTLY show putting sealant into the funnel shaped channel. DO NOT DO THAT! Also, more sealant needs to go all around the oval molding holes, the entire mating service there is supposed to get sealant in that zone (e.g. everywhere outside of the funnel shaped channel should get a smoothed layer of sealant, not a bead) On parts that have the "extra sealant channel between the oval hole, and the funnel hole, a bead goes in there (like you showed). If people do it the way you showed (e.g. putting sealant in the FUNNEL oil channel, BAD) 1st they may get sealant overflow in the bearing channel from overflow (VERY BAD). Second, they may get oil leaks (BAD) at the bearing caps because insufficient sealant is placed on the mating service around the molding ovals. That part of the video really should be fixed. Otherwise, a great video, and really helpful. It helped me, but I also had the guidance of the factory manual.

[bluetorch]

a friend told me he needed a timing chain replacement on his Nissan, I said "OK! let me watch a video first!" 10:11 minutes later... OH HELL NO! xD

[AlxN]

Great demonstration. Make longer videos demonstrating the process

[sprydo]

Thanks Cloyes...clear and concise instructions...the best explanation step by step on these VQ Nissan engines. Timing Chain is crucial on these motors..Tensioners are worked off from Oil pressure...Dirty Oil...just a matter of time..other parts of the engine goes to slippery slope...meanng other parts of the engine takes waer n tear stresses from daily driving. So Thank you ! Subscribed... ;)

[TopherTech]

I have Mitchell pro demand and the 4.0 service manual is missing information that I found here on the 3.5 which are virtually identical. Thank you for posting this detailed video.