I have a 2000 maxima 3.0 and have never worked on anything the Che Che's made hahaha I'm a Chevy man and have pulled many motors and tranys and need to know how to pull this engine and trany. Some say from the top. Some from the bottom. Help a brother out. Thanks in advance

 

Remove the battery,alt,ps pump,all harness and accessories, center beam,ypipe,trans bolts and engine mounts.

 

Pick one. Remove hood completely to remove from the top. It will clear on it's way out, it might take a little finessing and manipulation on the transmission side if I remember correctly.

 

Why would you ever need to pull a 3.0 (unless for serious mods)? This does not compute.

You sound very dangerous.

 

^^^^ Indeed... this is not a chevy motor. Mine has almost 220K and I have no plans on removing it. There is a member here who has over 400K on his 2000 Maxima and guess what... still the original engine. I would say welcome to the world of engines which don't need replaced or resealed every time you do an oil change.

 

Clearly ....

I agree, my VQ30 is 19 years old and has 247k on it, runs as strong as it ever has.

 

^^ Agreed. I swapped my 4th gen vq30 with a newer vq30 (110k miles)
But only because I got it in a trade deal. The old engine had 220k and was still running like a champ. In fact its still sitting in my shed

 

Until the day the transmission went, my 3.0 was beat on. When the trans started slipping, I would drive at 5500RPM's to get around for the week before I got my i30. Almost ~560,000 Miles on the original tranny and engine.

 

 

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