Sorry to come off with what might be a stupid question, but I really have no clue in this matter. I'm used to working on my 67 Mustang as thats a hobby. Apparently in light of this my wife now thinks that since I can work on the Mustang I may as well work on her truck also and I'm just lost. Really, I am used to popping the hood and not having to "look very hard for anything.
1st - Where is the fuel filter on a 2002 Frontier V6, and HTF do you change it? Looked all over the engine compartment, no dice, under the truck, again, no dice. Am I missing something here?
2nd - HTF do I access the bottom of the radiator to drain the thing? It seems that the entire engine compartment in that area is covered with some type of plastic shield. WTF is up with that?
Again, I really don't mean to come off like an arse, I'm just frustrated as hell, mostly with my wife, but thats another story.
Sorry to come off with what might be a stupid question, but I really have no clue in this matter. I'm used to working on my 67 Mustang as thats a hobby. Apparently in light of this my wife now thinks that since I can work on the Mustang I may as well work on her truck also and I'm just lost. Really, I am used to popping the hood and not having to "look very hard for anything.
1st - Where is the fuel filter on a 2002 Frontier V6, and HTF do you change it? Looked all over the engine compartment, no dice, under the truck, again, no dice. Am I missing something here?
2nd - HTF do I access the bottom of the radiator to drain the thing? It seems that the entire engine compartment in that area is covered with some type of plastic shield. WTF is up with that?
Again, I really don't mean to come off like an arse, I'm just frustrated as hell, mostly with my wife, but thats another story.
1. The fuel filter should be tucked up on the frame rail (probably passenger side).
2. The petcock for the radiator should be on the bottom driver's side corner (you may have to remove the plastic shield).
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2004 Frontier, King Cab, XE, 4x1, 4-cyl, 5-spd My Frontier Page
I can only tell you what I did with my 1998 Frontier 4 cylinder. The fuel filter was underneath the truck bed bolted to the frame; I think I had to center myself under the bed and look towards the outside, think it was on the passenger side, I wrote it down in my book at home. Mine had never been changed when I got it in 2004 with 100K miles: the hose clamp access was from above (like before the bed was installed) and it was a "Nissan" brand, that's why I felt it was never previously changed. Anyway, after finding it, I had to rotate it to get at the hose clamps, but after that was straightforward (now the clamps face down, duh !!!). Also on mine was it not easy to drain the radiator, as mine was also shielded by a plastic shield. What I did was drill a hole under the drain plug location so I could stick a flat-blade screwdriver through to loosen the drain plug, aided by my other hand reaching around to hold the drain plug in place and to catch the drain plug. I also relocated the oil filter using a Perma-Cool kit as getting to that oil filter was a bitch. For maintenance, give me my 1988 B2200 Mazda any day.
On my 04 the drainplug is directly on the bottom of the radiator in the center and you will need a philips head to remove it.
If for some reason you cant find it on oyur 02 just take the lower hose off and let it drain that way.
Thats the way I did it on my 04 before I dicovered that there was a plug.
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