Engine Oil and Fluid Recommendation for Nissan (USA) Frontier – 4.0 2WD/4WD Motor oils are an important component of a car engine. With the right choice of chemical, mechanical, thermal qualities, engine oils are able to provide stable, reliable and long-term engine operation throughout the life of the car.
  • Engine: VQ40DE
  • Engine oil capacity, liter: 6.3
  • Manual transmission capacity, liter: 4.0
  • Automatic transmission capacity, liter: 10.3
  • Differential capacity, liter: 0.9/1.6-2.0
  • Power steering capacity, liter: 1.0
  • Cooling system capacity, liter: 10.2
  • Year: 2005-07

Engine oil

  • Synthetic oil: 5W-30
  • Synthetic oil: 5W-30

Manual transmission

  • Synthetic gear oil: 75W90 GL5

Differential

  • Synthetic gear oil: 75W90 GL5

Automatic transmission

  • Synthetic gear oil: ATF Dexron VI (ATF Dexron 6)

Power steering

  • Synthetic transmission fluid: AISIN-AW

Cooling system

  • Antifreeze for the engine: Antifreeze G12 red