Dodge Nitro. Manual - part 50

The engine oil pan. See Fig. 143 (1) is made of laminated steel and has a single plane sealing surface. The 
sandwich style oil pan gasket has an integrated windage tray (2) and steel carrier. The sealing area of the gasket 
is molded with rubber and is designed to be reused as long as the gasket is not cut, torn or ripped. 

REMOVAL 

REMOVAL-4X4 

1. Disconnect Battery.  

2. Install Engine Support Fixture 8534.  

3. Raise and support vehicle.  

4. Remove front wheel and tire assemblies.  

5. Remove skid plate (if equipped).  

6. Drain engine oil.  

7. Remove engine to transmission structural cover, (if equipped).  

8. Remove transmission oil cooler line bracket.  

9. Remove the front axle assembly from the vehicle.  

10. Loosen both engine mount through bolts.  

11. Lower the vehicle. 

12. Raise the engine using Engine Support Fixture 8534, until the viscous fan almost touches the fan shroud.  

13. Raise the vehicle.  

14. Remove the oil pan bolts.  

15. Separate the oil pan from the engine.  

16. Remove the (2) nuts and (1) bolt holding the oil pump pick-up tube, and windage tray in place. 

17. Drop the oil pump pick-up tube into the oil pan, and remove the oil pan, pick-up tube, and the windage 

tray, as an assembly, from the front of the vehicle.  

REMOVAL OIL PAN - 4X2 

1 - OIL PAN
2 - WINDAGE TRAY AND INTEGRATED OIL PAN GASKET

NOTE:

It is not necessary to remove the viscous fan , or fan shroud, for oil pan 
removal.

NOTE:

It will be necessary to move the oil pan from side to side to gain access to 
these fasteners.

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 ENGINE 3.7L - Service Information - Nitro

  

Fig. 144: Oil Pan & Gasket 
Courtesy of CHRYSLER LLC 

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 ENGINE 3.7L - Service Information - Nitro

  

1. Disconnect and isolate negative battery cable.  

2. Install engine support fixture.  

3. Raise and support vehicle.  

4. Remove front wheel assemblies.  

5. Remove skid plate (if equipped). Refer to REMOVAL .  

6. Drain engine oil.  

7. Mark adjustment cam position of front lower control arm bolts.  

8. Remove front lower control arm bolts. Refer to REMOVAL .  

9. Disconnect LH tie rod. Refer to REMOVAL .  

10. Disconnect LH lower ball joint. Refer to REMOVAL .  

11. Disconnect LH strut clevis. Refer to REMOVAL .  

12. Remove LH front axle. Refer to REMOVAL .  

13. Remove front axle brace bolts.  

14. Remove front prop shaft. Refer to REMOVAL .  

15. Drain front axle.  

16. Using a transmission jack, support front axle.  

17. Remove axle bracket bolts.  

18. With RH axle still in place, remove front differential.  

19. Remove transmission oil cooler line bracket.  

20. Remove engine to transmission stiffening bracket.  

21. Position Engine Support 8534 on the fender lip and align the slots in the brackets with the fender 

mounting holes.  

22. Secure brackets to the fender using four M6 X 1.0 X 25 MM flanged cap screws.  

23. Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the sleeves to the support tube.  

24. Secure the support tube in an upright position.  

25. Assemble the flat washer, thrust bearing, hook and T handle.  

26. Using the M10 X 1.75 mm flanged nut supplied with the support fixture, secure the chain to the front 

engine lifting stud.  

27. Loosen engine mounts.  

28. Remove oil pan bolts.  

29. Separate oil pan (1) from engine.  

30. Move oil pan to one side, remove oils sump bolt and windage tray bolts, 

1 - OIL PAN
2 - WINDAGE TRAY AND INTEGRATED OIL PAN GASKET

NOTE:

Do not pry on oil pan or oil pan gasket. Gasket is integral to engine 
windage tray and does not come out with oil pan. See Fig. 144.

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 ENGINE 3.7L - Service Information - Nitro

  

31. Move the oil pan and windage tray (2) toward front of vehicle and remove from vehicle.  

CLEANING 

OIL PAN 

1. Clean oil pan in solvent and wipe dry with a clean cloth.  

2. Clean the oil pan gasket surface. DO NOT use a grinder wheel or other abrasive tool to clean sealing 

surface.  

3. Clean oil screen and tube thoroughly in clean solvent.  

INSPECTION 

OIL PAN 

1. Inspect oil drain plug and plug hole for stripped or damaged threads. Repair as necessary.  

2. Inspect the oil pan mounting flange for bends or distortion. Straighten flange, if necessary.  

INSTALLATION 

INSTALLATION - 4X4 

1. Inspect oil pan gasket for defects, and replace if necessary.  

2. Clean the oil pan and block gasket mating surfaces.  

3. Drop the oil pump pick-up tube into the oil pan, and install the oil pan, pick-up tube, and the windage 

tray, as an assembly, from the front of the vehicle.  

4. Install the windage tray, then the oil pump pick-up tube, and the (2) nuts and (1) bolt holding the oil pump 

pick-up tube, in place. 

5. Torque the pick-up tube fasteners.  

6. Install the oil pan.  

7. Install and torque the oil pan bolts.  

8. Install the engine to transmission structural cover, (if equipped).  

9. Lower the vehicle.  

10. Lower the engine using Engine Support Fixture 8534.  

11. Remove the Engine Support Fixture 8534.  

12. Raise the vehicle.  

13. Tighten both engine mount through bolts.  

14. Install the transmission oil cooler line bracket.  

15. Install the front axle assembly to the vehicle. 

NOTE:

It will be necessary to move the oil pan from side to side to gain access to 
these fasteners.

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 ENGINE 3.7L - Service Information - Nitro