oil dipstick hole???

[luis_was_here]

Hello guy im new here, i recently bought a 1993 nissan 300zx 5sp. The car had an engine swap according to the privies owner, im still working on it and it seen to have a few problem one of them is that when cold start it run and dies, but im taking it to the nissan dealer to get diagnostic done, second and biggest worry is the oil dipstick tube is install on the passenger side and doesn't have a hole on the driver side to be install, i already got the new tube and a new dipstick from nissan but i cant install it because there is no hole in the drivers side 4 it to be install, can someone help me?

[nissanfreak12]

Can you post pics of the engine and where you are talking about?

[t.mcginley.jr]

There should be one engine oil dipstick on the drivers, not sure why yours is on the passenger side or how that even happened. Since you have a 5 speed there won't be a transmission dipstick.

[GerryO]

There should be one on the engine driver's side, not sure why yours is on the passenger side or how that even happened. Since you have a 5 speed there won't be a transmission dipstick.

There's mention of an engine swap, probably a VG30DE from a J30, but wouldn't they first swap the oil pan and pick-up? Not sure how accurate the original J30 dipstick/location is with the 300ZX oil pan.

[t.mcginley.jr]

I'm pretty sure the VG30DE in the Z32 and J30 were the same, but not sure about the oil pan/dipstick/pick-up. Like you said, they should have swapped the oil pan because the J30 one might not fit with the Z32 suspension/steering underneath. If it was swapped though, maybe the J30 VG30DE has the dipstick hole on the other side? Not sure where the JDM dipstick tube was either.

Either way, what is the reason you need to change the oil dipstick tube anyway?

[luis_was_here]

hello guys thanks for answering to my post im very sorry i didnt answer early i have been working 12 hr shifts, im going to take some pictures tomorrow and post them, again thank you for your time and answers... Now that i look into i found a VG30DETT for $1600 with transmission, ECU and wire harness im really thinking about buying it and doing a swap, what do u guys think?

[t.mcginley.jr]

Yeah post some pics if you can, it will help a lot.

Did you find that on JDM Engine Depot? I saw that same combo for the same price a few weeks ago

If you can do alot of the work yourself and are up for the swap then go for it, but most people will tell you that it costs more to swap an NA to TT then to just start with a factory TT and fix it up/build it up. Many people who swap do it just to say they did/could because it's awesome to accomplish stuff like that. Plus it MIGHT turn out to be slightly cheaper but it depends what all you do. The health of that JDM engine is really uncertain, and you won't be able to do a compression test until after you buy it. You'll need to swap a bunch of other things besides just the engine/trans, including making space for the intercoolers and piping.