# 2020 Nissan Sentra - tough to access the oil pan **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, sentra\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971 "2021-08-26T22:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/61 "2021-08-31T16:29:20Z")
It’s now a subsidiary of Hamilton Beach ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/62 "2021-08-31T19:02:14Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > I thought VDCdriver meant they were no longer around. Triedaq was correct about the meaning of what I posted. ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/63 "2021-08-31T23:44:32Z")
Paying $800 to paint a room makes me light headed just contemplating it. Of course a hefty bank account might help with the head ache. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/64 "2021-09-01T00:15:02Z")
> [@bloody\_knuckles](#): > > it’s really the satisfaction of getting my hands dirty and accomplishing something that makes me happy. You comment reminds me of the time, early in my high-tech career, I mentioned to my co-workers one day that all the talk about bits and bytes and current and volts was giving me a big headache, and that it would be a fun break if all of us took an afternoon off to plant a garden out front of the building. And the flowers would make coming to work a more pleasant experience. Their near unanimous reply: “Are you crazy George?” … lol … ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/65 "2021-09-01T02:15:22Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > Paying $800 to paint a room makes me light headed just contemplating it. Of course a hefty bank account might help with the head ache. I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. I have never hired a professional painter, so I have no idea if $800 to paint one room is a typical price, a great deal, or if it’s a major rip-off. I do know that I could prep and paint a room myself for a small fraction of that cost. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/66 "2021-09-01T04:42:34Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > Paying $800 to paint a room makes me light headed just contemplating it. Of course a hefty bank account might help with the head ache. I wouldn’t know about the hefty bank account. I’m a mechanic! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/67 "2021-09-01T04:44:36Z")
Paint is $40 a gallon these days. $800 not so high. ---
**Author:** ![kcac\_1\_157641](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@kcac\_1\_157641](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kcac_1_157641)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/68 "2021-09-01T14:07:24Z")
> [@asemaster](#): > > I fix cars for a living, acemaster - is the original poster’s challenge of six bolts and 25 push pins to access a drain plug and filter typical of the undercarriage on most newer vehicles? ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/69 "2021-09-01T14:53:07Z")
> [@kcac\_1\_157641](#): > > is the original poster’s challenge of six bolts and 25 push pins to access a drain plug and filter typical of the undercarriage on most newer vehicles? yes, that would be interesting to hear it from the front lines 🙂 … plus it’s not 25, but 26 clips 🙂 @asemaster ? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/70 "2021-09-01T18:05:48Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > “Are you crazy George?” Well, we all know you are, but in a good way. I like your idea. If you passed that around the lunch table with some younger colleagues, you might get some takers. The older coworkers might go for it now too. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/71 "2021-09-01T18:09:16Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Paint is $40 a gallon these days. $800 not so high. Labor is pretty high too out on the west coast. I needed a quart of water based poly for a wood working project last week and cost me $45. The price of water went up a little or transportation costs, or labor, etc. Fuel is a basic component to all costs. Still I wouldn’t pay someone $800 to paint one room. Around here it would be closer to $400 depending. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971/72 "2021-09-01T19:43:31Z")
> [@kcac\_1\_157641](#): > > s the original poster’s challenge of six bolts and 25 push pins to access a drain plug and filter typical of the undercarriage on most newer vehicles? No I wouldn’t say it’s normal, but it’s also not entirely unusual. We regularly see cars with 10 or more fasteners to remove when doing an oil service. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-nissan-sentra-tough-to-access-the-oil-pan/178971.md?page=3)