I have been members of many car oriented communities. This is a good one.gilliam433 wrote:Haha. I hear ya. Hey Im just thankful that there are people on the forum willing to help folks along in these situations. Its a pretty cool community.
I by-passed my in radiator tranny cooler
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gilliam433
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got my car back this morning, and couldnt sleep last night knowing that my transmission could have, and probably has been "contaminated" due to them replacing the leaking radiator they found.
so i got home and pulled my dipstick for transmission fluid, and then I asked myself, what the heck am I looking for? I mean i know the milky look and so forth, but there is so little fluid on the end of the dipstick (even after the 180 rotation to push it further down), I cant tell if its bad or good. It just looks brown....haha.
ahhhh....always something.
so i got home and pulled my dipstick for transmission fluid, and then I asked myself, what the heck am I looking for? I mean i know the milky look and so forth, but there is so little fluid on the end of the dipstick (even after the 180 rotation to push it further down), I cant tell if its bad or good. It just looks brown....haha.
ahhhh....always something.
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Baedarlboo
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Do the bypass, the fluid from the radiator will empty out.gilliam433 wrote:got my car back this morning, and couldnt sleep last night knowing that my transmission could have, and probably has been "contaminated" due to them replacing the leaking radiator they found.
so i got home and pulled my dipstick for transmission fluid, and then I asked myself, what the heck am I looking for? I mean i know the milky look and so forth, but there is so little fluid on the end of the dipstick (even after the 180 rotation to push it further down), I cant tell if its bad or good. It just looks brown....haha.
ahhhh....always something.
Or take the plunge and change out your trans fluid...when you flush it out, you'll see what it looks like.
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gilliam433
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Well I just did the bypass after getting my radiator replaced yesterday from Nissan. Here are some pics of the fluid that came out when I pulled the hoses. Looks old, but not like a milkshake...so we'll see what happens. I still am working on getting some info from Nissan regarding how they discovered the leak and if they put any fluid back in.
Bypass was pretty easy, hardest part was those stupid clamps on the hoses. haha
Bypass was pretty easy, hardest part was those stupid clamps on the hoses. haha
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gilliam433
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Well I just did the bypass after getting my radiator replaced yesterday from Nissan. Here are some pics of the fluid that came out when I pulled the hoses. Looks old, but not like a milkshake...so we'll see what happens. I still am working on getting some info from Nissan regarding how they discovered the leak and if they put any fluid back in.
Bypass was pretty easy, hardest part was those stupid clamps on the hoses. haha
Bypass was pretty easy, hardest part was those stupid clamps on the hoses. haha
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Baedarlboo
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Gilliam....good pics of the fluid
I did the bypass about 3 months ago..06 Path here..my fluid was a reddish brown....
just thought about something...should I blow out the remaining fluid left in the rad cooler? I only capped mine off...how much is left in there? Is it enough to contaminate my tranny if the internal cooler cracks open? What did you guys do?
I did the bypass about 3 months ago..06 Path here..my fluid was a reddish brown....
just thought about something...should I blow out the remaining fluid left in the rad cooler? I only capped mine off...how much is left in there? Is it enough to contaminate my tranny if the internal cooler cracks open? What did you guys do?
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Baedarlboo
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Baedarlboo
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Why wasn't I told to Spend $75 to Save $4,500
I just went thru it... '06 Nissan Xterra, Radiator caused transmission failure at 95,000 miles, Nissan was no help.
What I can't comprehend is why Nissan did not tell me to spend the $75 to save $4,500. The information is in here, but I was not looking here.
I'm on a mission to tell 2005 to 2010 Xterra, Pathfinder and Frontier owners to spend the $75 to save $4,500. PLEASE HELP.
See www.savingxterras.com and give me advice on how to get the word out. Let's help our Nissan brothers and sisters out. How can you pass a Pathy or Xterra without telling them to spend $75 to save $4,500.
What I can't comprehend is why Nissan did not tell me to spend the $75 to save $4,500. The information is in here, but I was not looking here.
I'm on a mission to tell 2005 to 2010 Xterra, Pathfinder and Frontier owners to spend the $75 to save $4,500. PLEASE HELP.
See www.savingxterras.com and give me advice on how to get the word out. Let's help our Nissan brothers and sisters out. How can you pass a Pathy or Xterra without telling them to spend $75 to save $4,500.
I just did my oil change last week. While I was down there, I took off my radiator plugs and used about 20lbs of compressed air to blow out any remaining trans fluid left in the old rad cooler.digs5567 wrote:to blow mine out I just used compressed air in a can that you would use to clean your computer...very cheap and easy
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