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rragpaoa wrote:I have a 2008+ with 60K miles and I off road mine pretty hard. Only changed the tranny oil and coolant at 30K. Going to change them again soon. Just checked the fluids and no problems so far. Not sure if I'm going to do the mod. Maybe the 2008+ have better internals? I've noticed that Nissan has made some slight modifications (I owned a 2005 Pathy beforehand)
thats what I didasgard wrote:Just completed the bye pass today. I didn't use the pipe connector just re-routed the pipe from the oil cooler to the feed pipe and used the longer pipe to close loop the rad cooler.
Is this the way most do it or am I missing something and should have used the pipe connector.
Looks tidy and no cost option.
I changed the radiator fluid - Prestone long life - good for 5 years.
also did the transfer case fluid change.
Understand. I check my fluids religiously. What I asked was that if the 2008+ Pathfinders had a design changed that fixed the issues since I haven't seen a problem with the 08 and above, and it seems that the plumbing is a bit different. The engineers put it there for a reason, and from looking at the 2010 models, it's still there. Shouldn't they have learned by now if it is truly a problem? Has there been any long term effects and studies, in all weather conditions, that this mod does not effect the tranny? Reason being is that I drive in 110+ degrees in summer (Vegas/Arizona) and 0- degrees winters (Colorado) every year. I change my fluids every 30K miles. That's insurance for me.Budrbean wrote:
What you fail to realize is that if you check the fluid and its milky, then its too late....damage is done. Unless you happen to catch it right at the very moment it happens. Its cheap insurance that will save you $3k in repairs.
All R51 Pathfinders (at least in North America) come with the towing package, and hence come with the external oil/air cooler.CiK wrote:Is this external cooler in front of the radiator on the passenger side standard on all 2006 Pathfinder models? Or just the ones with towing package?WheatBread wrote: then there is an external cooler in front of the radiator on the passenger side
if you perform this bypass it is super easy to reverse before you take it in to the stealerWheatBread wrote:thats what I didasgard wrote:Just completed the bye pass today. I didn't use the pipe connector just re-routed the pipe from the oil cooler to the feed pipe and used the longer pipe to close loop the rad cooler.
Is this the way most do it or am I missing something and should have used the pipe connector.
Looks tidy and no cost option.
I changed the radiator fluid - Prestone long life - good for 5 years.
also did the transfer case fluid change.