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I would suggest you change the gearbox Oil ASAP to synthetic made for Syncro boxes.festerfm wrote:it shifts real good altho i think the syncro between 3rd and 4th is wearing out because if you try to shift it in any kind of hurry, it will grind. shift slow and it's smooth as silk.
The power valve is in the intake, consists of six butterfly's.festerfm wrote:what exactly is a power valve or swirl valve?
Congratulations. I just got my first Pathfinder. It's an '04 LE. It had 105,000 on it but pristine condition. Really looks brand new. Since I'm pretty new with this, can I be nosy and ask you what year this one that you bought was and how many miles it had on it. I think I got a good deal on mine. I paid $8,000 for it, but it's loaded with the heated leather seats etc, Auto Trans. And as I said it looks brand new. Also, had tons of maintanence things replaced. I still put some money into it. We had the trans fluid flushed, and we changed out the oil pan as it was pretty worn. Very common, in this area, as it's the shore and salty. This truck if I didn't mention yet, was for my son who will be driving next month, but I don't know I'm in love. I'm already searching for another one. I offered up my 2012 Elantra if he'd let me keep the truck. LOL. We have som flaring when it's cold, but it stops after about ten minutes into driving, nothing major, and I see quite a few have the same. I had a very good transmission shop check it out as I was nervous it was a bad trans., but it checked out fine and they also ran the diagnostics with nothing. We also changed the fule filter and that I would reccomend you do on yours. It made a huge difference in response and gas milage. Someone also mentioned cleaning the MAF sensor which we will also do, but the fule filter was cheap to do and it really helped greatly in the mileage we get out of a tank of gas, and it's peppier now. Was a big sluggish before. Elainefesterfm wrote:i ended up buying the one up in rome for 6700. it had a few issues but nothing major. the bose radio wouldnt play cd's but it wasnt a problem since i swapped it out the day after i got it. the black trim under the windows has rust bubbling under it which from what i hear is a common problem. also the black area over the rocker panels on both sides has a very small amound of surface rust bubbling under the paint which i will hopefully get taken care of when it gets warmer out. it shifts real good altho i think the syncro between 3rd and 4th is wearing out because if you try to shift it in any kind of hurry, it will grind. shift slow and it's smooth as silk. it only came with 1 key to start it but thanks to ebay, i spent about 20 bux and got 2 transponder keys and 2 keyless remotes. programmed the remotes myself and the nissan dealer charged me 42 +tx to program the keys. while there, they ran the vin for recalls and it had the strut mount recall still open on it. i think they said it was a level 1 kit since it wasnt bad. i still have a noise in the suspension up front and i'm not sure what it is. sway bar links are tight and so are the wheel bearings and ball joints. thinkin maybe has somethin to do with the strut top bushings. like i said, there's no major issues. my rodeo that i had b4 hand was fantastic. and if it werent for it's lack of power while towing and rough ride, i'd still have it. the 4cylinder rodeo/passports used an isuzu engine, but the 3.2v6 was a honda engine. the rodeo/passport was never intended to be an off road vehicle when it was conceived so when honda put their v6 in, it didnt have the low end tq that trucks like, however it was happy to rev to 5-6k rpm. very not truck like. the only off roading they thought would be done would be dirt roads or snow driving. reguardless i loved my rodeo and it owed me nothing. i ended up getting 1800 for it when i sold it. it had 171k miles, v6 5spd, almost un-noticable rust spots about the size of a quarter, and it was a 97.