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by De Maria
Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:41 am
Forum: R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain
Topic: another trans/radiator bypass done
Replies: 47
Views: 39367

Yeah, a former member on these forums sold his Pathy and had it sitting in the box in the Philly area. I just happened to be making a trip to NJ, so it was just a little side trip out of the way. He had some other stuff I picked up, too. I couldn't argue with the price. The radiator I purchased thr...
by De Maria
Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:03 pm
Forum: R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain
Topic: another trans/radiator bypass done
Replies: 47
Views: 39367

[quote="smj999smj"]The first radiator I did was on my 2006 several years ago. On that one, I replaced the radiator. The second one was on my 2008, which I bypassed, initially, but recently went back and replaced the radiator and re-connected the cooler lines. It wasn't so much that I had a...
by De Maria
Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain
Topic: another trans/radiator bypass done
Replies: 47
Views: 39367

Well, the downside is that you do lose some potential cooling it the fluid were to get hot under adverse conditions and you lose the warming affect of the coolant to maintain the ATF in the ideal operating range as well as the ability to quickly warm the ATF up to normal operating temperature, espe...
by De Maria
Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:52 pm
Forum: R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain
Topic: another trans/radiator bypass done
Replies: 47
Views: 39367

Just the foreseen side effect of no SMOD. :) I ran bypassed in my 05 for 4 years. Recently replaced my rad so I hooked everything back up, but seriously considered leaving the bypass in place as there was literally no down side. Thanks for the info. I don't see a down side either. But you never kno...
by De Maria
Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:55 pm
Forum: R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain
Topic: another trans/radiator bypass done
Replies: 47
Views: 39367

2008 Pathfinder bypass radiator

It looks like its been a couple of years since the last message on this thread. I'm getting ready to do the bypass on my 2008 Pathfinder, but the mechanics I've consulted tell me its a bad idea. I can't see anything bad about it. But I was wondering if there was any follow-up info from folks who had...

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