Oil Coolers for 2004ST Diesel Patrol ?
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 15:11
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bennyzbit
We recently purchased the Patrol 2004ST Diesel to be used largely for towing a 1.8ton caravan (still yet to be purchased).
Going back 3 years, and new to caravanning, and with a 1.3 ton van, we were advised by EO "friendlies" to fit oil coolers to our 1994 Nissan 3 litre Petrol Pathfinder. We did!!
We are now on selling the faithful and reliable old girl for almost spares prices, despite her VGC.
Some thoughts struck me
1. Does the (new to us) Patrol need additional oil coolers.
2. Is it worth me having the old , oil coolers stripped off the old girl and added to the new baby ?
Any advice gratefully received.
Benny
Reply By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 15:32
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 15:32
Q 1. Never a bad idea if you intend to do a lot of towing
Q 2. Yep
(unless ya wanna buy new ones;-)
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Follow Up By: psproule - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:29
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:29
Transmission or engine oil cooler? They have factory ones fitted, albeit not very large.
Pat
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Reply By: psproule - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:30
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:30
Oh, and head over to patrol4x4.com forums to find out how to prevent it from going pop if it is the 3.0L version (yes, 2004 and later still go pop).
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Reply By: Fatso - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:49
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 17:49
Not sure if you are talking about transmission oil coolers so I don't know if this is relevant. I used to fit genuine transmission oil coolers to my taxis. I used genuine on the recommendation of my mechanic who said the correct flow rates were achieved for the specific model. I always installed new coolers.
1 Falcon & 4 Camrys did 2.4 million Km & never had a gearbox fault.
One of my sons is currently driving a Camry with 535,000 on the clock & the gearbox drives like new.
Currently I have a Prius that has 300,000 on the clock & I have to say that I honestly never thought a car could ever be so reliable. It is absolutely incredible how little maintenance it requires.
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Follow Up By: obee1212 - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 22:21
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 22:21
hi
Iwonder if the prius has had the batteries changed and if so how much did it cost. Sounds like a good deal if you can get that many
miles from a hybrid but then we would have to calculate the petrol it used too. The manufacturers, they say, will not put a figure on the life and cost of a battery replacement. .
owen
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Follow Up By: Fatso - Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 22:36
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 22:36
We have about 50 priuses in our local taxi fleet & batteries are lasting around 400,000k. I think they cost about $3,800. I save $12,000 a year on fuel over a camry. God knows what the cost of running a Falcon would be. The maintenance costs on a Falcon would send me broke alone without the fuel bill.
I wouldn't recommend anyone buy a Prius as a private vehicle on pure economics as they wouldn't do the
miles to recoup the extra outlay.
We do 200,000 a year so the economic situation for us is different.
Great to drive though & exceptionally low maintenance.
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Reply By: bennyzbit - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 19:09
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 at 19:09
Answering my own post. Not certain how this works.
I was talking about transmission oil coolers like we had on the old lady.
Benny
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Follow Up By: Member - Malcolm (Townsville) - Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:26
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:26
benny
I've had both a 2003 and 2005 ZD30 with auto. Towed 2.5t van and never had a problem with the auto. Just change oil every 100K or when it starts to get a bit dark (indicates the bands could be slipping).
They already have an auto trans oil cooler built in. Check the two small pipes each side at the base of the radiator and follow them along to see where they go.
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Follow Up By: Fatso - Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 22:48
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 22:48
I doubt if there is a modern auto trans out there that doesn't have an oilcooling system in it's design. Every auto I have ever owned has.
The extra oilcooler is cheap insurance for your box.
I would go with the extra cooling & scrap something else of less importance from your budget to help pay for it.
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Reply By: bennyzbit - Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 21:02
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 at 21:02
Thanks everybody for your advice.
If they are already factory fitted to the Patrol it doesn't need me to meddle and have the a second transmission oil cooler transferred from old vehicle to the newer one.
Thanks again
Benny
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