Sharps40
Old Mossy Horns
Anybody out there with an Xterra/Frontier done the mod (e.g. eliminated trans fluid flow into/out of the radiator lower tank therby using only the external cooler) to avoid the failure of the transmission due to water in the oil?
I don't have the leak yet, nor signs of water in the oil (checking again tonight and doing the mod in the AM) but at 119000 miles I'm about 20K past the point where the system typically fails and pumps water into the trans destroying it.
Looking for experienced input, i.e. you've don the mod, and experienced/not experienced over heating of the trans on hot days or harsh shifts on cold days, etc.
The factory cooler looks to me bigger and better than even the giant BM coolers I've run in the past on hot rods. So, I doubt that unless towing or wheeling heavy in August I'll ever see the trans hot light come on......
My radiator is still good/I'm not ready to replace. But figured I'd eliminate the potential for a Strawberry Milkshake of Death between now and late fall when I plan to do all the high mileage services (i.e. likely replace the radiator then)
I don't have the leak yet, nor signs of water in the oil (checking again tonight and doing the mod in the AM) but at 119000 miles I'm about 20K past the point where the system typically fails and pumps water into the trans destroying it.
Looking for experienced input, i.e. you've don the mod, and experienced/not experienced over heating of the trans on hot days or harsh shifts on cold days, etc.
The factory cooler looks to me bigger and better than even the giant BM coolers I've run in the past on hot rods. So, I doubt that unless towing or wheeling heavy in August I'll ever see the trans hot light come on......
My radiator is still good/I'm not ready to replace. But figured I'd eliminate the potential for a Strawberry Milkshake of Death between now and late fall when I plan to do all the high mileage services (i.e. likely replace the radiator then)