Hello Rusti
i recently had my gearbox rebuilt in PE, the chap there also suggested that i fit an extra gearbox oil cooler, telling me that the standard setup on a pajero does not work with the heat we have here and that if i tow a lot i would have heating problems. I do not tow a lot but i do know that i added an extra cooler to my cruiser and that solved heating problems on this.
Might be worth while looking into that!!
Cheers
Mark
i recently had my gearbox rebuilt in PE, the chap there also suggested that i fit an extra gearbox oil cooler, telling me that the standard setup on a pajero does not work with the heat we have here and that if i tow a lot i would have heating problems. I do not tow a lot but i do know that i added an extra cooler to my cruiser and that solved heating problems on this.
Might be worth while looking into that!!
Cheers
Mark
martin111 wrote:Hi Mike,
I have the same model and year Gen4 than you, but with 326 000km on clock. Recently acquired a 2nd hand Jurgens Exclusive caravan. Pulled it to North Coast in December for 1st time. The car really battled on the passes and around the Pietermaritzburg uphills, with temps going close to red and battling to keep to 70km/h, eventually ending up in 3rd gear with black smoke visible. Consumption was +-21 litres/100km. I have a Racechip installed [after I got caravan] that feels great solo, but made no difference with van hooked. Other friends pull slightly lighter vans with the newer 140kW engines and is very happy. I thought that there would not be such a major difference between the 121 v 140kW engines.I just want to keep a steady 100-105km/h and major uphills +-80-90km/h.
I know the van is very heavy [1500kg plus load up to 1700kg].
Anybody else pulling such heavy vans and your experiences?
Hi Martin
Did you ever manage to get to the bottom of your overheating issue> I would love to know if you did and how?
Mike