Frederic Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Gautamaialni said: Great post @Frederic, I did face the transmission over heating issue on my very first newbie drive last week, this happened when I was stuck in a bad dune for about 20/30 mins below is the detail of my car 3.8 L, 2014 LWB kms done -70k transmission oil change- Not sure as I bought this car from someone else drive in - D mode tyre pressure - 15 psi i went to a garage last week for skid plates and they told me over heating tranmission is common problem with Pajeros post 2012 models, they told me a external fan would fix the problem, they are quoting me 800 Aed for this fix? what do you advice? Before fixing the external fan, give tiptronic a try. Most have seen good results by driving in tiptronic instead of D mode. Try to toggle between second and first gear and keep it in the same gear as much as possible. Less gear shifting = Less heat being generated. 15psi is fine but be aware that after about two hours of driving you’ll be at 17 most probably. So keep an eye on it and deflate back to 14-15 after a while. 2 3 "Go as far as you can see; once you get there, you'll be able to see further." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Seidam Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, Frederic said: Less gear shifting = Less heat being generated. Also it works with X terra with me as I am always on 3 and occasionally 2 leaving the 1 for steep situations and I noticed also temp almost constant 👌 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 47 minutes ago, Frederic said: Before fixing the external fan, give tiptronic a try. Most have seen good results by driving in tiptronic instead of D mode. Try to toggle between second and first gear and keep it in the same gear as much as possible. Less gear shifting = Less heat being generated. 15psi is fine but be aware that after about two hours of driving you’ll be at 17 most probably. So keep an eye on it and deflate back to 14-15 after a while. I also had the same Problem on my new Pajero, I was advised by @Frederic to try Tiptronic and it worked for my last trip, need to see if that will work for peak summer, slowly I am getting used to tiptronic and habtoor also suggests not to drive on D for offroading. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeetu Sharma Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 - 2018 3.8 LWB - PSI 14 all round Driving on tiptronic. Was on my 2nd drive today and faced overheating twice. Had to drop off from the drive after 70% of completion (disappointing). Initial half I was in tiptronic and faced heating during a refusal. Moved to D mode thereafter under guidance of @Wrangeld. Drove for a bit n then got the sign again. After second round of cooling it was fine however by then it was time for me to drop off. Not a subject matter expert but maybe my gear shifts were not ‘ideal’. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Flay Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 First desert drive in my 2016 SWB today. Transmission overheat alarm sounded during a self recovery and again when in convoy. I stopped using D and went to Tiptronic, alarm went away. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeetu Sharma Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 @Warren Flay just out of curiosity what gears were you using or rather which gear did you maintain consistently? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Flay Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, jeetu sharma said: @Warren Flay just out of curiosity what gears were you using or rather which gear did you maintain consistently? It was an absolute newbie drive so I'm not sure how relevant my feedback is but for what it's worth, I used 2nd for the soft/uphill/turning parts and 3rd for everthing else (3.8 litre/5 speed) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 @Frederic I have done little research on Transmission cooling fan to fit on my Pajero, Tru-Cool Max 40K LPD4739 looked better to me. Can you please advise which is the best and right fit for my Pajero 2020 3.8 LWB. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Lakshmi Narasimhan said: @Frederic I have done little research on Transmission cooling fan to fit on my Pajero, Tru-Cool Max 40K LPD4739 looked better to me. Can you please advise which is the best and right fit for my Pajero 2020 3.8 LWB. A bigger surface area definitely helps, but i have no idea if this model fits in your car. 2 "Go as far as you can see; once you get there, you'll be able to see further." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Frederic said: A bigger surface area definitely helps, but i have no idea if this model fits in your car. @Frederic attached are the specs and the link https://www.trucool.com/products/tru-cool-max I will have to give it a try then. Thanks. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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