Gaurav

After removing the new fake / non-working clutch, based on my mechanic advise I have gone with making old clutch as a direct clutch that is engaged all the time and results in slightly louder noise but offers the required cooling. On last Friday, 6 Oct I got a chance to test my Pajero overheating actual cause and instead of 3-4 hours drive we drove for 13 hours from 7 AM - 8 PM and Pajero didn't overheat or went above idle temperature gauge like before. In a couple of occassions, it went up very slightly (5% - 6%) and come back to normal temp within 1-2 mins after stopping. This all was tested with AC on, on all the time and in Sweihan super soft sand including the rigorous towing and dragging a super stuck car from 11 AM - 12 PM extreme heat. So hence this is proved now that it was just a faulty clutch and NOTHING ELSE was mal-functioning as doubted earlier.

Too sad to hear that Toyota quality has gone down so much, as people swear by Toyota reliability and utmost quality. Maybe it could be the just one-off case so don't give up and lose hope. In my eyes as a first response report a formal written complaint to the dealer, and if the response is not favorable or satisfactory then report to consumer rights.

Good initiative @baselsm83, well done for posting a newbie drive as it's time to share the desert too Please count me and Rahim Bhai, with full support for humous and kebab drive (that's my favorite). 34/26 degrees temperature looks nice too if everyone wishes to sit or bbq after the drive.

Ramy in deira and Tazweed in shj deals in lot of good quality motorsports aftermarket parts.

Serck gulf is another master in designing custom fit radiators, but little more expensive than dolphin.

You should be as genius as Einstein to know this technique.....!

Big thanks to Asif Bhai for posting his first drive in such an interesting area that for first 3-4 hours we all had ear-to-ear smile on some most amazing set of dunes. This area needs to be explored lot more in the future. Asif bhai lead was so nice and tight that I almost felt that he has been leading desert drive since many years. With the precision of path and confident dunes crossing he demonstrated a true example of very responsible and confident leader. However, World's best start turned into World's challenging ending when we couldn't repair the bent rack-end without proper tools and spare parts.This gave us enough time to bond with each other and demonstrate excellent teamwork, trust, and coordination while dealing with any problem. This also resulted in bonus Saturday drive that we all loved so much, by calling a recovery drive to fool our mind and families to get a second chance of going to desert in a row. lol. Last but not least, we finally found out that those Pac-Man in google earth are grass growing commercial farm from Elite Agro farm and requires formal permission to enter into the private property. Maybe next drive we can plan the route around Pac-Man to enjoy lush green grass circles in the middle of a desert.

To be honest, I been to this few years back and all I have seen is next year release model from all brands in one place. So if anyone eyeing a zero km car purchase next year and confuse between few car model choices, then this is the best place. However, promoters there has zero knowledge about the cars and only good to hand over you the spec sheet or sales advisor business card.

I have changed in my stock coil and HT leads and felt the noticeable difference in improvement on power, acceleration and hill climb. Off course if you have MSD or special chip to use, you can get better results, but I heard MSD and Pajero are not mating well with each other in long-term. That's where I spent 1800 for three new coils from habtoor a few years back and still very happy.

Divya and Dhanya are MUCH BETTER AND TRUSTED shops. Changing to Iridium will be the best thing you will ever do to your Pajero. Close your eyes and go ahead, it is 4 times expensive but last 10 times more and save fuel (in theory) and result in awesome acceleration and power (in reality).

When you are buying let me know, ill come and borrow your toolbox for a while.

Thanks @Sidshk for the follow-up. I have lodged a complaint with Sharjah Consumer protection department and will wait for 7 days to hear from them. I will update the outcome here. And after that, I will take second (Habtoor) and third (Mitsubishi) step accordingly.

Thanks Atif, for the right heads up. I'm definitely going to pursuing this further, here is the full story of my experience

Of course, I do understand that point, but this clutch hasn't engaged once in almost 2-3 hours of overheating/warmed up temperature gauge. I have to switch off the AC and turn the heater full on to let the engine cool down at 3K revs every now and then.

Thanks barry for clarification, but my point is when gauge goes above the normal ideal temperature, clutch SHOULD engage fully and bring the temperature down. Am I correct?

Congrats buddy, well done. You are a real keeper.

Slight correction in your basic oxford English dictionary buddy: engine warms up = OVERHEAT certain level = IDEAL TEMPERATURE I am driving in the desert for over 10 years and almost all the cars when pushed for dune bashing (not desert safari - train track), do get slight overheat and this fan clutch produces a hell of a noise that felt inside the car cabin. I have heard this on my Land Cruiser, Patrol, Discovery, Range Rover, Cayenne, Pajero 3.0 and even on this same Pajero 3.5 for last 7 years. The radiator has been detailed clean 4-5 months back, as soon as summer started and I have driven the same Pajero for all the summer drives. It raises the temperature and again brings it down in 3-5 minutes provided clutch fan is working as it is intended. Time to refresh your car knowledge too: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_clutch When the engine is cool or even at normal operating temperature, the fan clutch partially disengages the engine's mechanically driven radiator cooling fan, generally located at the front of the water pump and driven by a belt and pulley connected to the engine's crankshaft. This saves power, since the engine does not have to fully drive the fan. However, if engine temperature rises above the clutch's engagement temperature setting, the fan becomes fully engaged, thus drawing a higher volume of ambient air through the vehicle's radiator, which in turn serves to maintain or lower the engine coolant temperature to an acceptable level. Check the below video of comparing the new clutch failing when the car was overheating vs below video of old clutch modified as the direct clutch now to run all-time at engine RPM. If the new clutch was working or really genuine, then it should have been running at below fan speed and not so slow to bring the temperature down. Play the video at high volume to hear both channel audio (slow and high-speed gushing).

Many thanks, Sid this is very encouraging to report and to stand for our rights.

Don't worry you are not alone, I am also not there on that list yet. Me too sirji, only one star at the moment. Hope I get more with my new signature :-)