Matt76
Member
Hi All,
Not a Navara question but please help if you can.
A good friend of mine is halfway somewhere between Brisbane and Perth in her approx 05 Rodeo diesel towing a caravan (medium size, not huge).
She just just had to stop for the third time because it is overheating, and is obviously seeing the third mechanic in the third town. From what I know, the first one changed the coolant and thought it would fix it, the second flushed the radiator and thought it would fix it, and now the third one can't get it to overheat again, though he is obviously not towing the caravan along for hundreds of km at a time.
My only suggestion and correct me if it is stupid, is that it should have a transmition cooler (it is an auto) fitted as maybe the gearbox is overheating and causing problems for the engine. Is this possible? Do they have a small cooler from factory or nothing at all? Do they run off the radiator?
She bought the car a couple or years ago as a 1 owner, the NSW police force, and has done a heap of trips from bris to sydney trouble free, albeit without the new caravan.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if we can just suggest things for her to look for.
Cheers
Matt
Not a Navara question but please help if you can.
A good friend of mine is halfway somewhere between Brisbane and Perth in her approx 05 Rodeo diesel towing a caravan (medium size, not huge).
She just just had to stop for the third time because it is overheating, and is obviously seeing the third mechanic in the third town. From what I know, the first one changed the coolant and thought it would fix it, the second flushed the radiator and thought it would fix it, and now the third one can't get it to overheat again, though he is obviously not towing the caravan along for hundreds of km at a time.
My only suggestion and correct me if it is stupid, is that it should have a transmition cooler (it is an auto) fitted as maybe the gearbox is overheating and causing problems for the engine. Is this possible? Do they have a small cooler from factory or nothing at all? Do they run off the radiator?
She bought the car a couple or years ago as a 1 owner, the NSW police force, and has done a heap of trips from bris to sydney trouble free, albeit without the new caravan.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if we can just suggest things for her to look for.
Cheers
Matt