Overheating GUs

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Sorry to bore with old problems but after looking at old posts does everyone with overheating probs with a td42 have post or pre 2003 Patrols as I was talking to an old fella today who has a 2003 factory turbo with 3" exhaust and a bit of a tweak. He tows a 21 ft van and has had no probs at all. Looking at the radiator it appears to be a lot smaller than my '99 which up until a few weeks back had the standard wide factory rad. I now have a Aussie Desert Cooler alloy and still have problems up long grades although not as bad. I tow a similar sized van. My engine is factory N/A with DTS turbo(12 psi) 3" all the way through and DTS top mount with 9" thermo blowing all the time on top. Pyro temps top 500-550 max. full load. In other words we would both have similar settings. Airflow through the grill appears to be the same on both vehicles. How did Nissan get away with a smaller rad in the '03, there must be something different in the engine itself. Any thoughts appreciated.

The 03 one is taller from memory, but narrower. if you look under the car, its hanging out like dogsballs.

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Sorry to bore with old problems but after looking at old posts does everyone with overheating probs with a td42 have post or pre 2003 Patrols as I was talking to an old fella today who has a 2003 factory turbo with 3" exhaust and a bit of a tweak. He tows a 21 ft van and has had no probs at all. Looking at the radiator it appears to be a lot smaller than my '99 which up until a few weeks back had the standard wide factory rad. I now have a Aussie Desert Cooler alloy and still have problems up long grades although not as bad. I tow a similar sized van. My engine is factory N/A with DTS turbo(12 psi) 3" all the way through and DTS top mount with 9" thermo blowing all the time on top. Pyro temps top 500-550 max. full load. In other words we would both have similar settings. Airflow through the grill appears to be the same on both vehicles. How did Nissan get away with a smaller rad in the '03, there must be something different in the engine itself. Any thoughts appreciated.

Have you had a compression test done on it, you may have a cracked head or stuffed rings, this will happen with overheating all the time mine had 180 in pot number 2 and had a couple of others very low, pulled the engine down and have just done a full rebuild and run it in and still over heating on hills so going the PWR radiator, should have done this in the first place and saved me lots of $$$$ now

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Sorry to bore with old problems but after looking at old posts does everyone with overheating probs with a td42 have post or pre 2003 Patrols as I was talking to an old fella today who has a 2003 factory turbo with 3" exhaust and a bit of a tweak. He tows a 21 ft van and has had no probs at all. Looking at the radiator it appears to be a lot smaller than my '99 which up until a few weeks back had the standard wide factory rad. I now have a Aussie Desert Cooler alloy and still have problems up long grades although not as bad. I tow a similar sized van. My engine is factory N/A with DTS turbo(12 psi) 3" all the way through and DTS top mount with 9" thermo blowing all the time on top. Pyro temps top 500-550 max. full load. In other words we would both have similar settings. Airflow through the grill appears to be the same on both vehicles. How did Nissan get away with a smaller rad in the '03, there must be something different in the engine itself. Any thoughts appreciated.

The 03 one is taller from memory, but narrower. if you look under the car, its hanging out like dogsballs.

Non intercooled models are very wide but not that tall. The intercooled ones are about a 3rd less wide but a good 6plus inches taller and hang right down. The bottom radiator hose is very exposed I am going to swap the radiator in my intercooled ute for an early one as i have come very close to breaking it many times