Is the Y62 Nissan Patrol Transmission any good? [ service & information ]

Y62 Nissan Patrol Transmission service information
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Steve Allan's Mechanical:
Opposite VISS Water, Lot 91 Old Port Wakefield Rd, Virginia SA 5120
[phone]
Y62 Auto trans parts diagram:
nissan-europe.epc-data.com/pa...
Y62 NISSAN maintenance intervals (See page 2 and 'note 1')
www-europe.nissan-cdn.net/con...
Y62 Auto trans filter and gasket:
patrolapart.com.au/product/ni...
Y62 trans cooler and sump:
automatictransmission.com.au/...
Y62 service schedule:
www.totalnissan.com.au/media-...
Link to the Y62 workshop manual: (I can send you the file if needed, just ask)
www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums...

[@fredbear2096]

A good video with clear filming, audio, and style. Thanks for sharing and hope you keep it up.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Appreciate the feedback a lot! Thank you for watching!

[@ACESoccerTV]

A great video on a topic many of us know very little about, thanks for sharing! Totally agree on the shift direction of manual mode, I changed mine thanks to some info I got off the modified 62 page, takes about half an hour but well worth it! keep up the great work.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thanks for watching. We enjoyed the learning tand love the 62. We have seen and thought about the shifter change swap in manual too. Do you like it better?

[@paulbyriel4238]

Best y62 trans Vid !!! Every question I had answered 👍

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@R00RAL]

Im a Caterpillar Mechanic. The darkness in the Auto Trans Fluid is from the friction disc wear. This is normal. The Fluid will definitely need changing.

[@paulwebb2097]

Excellent information. Thanks.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Our pleasure!

[@rosewood1]

Thanks for review. Flaring can be as simple as low fluid. Absolutely correct about need to put in new oil. All oil degrades.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Yes, true.. thanks mate!

[@stewatparkpark2933]

You should have done a proper flush which involves undoing the trans fluid return line after the cooler . Remove the trans pan , clean the pan , replace the filter , refit the pan with new gasket . Fill pan with new trans fluid . Undo trans fluid return line after cooler . Run this line into a graduated old oil container . Start car and trans fluid will pump into container . Stop car after 3 litres of trans fluid has pumped into container . Put 3 litres of trans fluid into trans . Keep doing this until the fluid being pumped out is clean . Probably take about 15 to 20 litres . This will flush out all the old fluid including in the torque convertor . Reattach return line . Fill with trans fluid to correct level . Sealed for life transmissions is the biggest con out there . Transmissions are still the same as the have been for decades - clutches , steels , planetarys , bearings , bushes , solenoids , o rings , etc. .

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Great info. thanks!

[@baumie4618]

Again great video mate!👌 Great that you gave the price estimate as well, not many people do that! Did you try and take it back to Nissan when you had "flaring"? Just interested in what they said.....

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Not yet! no.. Nissan have given me little faith in diagnosing any issues in the past.. even basic, so decided to do my own research and investigating which lead me here to this destination. Its much better now though. Fells great!

[@Mrbeast0099]

Some great info there mate, cheers👍 $300-$400 seems a little expensive considering it’s only an oil change no filter and gasket to do, then again it’s been over 20 years since I worked in a transmission shop when falcon 4 speeds were quite new 😂

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thanks mate. Some good trans fluid and 2hrs labor (by the time they run the car, drain, fill, change filter etc) I’m happy with that I think. Much cheaper to do your self, but the guys I went to are patrol specialists and I’m pretty fussy with who touches the car these days 😅 seem to always get the car back with more issues than it had originally. I find that Steve Allan has been great.

[@Mrbeast0099]

Aussie Van Adventures yeah fair enough , cheers 🍺👍

[@iampennochio]

I have a 2013 stl i do it myself its a 30 min job to change the oil in the tranny. The fluid is dark red when you put it in its not cherry red like you would expect. I do it once every 12 months along with the transfer case and diffs. These cars are no more difficult to service than any other car. I use penrite LV full synthetic which is nissan matic S compatible which is the spec. 150,000km so far no problems. Technically you need a tranny temp gauge which i have on the ultra-gauge obd 2 and you are supposed to change the fluid at 40c. So that should sort the people out who are doing it themselves. You all should buy the ultra-gauge obd 2 so you can monitor the tranny temp real time if your towing. I think i paid around $200.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Great info mate, thanks so much for sharing! Yes its easy to be perplexed by all the 'new car stuff' on these, but at the core they are just another car. Thanks for watching and sharing too mate!

[@biggus7933]

Great video. My 62 was beginning to flare a little also (just on 40,000K's) so I went to Steve Allen as well - he did a great job. Ran into David Dash whilst I was there (the new workshops) so had a DASH Zero mid section installed whilst I was there. Are you able to send me the link to the Y62 Workshop Manual you mentioned - I can't seem to be able to download it from the link in the description. Keep up the great work and safe travels...

[@magnetfishingexploringaust7304]

Great info

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ethanday9522]

What’s your verdict on the trans now a couple years or so on mate? We’ve done 111,000km in about 2,5 years with our y62 and it’s twice had an auto transmission shop run a service through it. Reports have always come back the oil and filter in very good condition, no debris in the pan. We drive it daily, tow trailers, tow our camper, bit of bush, a lot of long drives and a lot of stop and start. It’s always gotten to about 40,000-50,000km and that flaring crap gets a bit erratic. The lad who runs the auto shop has driven it and noticed the same and never been of concern. He’s of the opinion Nissan has stuffed up with the software around the shift pressures and ability to relearn its shift points. It’s one of those things gets a bit erratics, behaves a bit lazy at times and maybe a bit agricultural they aren’t the smoothest shifting drivelines but it’s also never let us down

[@Jacobskate]

Hey mate, I see you where driving down Seaford road, I live at Moana, just picked up our white s5 to couple of weeks ago.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

That would have been me, yea! Congrats! Bet your loving it!!

[@Jacobskate]

I was talking to Johnny tig at Lonsdale and he said with his turbo kit they are looking to put a 350z clutch pack in the trans to help it.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Very keen to see how he goes. The last post he did got a lot of attention. I’m interested in getting a tune to get a proper rev limiter (normal ignition cut rather than the horrible one we have standard) and remove the torque limiting programming in the auto too.

[@Stevegrande1]

Great video very informative. Can I ask what exhaust are you running ?? Has a great burble

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi Steve. I think I recognize your name from when we used to have a Prado? We have a Harrop mid section exhaust.

[@Stevegrande1]

@@AussieVanAdventures yea I’m on all the prado forums lol, have been for years. Have jumped to the dark side and bought a patrol. Pick it up Wednesday and first thing I want to change is the centre muffler for some burble. Cheers I’ll look into the Harrop mid muffler 🍻🍻

[@trickster8635]

Why would you want 35's for towing?? Why load the trans with bigger tyres when towing? I get it for off-roading, clearance etc, but for road work towing a van, if anything a smaller tyre would be more beneficial for lower gearing, less rolling resistance etc. Are 35's just a fad, because the other guy has them? All 4x4 tests, will show that 33's are the best all-round compromise for cost, fuel consumption, clearance, and options for ply ratings/load capacity and effects on vehicle gearing, ie towing. Not to mention availability off the grid. With regard to transmission longevity, heat is the enemy of automatic transmissions. You need to fit a gauge and monitor your temps. Heat is what turns the fluid dark. The colour is an indication of heat generated within the trans and this cannot be guessed at and needs to be accurately measured with a temperature gauge, so that you have some datum line to drive to and monitor. Driver reactions to over heating transmissions can be the difference between catastrophic failure or not of the trans. You cant know that unless you know the temperature of the fluid.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi mate, personally i love the look of 35's.. they have never caused us a problem at all.. these cars are very strong and handle them well. we have taken our setup across the country every which way to all corners and they have worked well for us. Everyone is different though, what we like might not always suit some one else... but its given us 60,000km of trouble free traveling on some of australias worst roads.

[@Bailey001]

Hey mate, interested to know what brand trans fuild was used over nissan fluid? Any info would be great. Looking to change mine soon.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi, thanks for watching! Ill follow this up for you and check back in to let you know.

[@kenlau7723]

I see the name Jatco makes my legs wobble.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Haha.. Yes!

[@dimmacommunication]

Problem is there's no info online for wich trans is that. Yeah it's a Jatco, but no codes no nothing... seems weird.

[@dimmacommunication]

11:25 actually a lot of cars they have opposite + and - wich is a bit absurd

[@AussieVanAdventures]

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[@nightrunnernightrunner2474]

Dont buy unless you upgrade the rear lower control arms factory ones are shit and thin as a cooking pot

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi mate. Don’t buy what sorry? Rear arms are some times an issue.. (all be it very rarely) we tow 3t van and are at GVM on a lot of horrible corrugated roads all over australia and haven’t had any issue. We have rear springs and airbags too. We have seen the handful of people that have bent the lower arms though.. so it’s always some thing we keep an eye on of course! 😁

[@nightrunnernightrunner2474]

@@AussieVanAdventures 3 lower control arms later ,cheers sold mine ,went back to a 2008 gu wagon ,full superior engineering suspension , 3 inch lift ,constant load coils 500kg front and back , engineered as a panelvan only dtiver and passanger seat,gvm upgraded to 3490kg ,stage 1 turbo so on ,they had a great product and dont follow through with tried and tested axles so on, same as the shit ford range ,imagine if that came out with the barra motor either turbo or not and a solid front axle ,toyoto hiluxs would be dumped straight away

[@carpenter2410ify]

@@nightrunnernightrunner2474 Say what mate!?? 😆😂🤣🤣

[@carpenter2410ify]

Ah ha ha ha...you need to relax a bit champ 🤣 Hope your GU is going well for tough guy, I'm going to stick to my 62 any day .

[@nightrunnernightrunner2474]

@@carpenter2410ify sure is re engineered with LS3 now , y62 still needs a solid front axle to be concidered a 4x4 otherwise its just a knockoff of a prado

[@aulord80]

You need to wipe your mouth

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thanks mate.