[Northkeep] A call for help, We tried and failed.

[Tina Michael]

I will forward this to Sarran and see what he can do.
 Tina

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:32 AM, teresa hardy <tresehardy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i can only assisstance with rides if you or anadi need transportation. not
> mechanically incline. sorry.Eve
>
> --- On Wed, 7/14/10, facon at cox.net <facon at cox.net> wrote:
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> From: facon at cox.net <facon at cox.net>
> Subject: [Northkeep] A call for help, We tried and failed.
> To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 10:38 AM
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>
> Greetings unto the populous, more specifically those that are mechanically
> inclined,
>
> I ask for advice, my chariot has been experiencing problems for a while
> now, Arthur(whom has been wonderful trying to help me work this out)  and I
> are stumped.  I am already $450 dollars into trying to figure out the
> problem to no avail and dont have the resources to keep fishing in the dark,
> so I am hopeful someone might be able to assist in figuring out the problem,
> so here is what is going on and what we have done:
>
> My jeep keep heating up, not always overheating but running hot often on
> warm days.  It started this last summer, when I had the oil changed and
> transmission fluid and filter changed, it seemed to stop doing it but that
> was going into fall when the temp dropped. As soon as we hit 90's again the
> problem returned.  She will run fine for a while at normal temp then for no
> known reason will start to heat up.  It heats up the worse in town street
> driving, she runs a little warm on the highway but doesnt usually get too
> bad(though it has happend once or twice), she mostly threatens to over heat
> from street driving.  Sometimes when she gets real hot and I pull over and
> let her cool down, if I wait a few minutes and start her back up, the temp
> will drop on its own again, not back to normal but much closer.
>
> What has been done:  (Arthur please feel free to jump in with anything you
> think I might have missed or to add further commentary)
>
> Put it in the shop at hibdon to get the system flushed and oil change,
> while there they discoved that the lower hose was very swelled so that was
> replaced as well as the therostat.  They did not state about any
> contaminents in my oil.
>
> Didnt help continued to heat up.  So Arthur and I removed the water pump
> which seems to be in good working order, tested the thermostat on the stove
> which seems to be in good working order at proper temp, the water flows
> easily from top radiator hose to lower hose, water flows easily from
> overflow(which is the only place to put in coolant, there is not radiator
> cap) to the water pump, replaced the engine coolant sensor(the one that
> actually screws in the engine), keep checking the fan when it gets hot and
> it is always running, no condesation or fluid seen in tailpipe. The only
> other thing that has been suggested is the Radiator fan relay, while we
> think we have located it, dont have a way of testing it.
>
> I am currently very restricted on my travel, in town Fighter practice and
> Officers/Populous is about the max range I can make before she starts
> getting hot.  While she runs cooler on the highway I dont trust going out of
> town with it since it is an unknown issue.  Any assistance that could be
> offered would most surly be appreciated.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Facon
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