[Northkeep] A call for help, We tried and failed.
ksullivan6 at cox.net
ksullivan6 at cox.net
Wed Jul 14 08:44:16 PDT 2010
I had a simular problem with a car I had a few years ago, turned out it
was the transmission causing the problem
Alix
Work hard,keep the ceremonies,live peaceably, and unite your hearts.
(Hopi)
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:38 AM, facon at cox.net wrote:
> 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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