chameleo78
NAXJA Forum User
Ok, first things first:
94/4.0/AW4/231/126k
About 3 weeks ago I was going through the drive through and noticed my temp was up to ~235. Once I started moving again it dropped to ~205 and stayed there. I checked the coolant level and it was a little low, added some. 2 weeks ago I found a small puddle of coolant under the front of the Jeep. Behind the radiator and centered from right to left. No problems with temperature at all while driving between these 2 incidents. This past weekend I replaced the radiator cap and tried to find a leak. Ran the Jeep for 20+ minutes and the only thing that happened was I had to add some more coolant via the reservoir. No leaking, no temp fluctuations once I got the coolant filled up. Sunday on my way home from work my temp was all over the place, but never over ~210. Bounced down as low as ~155 and just seemed to be very erratic. Yesterday I stopped about halfway to work and when I came out of the store I had a puddle right where the first one was and a little bigger. I had been using a little coolant, maybe half the amount between 'full' and 'add' on the reservoir but have had no temp issues. I'm thinking water pump. I realize that without actually finding the leak this can't be confirmed but does this sound right? I'm also going to do the t-stat, hoses, and fan clutch. I figure they are probably the OEM ones so they owe me nothing and are past due. Anyone have any other suggestions?
94/4.0/AW4/231/126k
About 3 weeks ago I was going through the drive through and noticed my temp was up to ~235. Once I started moving again it dropped to ~205 and stayed there. I checked the coolant level and it was a little low, added some. 2 weeks ago I found a small puddle of coolant under the front of the Jeep. Behind the radiator and centered from right to left. No problems with temperature at all while driving between these 2 incidents. This past weekend I replaced the radiator cap and tried to find a leak. Ran the Jeep for 20+ minutes and the only thing that happened was I had to add some more coolant via the reservoir. No leaking, no temp fluctuations once I got the coolant filled up. Sunday on my way home from work my temp was all over the place, but never over ~210. Bounced down as low as ~155 and just seemed to be very erratic. Yesterday I stopped about halfway to work and when I came out of the store I had a puddle right where the first one was and a little bigger. I had been using a little coolant, maybe half the amount between 'full' and 'add' on the reservoir but have had no temp issues. I'm thinking water pump. I realize that without actually finding the leak this can't be confirmed but does this sound right? I'm also going to do the t-stat, hoses, and fan clutch. I figure they are probably the OEM ones so they owe me nothing and are past due. Anyone have any other suggestions?