Hmmmm...anyone for BBQ?

[bruggz351]

gudday fine people,
well i fitted the new thermo housing, topped it up and the dang thing started, as if nothing happened. drove home with no problems. about a minute after shutdown it boiled its nuts off again, dumping boiling water out of the reserve tank.
i think the rad cap is faulty so I'll replace that. also, i think the elec fan is not working.. the previous owner has bypassed it with a switch, but even when i jump power straight from the batt, no go..
there is also no shroud on the engine fan so I'll replace that also.... and when i went investigating, i found the sender for the gauge at the back of the head............... with a old piece of wire siliconed into a broken sender and twisted onto the loom wire. so Ive put an aftermarket sender in and hooking the aftermarket gauge up today and tomorrow.

what temp thermostat do people recommend? be picking one up tomorrow...

cheers

[BennyWA]

195 degrees-see here: http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoWaterpump.htm

Not sure if you've seen Gojeeps site, but I've done these mods plus a hiflow radiator and all is perfect!! I was going to install an electric fan and have purchased one but it is spot on at the moment so will leave it for now....

[bruggz351]

cool, thanks benny

[bruggz351]

well, got a standard thermostat, some coolant, a new radiator cap and top hose and a shroud for the engine fan. have fitted up the a-market gauge and got everything else sorted, and so far, touch wood, no overheating
bit unnerving though, seeing the gauge sitting on 100*C. i'm used to my cars sitting around the 90 mark... still have to sort this thermo fan though.

cheers

[russ]

I drove my xj around for a couple of years running hot up around 100C or more,I flushed out the radiator twice thinking it was blocked and still wasn't happy with the temp. Then one day found a very small leak from the bottom of water pump, got onto a new gasket changed it and it runs at good temp now accept when i 4b it hard in the bush.

[Squall]

AH It must be a Jeep thing

[bruggz351]

Originally Posted by eksjay

Can you all kindly provide km on the ODO for your car....when this problemo happened?

My thermostat has never been replaced [own the car from new], and I thought I would change it when the water pump eventually gave way or some other major mechanical happened....

thanks...

oops, sorry eksjay, my car has around 152000K on it.

cheers