Jeep2002noob
01-10-2012, 10:39 AM
Hey guys
I have a 2009 KK Cherokee limited with 3.7L
Ive noticed that it is slowly dripping coolant
Ive gone under the car and couldnt really track it, and its intermittent, with the car running I cant even see it happen
I think it might even be happening after the car cools down
Anyway, I had a look under the hood, and found some dried up coolant stains prodominantly around/underneath the radiator cap. Its probably coming out of there, and then the fans are probably blowing it all over the place.
I can see that the centre part of the top of the radiator cap even shows a bit of the pink coolant
The part number for the OEM cap is 55116897AA , 18psi cap
I done a google search, and found people complaining of that cap leaking/spraying, but on the Grand Cherokee in the states
http://www.cherokeesrt8.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48327
According to these guys, they claim the radiator cap part number was super ceded by Dodge part 4596198 , a 17psi cap
Even this yankee site is selling it for the KK Liberty 3.7
http://www.justforjeeps.com/radiatorcap.html
I was going to ring the local Jeep spares, but they've proven to not be a lot of help to me in the past with my KJ..
So my question is
1. Has anyone else had this issue
2. Would you just go straight for the apparent 17psi Dodge replacement, and are there any issues doing so?
I have a 2009 KK Cherokee limited with 3.7L
Ive noticed that it is slowly dripping coolant
Ive gone under the car and couldnt really track it, and its intermittent, with the car running I cant even see it happen
I think it might even be happening after the car cools down
Anyway, I had a look under the hood, and found some dried up coolant stains prodominantly around/underneath the radiator cap. Its probably coming out of there, and then the fans are probably blowing it all over the place.
I can see that the centre part of the top of the radiator cap even shows a bit of the pink coolant
The part number for the OEM cap is 55116897AA , 18psi cap
I done a google search, and found people complaining of that cap leaking/spraying, but on the Grand Cherokee in the states
http://www.cherokeesrt8.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48327
According to these guys, they claim the radiator cap part number was super ceded by Dodge part 4596198 , a 17psi cap
Even this yankee site is selling it for the KK Liberty 3.7
http://www.justforjeeps.com/radiatorcap.html
I was going to ring the local Jeep spares, but they've proven to not be a lot of help to me in the past with my KJ..
So my question is
1. Has anyone else had this issue
2. Would you just go straight for the apparent 17psi Dodge replacement, and are there any issues doing so?