Why does my Jeep Cherokee have a burp air system?
Burping air from a closed cooling system. THE HARD WAY: Let’s face it, burping trapped air from the head of a 4.0L in-line six cylinder is an easy way to burn your hands or get scalded when ya remove the temperature gauge sender on the head of a hot engine.
What does a burp air cooling system do?
50 / 50 mix of fresh anti-freeze & water. Burping air from a closed cooling system. THE HARD WAY: Let’s face it, burping trapped air from the head of a 4.0L in-line six cylinder is an easy way to burn your hands or get scalded when ya remove the temperature gauge sender on the head of a hot engine.
What kind of engine does a Jeep Grand Cherokee have?
Standard fare under the hood is Jeep’s 4.7-liter High Output V8 – this engine is good for 265 hp. The standard 4.7-liter offers 235 hp, which is adequate, but the extra 30 ponies in the Overland are readily noticeable. The HO engine also has a nice, deep exhaust note to it.
How can I tell if my Jeep Grand Cherokee is overheating?
Coolant temp sensors don’t measure air temp. If there was no coolant in your engine the gauge will read cool when acualy the engine will be turning itself in to a molten pile of steel. Sounds to me like your head gasket blew out, or wore you cracked a head. There is a easy way to tell.
Burping air from a closed cooling system. THE HARD WAY: Let’s face it, burping trapped air from the head of a 4.0L in-line six cylinder is an easy way to burn your hands or get scalded when ya remove the temperature gauge sender on the head of a hot engine.
50 / 50 mix of fresh anti-freeze & water. Burping air from a closed cooling system. THE HARD WAY: Let’s face it, burping trapped air from the head of a 4.0L in-line six cylinder is an easy way to burn your hands or get scalded when ya remove the temperature gauge sender on the head of a hot engine.
What kind of cooling system does a Jeep Cherokee have?
Brass bushing with outside threads that fit into 1992 thermostat housing threaded sensor port (see photo below) and inside threads to accept brass radiator petcock. 50 / 50 mix of fresh anti-freeze & water. Burping air from a closed cooling system.
How can I get air out of my Jeep Cherokee?
Wrap threads of brass petcock and install petcock inside previously installed brass bushing. Set those aside and drill a tiny hole in the flange of your NEW 195* thermostat to help bleed out air from the head. NOTE! DO NOT USE A NAIL OR PUNCH TO DO THIS!
Where is the coolant sending unit on a Jeep Cherokee?
By removing this Coolant Temperature Sending Unit, located at the rear of your head on driver’s side and parking with the nose downhill you can bleed trapped air from the coolant system.
What should I do if my Jeep Wrangler is hot?
What this test will confirm is if the head gasket is letting engine compression into the cooling system (radiator) or not. Now, if the engine in your Jeep 4.0L Cherokee (or Grand Cherokee, Wrangler) has been running for a while and it’s hot, let it cool down for about an hour, since a radiator cap should never be removed with the engine hot.