NeXJ
NAXJA Forum User
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- Los Angeles
Hi folks...
The last few weeks I've been noticing a lot of belt squealing but was too lazy to go check it out (partly owing to the fact that my quick release handle for my hood broke off and so it's always a BIT of pain to pop the hood) - but last night I had to call triple A from the freeway since (1. I noticed that the electric fan was coming on from almost a cold start and 2. I started blowing radiator juice in the form of steam/spray out of the front of my XJ while on the freeway). so I pulled over and got it on a flatbed home. This was last night.
So today I'm looking at it - and the radiator had drained completely dry or nearly so... so I decide to start filling it up to see where the water's getting out (assuming it's not just escaping under pressure from the rad cap) and once it's nearly full, I'm seeing water just POURING out in a small but steady stream from the t-stat housing (!!!). It does not seem to come from the hose but more the underside - but not even a bad seal on the housing could possibly produce that kind of gusher (this is with the engine OFF - just filling it up)...
First I'm thinking - okay - bad water pump - but IIRC the water would be coming out of a weep hole in the WP if that were the case - NOT the t-stat housing....
Any suggestions about how to approach this??
1992 Cherokee Sport Package - 2 door, 267K miles
1999 HO Motor
3-core radiator (forgot make - it's the only one currently available IIRC)
etc
The last few weeks I've been noticing a lot of belt squealing but was too lazy to go check it out (partly owing to the fact that my quick release handle for my hood broke off and so it's always a BIT of pain to pop the hood) - but last night I had to call triple A from the freeway since (1. I noticed that the electric fan was coming on from almost a cold start and 2. I started blowing radiator juice in the form of steam/spray out of the front of my XJ while on the freeway). so I pulled over and got it on a flatbed home. This was last night.
So today I'm looking at it - and the radiator had drained completely dry or nearly so... so I decide to start filling it up to see where the water's getting out (assuming it's not just escaping under pressure from the rad cap) and once it's nearly full, I'm seeing water just POURING out in a small but steady stream from the t-stat housing (!!!). It does not seem to come from the hose but more the underside - but not even a bad seal on the housing could possibly produce that kind of gusher (this is with the engine OFF - just filling it up)...
First I'm thinking - okay - bad water pump - but IIRC the water would be coming out of a weep hole in the WP if that were the case - NOT the t-stat housing....
Any suggestions about how to approach this??
1992 Cherokee Sport Package - 2 door, 267K miles
1999 HO Motor
3-core radiator (forgot make - it's the only one currently available IIRC)
etc