The 4.0 started running a little hot, 240 degrees at idle, but was fine at speed. I read through posts on this site an have concluded it's the fan clutch, so I bought an oem from newmoparparts.com and it's on its way.
In the meantime I continued to drive the jeep. Then it started getting really hot and pegged at 260+. I pulled over, lifted the hood, steam and fluid was expelling from a 4 way connector that's located real close to the transmission dip stick. I wonder what that part is? I let the engine cool, and noticed the coolant resivour was low, so I filled it and thought all would be well. But, on the way home it pegged again. I'm not driving it now until I replace the fan clutch.
My questions...do you think any sort of significant damage could of been done? Do I need to perform any kind of maintenance since it's over heated now twice, like change the oil?
thanks,
tim
In the meantime I continued to drive the jeep. Then it started getting really hot and pegged at 260+. I pulled over, lifted the hood, steam and fluid was expelling from a 4 way connector that's located real close to the transmission dip stick. I wonder what that part is? I let the engine cool, and noticed the coolant resivour was low, so I filled it and thought all would be well. But, on the way home it pegged again. I'm not driving it now until I replace the fan clutch.
My questions...do you think any sort of significant damage could of been done? Do I need to perform any kind of maintenance since it's over heated now twice, like change the oil?
thanks,
tim