flingshot
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Thornton Colorado
15 below this morning on the thermometer. Went out to start the Jeep at 6:30 am to take the girls to school.
The Jeep started right up as always and I let it warm up for a few minutes before taking off.
The defroster is usually working a bit when I leave but this AM something was different. I chalked it up to the fact that it was 15 below friggin zero.
Got to the school a few miles away and I noticed an antifreeze smell. Some of you will remember I could never get my gauge to work so that was my only clue that something was wrong.
Shut it down at the school and opened the hood.
The uppper radiator hose was soft and not hot to the touch. Same with the heater hoses.
Fluid levels are fine as I just checked them, plenty of antifreeze but it is a 50/50 mix and I never checked it to see if it was good for 15 below.
I drove it all day yesterday and got home at midnight last night, everything was fine.
I am thinking it's a stuck t-stat. I left it at the school because I didn't want to do any damage but I did try to run it for a few minutes to see if the t-stat freed itself or not.
When I started it it was running very rough so I shut it down and hitched a ride home.
I guess I need to bring it down to the workshop where it is warm and tear into it.
I hope I didn't grenade a head gasket (or worse).
Thoughts or suggestions?
The Jeep started right up as always and I let it warm up for a few minutes before taking off.
The defroster is usually working a bit when I leave but this AM something was different. I chalked it up to the fact that it was 15 below friggin zero.
Got to the school a few miles away and I noticed an antifreeze smell. Some of you will remember I could never get my gauge to work so that was my only clue that something was wrong.
Shut it down at the school and opened the hood.
The uppper radiator hose was soft and not hot to the touch. Same with the heater hoses.
Fluid levels are fine as I just checked them, plenty of antifreeze but it is a 50/50 mix and I never checked it to see if it was good for 15 below.
I drove it all day yesterday and got home at midnight last night, everything was fine.
I am thinking it's a stuck t-stat. I left it at the school because I didn't want to do any damage but I did try to run it for a few minutes to see if the t-stat freed itself or not.
When I started it it was running very rough so I shut it down and hitched a ride home.
I guess I need to bring it down to the workshop where it is warm and tear into it.
I hope I didn't grenade a head gasket (or worse).
Thoughts or suggestions?