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I made it home yesterday with an 88xj, just picked it up from erikrs301. I live in TX, he lives in PA, so it came quite a ways. At this time I would like to thank Erik, I appreciate you being honest and strait forward with you description, I was happy to find no suprises when i got up there to get the jeep.
I picked it friday evening and started driving. I made it about 50 miles in about 2 hours, thanks to the wonderful PA traffic. In all that it never overheated, oil pressure was great. Then I make it down past Harrisburg, and sit for another hour and move about 4 miles. I made it down to MD, and stopped for the night, about 200 miles from where I got the jeep, never a problem. It was running cool (modine 2 row and 160* tstat, still a closed cooling system) so I put some cardboard over the 2 middle openings in the grill to help it warm up when driving. All fluids were ok, I did top off the radiator fluid with about 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart, and I was on my way. On Sat. i ran into about a hour and a half delay 100 miles from the Tenn. border. I pull over, take out the cardboard, and sit for an hour and a half, never getting to the 210 mark. Oil pressure is still fine. I stop in Nashiville for the night, still everything is great. I get up and check, add about 12 oz of oil, and get on my way. By the time i make it to memphis, I was starting to run warm, though never up to 210*. When it started getting to the line, I put on the vent, and it hovered right at what would be 190-200, by my best guess. I stopped in Memphis, and ended up adding a the rest of the quart of oil, about 20 oz. I kept going, it kept needing to have the vent on to stay at about 200*. I made it to littlerock, adding another 1/2 quart of oil along the way, and still running with the vent. In littlerock, I stopped at a car wash, and sprayed the radiator . I got a lot of brown woter from it, along with the other stuff(tranny cooler etc) i think, that fixed it, and keep going, after adding a quart of oil. To finish this quickly, I drove the rest of the way home, adding about 3 more quarts of oil, and the whole rest of the way the vents were on. when I got home, as soon as i stopped for a light, it was starting to climb over 210, when i started going again, back to 190*.
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No problems first 800 miles, actually ran cool. Last 700 miles, added 4-5 quarts of oil, needed to run the vent constantly (with heat all the way up) to keep it from overheating. I looked under the jeep, I think the oil was coming from the rear main seal, though I DO NOT know this for a fact. there was no radiator or cooling leak that i could identify. the level stayed the same the whole way home. for what its worth, when I stopped to check the oil, I let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes while filling up, using bathroom, browsing truck stop merch, etc. I did not just check it and add, as this would not let the oil drain back into the oilpan, giving me a false reading of the levels.
Any ideas, suggestions, thoughts, anything please respond. Thanks
Matt
http://www.naxja.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=784&sort=1&cat=2&page=19
I made it home yesterday with an 88xj, just picked it up from erikrs301. I live in TX, he lives in PA, so it came quite a ways. At this time I would like to thank Erik, I appreciate you being honest and strait forward with you description, I was happy to find no suprises when i got up there to get the jeep.
I picked it friday evening and started driving. I made it about 50 miles in about 2 hours, thanks to the wonderful PA traffic. In all that it never overheated, oil pressure was great. Then I make it down past Harrisburg, and sit for another hour and move about 4 miles. I made it down to MD, and stopped for the night, about 200 miles from where I got the jeep, never a problem. It was running cool (modine 2 row and 160* tstat, still a closed cooling system) so I put some cardboard over the 2 middle openings in the grill to help it warm up when driving. All fluids were ok, I did top off the radiator fluid with about 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart, and I was on my way. On Sat. i ran into about a hour and a half delay 100 miles from the Tenn. border. I pull over, take out the cardboard, and sit for an hour and a half, never getting to the 210 mark. Oil pressure is still fine. I stop in Nashiville for the night, still everything is great. I get up and check, add about 12 oz of oil, and get on my way. By the time i make it to memphis, I was starting to run warm, though never up to 210*. When it started getting to the line, I put on the vent, and it hovered right at what would be 190-200, by my best guess. I stopped in Memphis, and ended up adding a the rest of the quart of oil, about 20 oz. I kept going, it kept needing to have the vent on to stay at about 200*. I made it to littlerock, adding another 1/2 quart of oil along the way, and still running with the vent. In littlerock, I stopped at a car wash, and sprayed the radiator . I got a lot of brown woter from it, along with the other stuff(tranny cooler etc) i think, that fixed it, and keep going, after adding a quart of oil. To finish this quickly, I drove the rest of the way home, adding about 3 more quarts of oil, and the whole rest of the way the vents were on. when I got home, as soon as i stopped for a light, it was starting to climb over 210, when i started going again, back to 190*.
*RECAP*
No problems first 800 miles, actually ran cool. Last 700 miles, added 4-5 quarts of oil, needed to run the vent constantly (with heat all the way up) to keep it from overheating. I looked under the jeep, I think the oil was coming from the rear main seal, though I DO NOT know this for a fact. there was no radiator or cooling leak that i could identify. the level stayed the same the whole way home. for what its worth, when I stopped to check the oil, I let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes while filling up, using bathroom, browsing truck stop merch, etc. I did not just check it and add, as this would not let the oil drain back into the oilpan, giving me a false reading of the levels.
Any ideas, suggestions, thoughts, anything please respond. Thanks
Matt
