StuckonTheDock
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lakebay, Washington
1990 Cherokee Lorado...It all started the other day when I had a plastic fitting break and dump my coolant, no steam cloud, no smell, so I didn't find that till too late. I noticed a tiny bit of steam from the corner of the hood, and since I had a small leak at the surge tank cap, I felt I could safely disregard.
About 3 miles from home the smoke started, soon it was a trail of smoke James Bond would have been proud of. By then I was very close to home and figured that it would be impossible to restart if I pulled over then. So with a quiet, yet fervent prayer, I continued to blaze my way home. She died in my driveway. I coasted on a cloud of smoke into my parking spot.
I opened the hood, and to my supprise there was no fire, but smoke WOW! She sat and hissed and smoked popped and pinged for almost 2 hours. When the show was over, the head was sparkling clean, not a drop of sludge left.
To my supprise, after filling with water again, she started right up, although she has a new exhaust leak at the manifold.
Well, the temp guage hasn't worked since I got her, so that is problem #1, the second is that I am sure that I haven't been able to get all the air out of the system. I had to replace a heater hose and the overflow bottle, when I fill the system, the radiator hose on the passanger side feels full of air not water. Also the electric fan NEVER comes on.
So, in the end, I suppose what I need to know is what typically causes temp gauges to quit (not the fuse). How to burp the system. What I should check on the electric fan. I replaced the sender below the tranny hard line on the radiator, to no noticable effect, other than that, I am stumped. I do have two "donor" vehicles for parts. TIA!!
About 3 miles from home the smoke started, soon it was a trail of smoke James Bond would have been proud of. By then I was very close to home and figured that it would be impossible to restart if I pulled over then. So with a quiet, yet fervent prayer, I continued to blaze my way home. She died in my driveway. I coasted on a cloud of smoke into my parking spot.
I opened the hood, and to my supprise there was no fire, but smoke WOW! She sat and hissed and smoked popped and pinged for almost 2 hours. When the show was over, the head was sparkling clean, not a drop of sludge left.
To my supprise, after filling with water again, she started right up, although she has a new exhaust leak at the manifold.
Well, the temp guage hasn't worked since I got her, so that is problem #1, the second is that I am sure that I haven't been able to get all the air out of the system. I had to replace a heater hose and the overflow bottle, when I fill the system, the radiator hose on the passanger side feels full of air not water. Also the electric fan NEVER comes on.
So, in the end, I suppose what I need to know is what typically causes temp gauges to quit (not the fuse). How to burp the system. What I should check on the electric fan. I replaced the sender below the tranny hard line on the radiator, to no noticable effect, other than that, I am stumped. I do have two "donor" vehicles for parts. TIA!!