Bronco
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Swansboro, CA
Well I was out on the trail this weekend for the first time in a while. My jeep started running hot and actually boiled over the overflow bottle. I have replaced my plastic tank with an aluminum one (Eagle style) over a year ago. I also just did a new radiator a few weeks ago and a water pump a few months ago. When I found I had a problem I turned around and headed for home. As long as I kept moving it stayed at like 130 but if I stopped or had to slow way down on the trail it would start to climb to like 150. I’m thinking the two possibilities are:
- It has a bad fan clutch. Do they tend to go bad all at once? It seams like this would be most consistent with the speed related temp. Yes/No?
- The thermostat failed closed. Can anyone rule this out from what I have said?
- Something in the system is clogged up, possibly related to the new radiator or this being the first time I have wheeled it in several months