Re: Removing the head on a 4.0 Wrangler

"Earle Horton" <earleh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Dennis" <dennis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "mr.som ting wong" <dbrider@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> your have a 8 -80 emissions warranty on the cat and i have replace
many 
>>> lifters
>>> in the 4.0 for noise and the head has to come off
>>> look carefully at the raditor seams  for coolant leakage
>>
>> Thanks mr.som ting wong for your response.
>> I have noticed that the seams on the radiator are always wet as if they

>> are
>> seeping coolant. especially on the top.
>
> That's it then.  The coolant is eva****ating once it leaks out, so you 
> never perceive it as a leak.  If that is a plastic tank radiator, and I
am 
> sure it is, then the tank got warped from heat, just enough to make the 
> seal leak. Your next stop is a radiator shop.  I would fix that first, 
> because as I said before you never know when your small leak is going to

> turn into a big leak.
>
>> When I pressurize the system I can't see any bubbling or leaking around

>> the
>> seams so I didn't think this could be
>> the source of the leak. Is it possible I could be losing coolant in the

>> form
>> of steam or eva****ation through the
>> radiator seams??
>
> Yep.  If you really want to be sure, you can wash off the radiator real 
> well and put some of that fluorescent dye in the coolant.  I wouldn't 
> bother, because if it is wet there, it isn't supposed to be.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle
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Ok, Thanks.

Dennis