Re: Removing the head on a 4.0 Wrangler

"Mike Romain" <romainm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Outatime wrote:
>> Dennis wrote:
>>
>>>  I have noticed that the seams on the radiator are always wet as if
they 
>>> are
>>> seeping coolant. especially on the top.
>>
>> LOL!  Around these parts, this is what we call a leak.  Time for a new 
>> radiator.  I prefer http://www.radiatorbarn.com.
>>
>> Of concern is why your radiator began leaking.  Age and/or incorrect 
>> fluid types are the usual suspects.  G-05 is indicated on my charts for

>> an '01 DC/Jeep product.  Check with your owner's manual and stick with 
>> the exact formulation they prescribe.
>>
>>
>> -Outatime
>> Wheelin'-n-Grinnin' in Central CA, USA
>
> All those plastic things take to fail is one incorrect move when
changing 
> the t-stat.
>
> If you lift up on the top rad hose with the thermostat's housing on the 
> end to move it out of the way to put a new t-stat in, vs removing the
hose 
> at the rad first, then removing the t-stat housing, the stress put on
the 
> tank is enough to make them fail.
>
> A few have come my way with this failure for the above reason.
>
Or if you look at it funny.  This might explain why mine is still working.

The four cylinder's radiator hoses are very, very long.

More snow today...

Earle 


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