Buuuuuurrrrrrppppppp. Air?

 

yep. I've burped it a number of times. Just tried it again.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Whats the proper way? I opened up the overflow cap, opened up the radiator cap and put the heat on full blast.

 

You have a 180 T stat AND adjusted fan settings? If not that's the problem.

Honestly it should burp itself eventually by just driving around for a week or two. No matter what you do it's going to retain some air until it works its way out. Just my opinion, don't overheat those aluminum heads.

 

On the 6.1 on my charger, there was a screw somewhere on the front of the engine, possibly on the passenger side. You had to unscrew it slightly until all the air came out. I remember doing it once after changing the stat, but can't for the life of me remember where that screw is exactly.

It has to be air, the truck was fine until the hose blew.

 

What exactly do you mean limp home?

If your upper hose blew off and you continued to drive it, you could have some serious cyl head issues.

 

As I pulled into my neighborhood, the "Check Gauge" message appeared. Noticed the temp was up high, white smoke from the antifreeze started coming out of the hood. Pulled over to the side, shut it down and opened the hood. Let it sit for about an hour to cool. Started it up and drove the remaining block to my house. The high temp light couldn't have been on for more then 10 seconds by the time i pulled over and shut it down.

 

I say air if it is fluctuating. There is a bleeder hole plug at the top front of the water pump that can help get air out. Allen key to open it.


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Thanks. I'm going to try draining all the fluid and start from scratch. Do i completely remove the plug and let engine run?

 

Btw you sure your fans are working??

 

Yep, the fan is working properly.

Anyone know how to check the fan settings using the old diablo tuner?

 

It's under cooling fans. It might be in quick adjust. Been so long since I have done it but I will check tonight.


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So it is under performance tunes,
Then pick the tune you are using, then choose modify tune and then it is under cooling fans. Both settings.


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Awesome. Thanks!

 

How can you check and make sure the fans are performing correct..I have mine set right for low, mid, hi (both speeds) with my trinity. But i'm having a cooling issue here in central texas with the temps going up to about 110...been consistently over 105 here the last week. And the jeep is sucking and climping up to 230 and slightly above pretty regularly with short drives to and from work.

 

Ive been having the same problem. Temps shoot up at idle with the ac on. I changed out the t stat and water pump and it was still doing it. So i tested the fan with a power probe . I put power to number 85 on the fan relay with the key on. I did the low speed fan first and she cane on with no problem. As soon as i did it to the hi speed fan it tripped the circuit breaker on the power probe. So i tested the resistor on the fan harness and it was good. I then tested the fan. No good. I replaced it with a aftermarket fan and bamm. Problem slove.

Dont go crazy buying parts without testing everything first.

 

Which aftermarket fan did you end up going with and where did you get it from?

 

any way without a power prob...not very electrically inclined

 

Start your jeep, let it come up to temp. Fan should come on and thermostat open. Then it will cool down. Let it continue to run and as temps rise again the high speed should come on. It is louder and visibly faster than low speed. This will take some time due to needing it to go through 2 heat cycles. Depending what your high fan setting are, should come on around 190-200*.


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You can get them off of Rock Auto.


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