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1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport Coolant Leak

Old 09-19-2017, 02:48 PM
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My 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport (4.0 Engine 2WD) started leaking coolant from my passenger side. I have seen some near my right head light and jus ta out everywhere under that part of the hood. Anyone know why or have some solutions? Also I just replace my serpentine belt and now when I drive with the ac running, it screams it me. If you have any ideas please let me know!
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When my radiator gave up the ghost awhile back it split on the passenger side. Had coolant showing where yours is. Check everything though.

Belt's probably not tight enough:
http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo....915781&jsn=315
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Yes, check the plastic portion of the radiator. If you can't obviously see a leak, "rent" a radiator pressure tester from Autozone. This allows you to pressurize the system with the engine off to better look and listen for a leak.

For the belt, most likely you didn't tighten it enough. Those suckers need to be super tight on there.
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+1. My radiator failed on the passenger side plastic as well. It failed catastrophically though, so I didn't have any problem finding the crack.

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