1st. I noticed 2 freeze plugs with bolts in the center of them leaking. Easy enough to tighten up. Stopped leaking.....for bout an hour. After running it again checking some brake work, its leaking again but now i cant find from where and its leaking MORE! Does this sound like a pressure issue from the closed cooling system?

2nd. The brake proportioning valve. I understand how it works, and why i need it. What im wondering is should there be a little pin sticking out of the front endcap? Cause mine just has the hole in the cap. Heck even the rubber boot on it has a piece that fills the little hole. So im just wondering if maybe the little pin/piston thing is dislogded somehow, and needs to be recentered.

Thank you everyone who can respond. It is greatly appreciated.

Travis

 

bump please bump

 

Someone else will have to chime in on this, cause I'm at a loss!! Sorry bud!!

 

freeze plugs- if they are leaking you have to drop the intake and possibly exhaust manifold to replace them. Are they rusty? if so replace them.

 

your frezze plugs have been replaced with univeral plugs meaning not the OEM plugs for the heep.

 

The freeze plugs you have are the universal type mentioned above the should be replaced with brass or copper not steel the ones you have are rubber. As for the proportioning valve do your brakes work ?? More front than rear or vise versa ? The pin is actually a rod that runs through the valve to operate the switch as long as its not leaking and the brakes are working (all four ) the only issue you will have is no brake light

 

Please do not Bump posts, that is not aloud around here. Thank you.

 

Where does it say that? Also it is allowed not aloud.

 

Yes my spelling suck..

As to where it's wrote could not say but it's been a rule as long as I've been a moderator.

So I enforce it..

 

that's a really funny rule. as if it makes any difference if the guys posted "hey I still need help please" or bump.

the bump is typically only frowned upon when used in one's own for sale thread. whatever though- every jeep forum I am on is bass ackwards in one way or another.

 

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Found this in the rules.

 

Thank you finneys98xj for finding that information for us all...

 

ok so if I need to bump my thread use any term but bump. gotcha!

 

Sorry for bumping. I guess i have just seen it done on all the other forums i read, and applied it here. My apologies.

They are not rusty, one was simply leaking a little so i tightened it up. Then it leaked a whole lot more from unknown area. I filled my pressure bottle after tightening them an today it was completely empty, filled back up havent burped yet, worked some more on heep and watched it....NO COOLANT LEAK! Some one lose there ghost? Said ghost needs to move on to somebody else's vehicle. So i ran vehicle up to temp, let it build some heat/pressure and still no leak. I just dont know. I really dont understand this jeep.

This is only my second XJ ,i had the exact same model/year back in '94 cept it had the 4 cyl/5speed. Now i do have a '43 ***** but it was before jeeps time i believe...hehe.

Thanx for the responses.


Travis