Avg 93 cherokee sport temp?
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MIAMI, FL
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Avg 93 cherokee sport temp?
So today i was changing my 7mm plug wires to 8.5mm well long story short i moved my raidiator hose up a bit to connect the #5 wire. Unfortunatly this cracked that hose and i drove over to the farm and noticed steam/smoke coming from my grill area. Popped the hood and sure enought that hose was cracked, now it didn't overheat it was at about 230-240 right before the red. Well i took the other car picked up a hose and refilled w/coolant. Now that im watching this gauge, it still looks like its running a little high, just a pube hair off 200. Just wondering if this is normal, and if i may have damaged anything.
#3
Seasoned Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 323
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I got a 93 Cherokee sport... Around 200 is normal. When I first bought my jeep I thought I had an overheating problem because I would notice after a lot of driving and then slowing down my gauge would go up around 200-210. I just had to realize then when I slowed the car down you don’t have all that air rushing around the engine cooling it down, then the temp would rise to about 200. But it’s all good, our jeeps are supposed to be like that.
#4
Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 30
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
well 200 is normal if you havent flushed in awhile and wont cause you any problems... I do, however, reccommend flushing the radiator with atleast water a few times... all the erosion products in the Jeep coolant system tend to accumulate and this will break them up.... you can also use a coolant flush product, but I find the $20 or so youll spend doesnt do as good as a job and its just as easy as a continual flush with water.
I noticed you get alot of the buildup right near the cap, and again at the connection for the heater hoses, and then at the heater itself. I reccommend if you change one hose, change them all and do a thorough flush... do that at it should run a little cooler which will help you in the long run, especially if you havent done a rebuild yet, and are losing a little oil.
I noticed you get alot of the buildup right near the cap, and again at the connection for the heater hoses, and then at the heater itself. I reccommend if you change one hose, change them all and do a thorough flush... do that at it should run a little cooler which will help you in the long run, especially if you havent done a rebuild yet, and are losing a little oil.
#6
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MIAMI, FL
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
sweet thanks a ton i actually haven't drove it since because i was afriad well ill def do a radiator flush. glad i caught it before i ruined something. Btw am i supposed to notice a diference in proformance when changing to those 8.5 mm wires and the brass tip dist. cap?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
seansr
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
12
11-15-2022 06:08 AM
Darkside96
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
17
01-10-2019 10:52 AM
John T
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
18
08-31-2015 12:41 PM
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)