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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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read the thread i started, sounds like my symptoms, i have been chasing this a while

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/showth...389#post208389
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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inspect your overflow tank/bottle, (yes the bottle in the top left area of your engine bay) really check it for splits and cracks.. usually after a boil over or and overheat those bottles will split and then leak all the damn time!!! don't try to seal it or anything if it does have a split just replace it.. but again check it for splits and cracks!!! take the hose of the side and the bottom of the bottle and look
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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mine stopped (boiling over) when i hooked up my relay fan, and i manually flipped it on and off (because it stopped over heating)
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by gearheadette
mine stopped (boiling over) when i hooked up my relay fan, and i manually flipped it on and off (because it stopped over heating)
so you installed a switch on the stock elec fan?
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