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Old 03-02-2012, 01:44 AM
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other night noticed running about 100 to 150 degrees thought to myself oh good . then it happened the next day again weird not getting warm enough to defrost the inside of my windows and puts out warm heat ah any suggestions
Ive replace t state water pump and have flushed the system before summer could it be clogged up somewhere
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More than likely your new stat is stuck open or opening way too soon. It should be a 195* stat in there. What temp did you put in?
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Went from a 180 195 and now210
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I think its a195 now
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air in system crappy renix closed system downfall
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Sounds like your tstat is stuck open
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As of right now I'm flushing my system and running predator cleaner through it
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let me know what fixes it plz im having the same problem. And Ive replaced the whole cooling system and burped it like should be for a renix.
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let me know what fixes it plz im having the same problem. And Ive replaced the whole cooling system and burped it like should be for a renix.
And it just over heatz
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nope never gets over 170
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nope never gets over 170
Oh wow thats 40 degrees low
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yep the fan never kicks on and no heat either
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Originally Posted by naturist
yep the fan never kicks on and no heat either
Wow thats odd
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yep I cant figure it out.... but if it wasnt for those weird gremlins it woudnt be a jeep lol
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just change your t stat


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