indianajeepman

2 things okay i have a xj lifted 4.5 inches andi am stuck in mud up to my rockers and it is wraped around my axles and i blew a heater hose so ya if someone in indiana had a winch hit me up txt or pm me 1-317-833-7637.

Okay so i put a 160 degree t-stat in my xj and it still over heats i was wondering why does is it still heat up fast i was wondering if a broken fan shround and a possible not working electric fan would cause that

radio flyer

Sorry cant help with your stuck! As far as your overheat goes, yes a shroud that is broken will affect the cooling rate, if there is enough damage! and yes also to an inop elec. fan. I would suspect a rusty-dirty-corroded radiatorand or if luck is with you , a bad water pump, evan if it does not leak. With enough corrosion on the impellers ,the flow rate will be off. Consider an engine coolant flush to start with, and be prepared to deal with any gremlins it may expose. I am not a fan of overly low temp. thermostats as they tend to allow too much flow and hence do not give the coolant enough time to cool off in the short period of time that it is exposed to flowing air rather than a hot block!

indianajeepman

i did drain it all and it looked like the coolant was rusty and i was thinking maybe the water pump is bad and also the top of the shroud is off completly

ShortyzKustomz

My shroud was off mine when I got it. As long as Im moving its fine. But sitting in traffic or drive throughs and even slow speed in snow it starts to creep up

caged

yeah, you need a complete shroud. but your electric fan should only come on with the a/c.

but i have disconnected my a/c so i jumped mine to come on with the key. (i should put a switch in it tho).

but if you've gone through some deep water/mud, you might have burnt out your clutch fan. with the engine hot and key turned off/out, spin the mechanical fan with your hand, it should be quite stiff. if not, it's pooched.


are you out?

winston427

Your electric fan is set to come with the AC and also to come on automatically when the engine temp reaches a cetain level, even when the AC is off. If the fan does not come on when the temp climbs, then there is something wrong with it as well. My temp rises even with the electric fan on, at full highway speed, and with an intact shroud. The only way to keep it in check is to run the heat full blast to help with the cooling. A new radiator and engine flush is in the very near future.

96 XJ Sport

Replace your fan clutch while your shroud is out. I was having heat creeping issues and broke my shroud putting in the new fan clutch, but I went ahead and ran it shroudless for a few weeks with the new fan clutch...cooled it down perfectly. I replaced the shroud later, but it was the weak fan clutch that was the root of the problem.

indianajeepman

i got out after 10+ hours broken back hoe brpoken come along bent farm jack a had to havea wrecker get it out for me it was over my 33" tires in the mud! i will post pics btw my rocker was even with the mud and my jeep is lifted 4.5 inches

indianajeepman

go here too see pics
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/members/indianajeepman-3349/albums/super-stuck/

cherokee4meplz

was it worth it?

indianajeepman

HELL YA!!!!!!

claygrassmann

exactly what i was hoping to hear i bet that was BA

REWSTER

ya have fun cleaning that stuff off, supper stuck is right were was that?

indianajeepman

clean hahahahahaa its a toy and it was down behind a old gravel pit in a old creek bed in brooklyn indiana 30-40 minutes from indianapolis indiana.