im a Fkn idiot....
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From: Elgin,Il.60124
Year: 1994
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Engine: 1997 4.0 I6
good chance that your underhood wiring is fried too. water + electricity = bad. hot water + electricity = just as bad. if it was just a couple of blocks, should have walked or pushed... i pushed my jeep 2 miles down dirt roads once because of a blown rad hose... live and learn.
btw, it took me forever to push it...
btw, it took me forever to push it...
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From: Montreal, Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
just thought id add in there was no loss of oil pressure....
and ya im a fck idiot, a 20$ item turned into a pain in the ***....
but like i was saying, when i go through the starter fuse and "hot wire" it the jeep runs fine(no i did not let it run too long with no coolant in it), no bucking, perfect idle....
i should also note that before all this happened on the regular if my jeep didnt start in park i would have to either start my jeep in neutral or if that didnt work i would have to go under the hood and play with the starter fuse
and ya im a fck idiot, a 20$ item turned into a pain in the ***....
but like i was saying, when i go through the starter fuse and "hot wire" it the jeep runs fine(no i did not let it run too long with no coolant in it), no bucking, perfect idle....
i should also note that before all this happened on the regular if my jeep didnt start in park i would have to either start my jeep in neutral or if that didnt work i would have to go under the hood and play with the starter fuse
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anywho back on subject.
assuming the hose exploded, and hot coolant (mainly water from what you told us) i would check every fuse and relay and the wire harness for melted/shorted wires.
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From: mantua ohio
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Iz not really a fuse...I think you are jumping power to the starter solonoid.
Automatic? If you hold the key over, and jiggle the shifter in park or neutral and it starts, it's your NSS. http://bc4x4.com/tech/2010/jeep-neut...ty-switch-nss/
The NSS grounds the starter relay, so when you fire power from the ign. switch it can get through there to the solonoid terminal.
Normally you want to run 50/50, water and antifreeze. You might have gotten lucky...here it takes like three days of sub-freezing to kill a block. Smaller things will be ruined sooner of course. Water transfers heat better then ethylene glycol, I guess is why we don't run it straight.
Automatic? If you hold the key over, and jiggle the shifter in park or neutral and it starts, it's your NSS. http://bc4x4.com/tech/2010/jeep-neut...ty-switch-nss/
The NSS grounds the starter relay, so when you fire power from the ign. switch it can get through there to the solonoid terminal.
Normally you want to run 50/50, water and antifreeze. You might have gotten lucky...here it takes like three days of sub-freezing to kill a block. Smaller things will be ruined sooner of course. Water transfers heat better then ethylene glycol, I guess is why we don't run it straight.
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From: S.Jersey
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..what did you do???...just come out of an acoma..lolguys, this thread is over 2 years old.
is this jeep still broke down and not running?.....
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From: Hamburg AR
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. Not the first time I fell for that ether...
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Just wasn't on CF. for bout a year and went thru my subscribed pages and realized i subscribed to it .lol. And i am a supervisor for an electrical contractor and i only graduated in 2011 so id say im doing pretty good
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(12V hot tub?)