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its hot in utah, and the Jeep in feelin it... overheating

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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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I have a 96 cherokee sport, and lately its been running hot- into the red line. I replaced the water pump, the electric fan works well, changed the thermostat, got a k&n filter, yesterday had the whole rad flushed from jiffy, and it runs a bit cooler, but when I start getting above 3000 rpms it starts getting hot. I am getting a rad cap today, but I am kinda at a loss. I drive this thing to a park city every day in the winter (freeway, 4000 foot elevation gain) so it runs about 3000 rpms a lot. but the temps now are in the 90s here so that makes it hard on the engine. Any other advice?
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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the only thing i can think of is the a/c cond clear of debris,bugs,mud,etc? if it just running a little warm you might try adding water wetter,I have never used it but a friend of mine said it works great.
Does your mechanical fan appear to be working good.

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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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hood vents, im looking into some for mine to let the heat out cuz it has nowhere to go. potentially cheap
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