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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 12:07 AM
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ha, i must admit had a pretty s#%#%#y day today, first my door got twisted somehow, when i opened it to get out a gust of wind caught be off guard and made me lose my grip of the handle and the door went further back than its supposed too, lol, damn it its hard to open now if anyone got ideas let me know please.

now the worst part of all, i was driving the jeep to my chicks house, when i start hearing a hiss, instict makes me look at the temperature, and my heart jumped seeing the needle in red. ahhhhhhh. idk what exactly happened but when i popped the hood there was water everywhere, well after the steam cleared, sucks man, its gotta be something with the radiator but it was too dark to ceck so i jus towed it home to take it apart tommorrow, i mean come on my baby down but not out,
any one got suggestions what probably happened?
thank you for reading my depressing story
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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Check your water pump... mine did that on the road and the water pump had seized. Luckily I caught it before any damage was done, and got my brother in law to tow me to the repair shop.

Of course, check hoses and fittings first, just in case
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by kidkodiak
Check your water pump... mine did that on the road and the water pump had seized. Luckily I caught it before any damage was done, and got my brother in law to tow me to the repair shop.

Of course, check hoses and fittings first, just in case
yeah thats exactly what my dad said when he saw it, the motor was not affected or anything its just the cooling, yeah ima check all that, got a lil worried but its not that bad. how much did it run you to fix it.
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 04:05 AM
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usually when the watter pump goes you'll hear the belt squeal (if it seizes) or a weird grinding sound when the bearing in the water pump goes. Either way grab the pull attached to the water pump and try wiggling and turning it if it wobbles or doesn't move your water pump is done. it's very common on the I-6 i've done three or four of them on my jeeps. there usually pretty cheap around $30 and take about 2-3 hours to replace
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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i had an over heat prob. i thought it was the thermostat... it would over heat i would flush and drain the d.i.y. garden hose style and it turned out to be a cloged radiatior. easy fix just time consuming.
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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figured out the problem, there is like a little valve between two hoses, it says flush, well that valve broke causing all the water to leave and drain the radiator which caused it to overheat. ha, the valve costed only .99 cents, haha easy fix it just looked worse than it really is, good advice guys thanks alot..
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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same symptoms on mine but it blew the radiator end caps off
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by studmuffin
yeah thats exactly what my dad said when he saw it, the motor was not affected or anything its just the cooling, yeah ima check all that, got a lil worried but its not that bad. how much did it run you to fix it.
Oops, didn't see your question. Sounds like you got it all worked out though, so congrats!
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by kidkodiak
Oops, didn't see your question. Sounds like you got it all worked out though, so congrats!
well i guess i celebrated too soon cuz i sprung another leak noe this one coming from my resovir, lol
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