Need help with radiator leak and very little heat?
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Year: 1998, 1999
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I just flushed out the heater core on my Daughters Cherokee last night. I've done this a few times. The heater cores are a place where crap gets stuck.... In my opinion that's a good place to start. If you do that you don't even need to burp the cooling system.
Just take the 2 small hoses off that lead to the heater core near the thermostat. Flush water with a hose through the long one, then the short one. Then repeat until you see a nice flow coming out. Reinstall the hoses, start the Jeep and turn it on defrost with the fan on high. Let it run until the thermostat opens and you should have good heat. You may need to add a little coolant to the overflow tank after this.
And don't let your pets drink the antifreeze if you spill any!
Just take the 2 small hoses off that lead to the heater core near the thermostat. Flush water with a hose through the long one, then the short one. Then repeat until you see a nice flow coming out. Reinstall the hoses, start the Jeep and turn it on defrost with the fan on high. Let it run until the thermostat opens and you should have good heat. You may need to add a little coolant to the overflow tank after this.
And don't let your pets drink the antifreeze if you spill any!
Mike
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Year: 1993
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x2 times 10. That ****** broke on mine, I bought the jeep with it installed. bumped it a little while I was checking other things and nearly burned the skin off my body. The valve was already broke, it just needed a little touch to get shiz flying. No fun when you're working on toher things and now you have something else to deal with.
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