Changed the radiator. coolant went everywhere. won't start
Update: Charged my battery as it was dead again. Also, I noticed I've been having this problem where everytime i close any of the 4 doors on my jeep they all unlock! Weird right? Not for this jeep. So i thought this could be causing a problem with my computer or something so I pulled the door lock fuses and fired her up and she was running pretty normal. I moved it around the parking lot a bit, no stalling or bogging. I turned my heater on full blast and son of ($#% it was like my alarm was going off with the hot air coming out in short rapid spurts and the vic was blinking and S#$T so even weirder, i opened my door and the heater turned off. Closed it and it came back on. WTF is wrong with this possessed demon.??? Anyway, my battery has been in since i bought it and its refurbished and low on acid (water whatever) so I'm thinking maybe this is an issue? Also maybe I should try grounding the engine just to see what happens then....all this crap started because i changed the rad so now I'm afraid to touch the thing!!!! I'll post tomorrow after giving these couple things a shot.
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Check all your major grounding points.
Bad grounds, caused freeky mess like that in my first truck. Turns out PO moved ground to starter to under the relay box somewhere, idiot. I couldn't fix it, I was only 15, diddn't know crap on trucks.
Uncle fixed it for me for free, checked all my grounds. Never happened again.
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Bad grounds, caused freeky mess like that in my first truck. Turns out PO moved ground to starter to under the relay box somewhere, idiot. I couldn't fix it, I was only 15, diddn't know crap on trucks.
Uncle fixed it for me for free, checked all my grounds. Never happened again.
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Sorry for the personal mechanic thread, but i'm stumped
i swapped out the radiator this morning, and proceeded to bleed the system of air. i took the radiator cap off, started the engine and let it idle till just before 210, at which point i killed it. coolant went everywhere inside the engine bay. so i capped the radiator and came back in 15 minutes. when i got back, the overflow tank was empty, which was expected. i topped that off and tried to start the engine.
it will start, but will immediately die. i can keep it running if i gas it though. it's been about 6 hours and it still won't start.
do you think this is just the case of wet electronics, or is there anything i obviously did wrong?
thanks for any advice
edit: 97 JCG
i swapped out the radiator this morning, and proceeded to bleed the system of air. i took the radiator cap off, started the engine and let it idle till just before 210, at which point i killed it. coolant went everywhere inside the engine bay. so i capped the radiator and came back in 15 minutes. when i got back, the overflow tank was empty, which was expected. i topped that off and tried to start the engine.
it will start, but will immediately die. i can keep it running if i gas it though. it's been about 6 hours and it still won't start.
do you think this is just the case of wet electronics, or is there anything i obviously did wrong?
thanks for any advice
edit: 97 JCG
I know this thread is old, but did you ever figure out the issue?! I currently have the same exact problem and can't figure it out.
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