Last night I drove my car for about 15 minutes to go pick up something from the store. When I pulled up at my house I noticed that some steam was coming from under the hood, (but the temp gage was showing that the car was not in the hot zone. So I popped the hood and I noticed that the clear tank that says "Coolant Only" (I guess this is called the reservoir tank) was empty, so I went in the house and filled a container with tap water (because I did not have any antifreeze) and I filled the tank with the tap water until it reached the full level. And I went back in the house to get ready for bed. Well, hours passed by before I drove or anyone drove the jeep again. Well, two hours ago my dad went somewhere in the Jeep and called me and said that the Jeep had shut off. So I was wondering if anyone knew what would cause the Jeep to cut off.
Old fart with a wrench
I think we'll need more info. Talk to your dad and see if he can tell you about what happened and anything unusual before it happened.
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The Jeep will start (kind of a hard start), will run for about 5-10 seconds maybe more and then shut off. Didn't see any smoke coming from exhaust or from under the hood. I can see the water in the radiator moving at on the inside of the radiator tunnel |_| <<--- that's about how high it would get.Originally Posted by dave1123
I think we'll need more info. Talk to your dad and see if he can tell you about what happened and anything unusual before it happened.