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cap blew off
I was over at a buddies house today looking at his 88 XJ 4.0 AW4 4x4 that he wants to sell to me. The engine ran great as did the transmission, couldn't find any leaks. As I'm telling him that I wanted to buy the XJ, it was idling next to us the coolant tank cap blew off. The bottle and cap looks new but he said that this has happened before. What would cause this to happen? I had a 90 XJ with the closed system and I never had this happen. Any ideas?
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It seemed like the cap slipped up a couple threads. But the owner said that he put in a new bottle, I wonder if the vent plug is seated and won't allow presure to be released.
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not sure, but i bet that he got it from orielly's. i'm hoping to sell my grand cherokee tomorrow so that i can go get this one. i will probably get a new bottle/cap on my way to pick it up and swap them right there.
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unfortunately i couldn't tell if the thing got super hot because it only had an idiot light on the dash, no gauge.
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if everything goes well tomorrow im going to swing through napa in the afternoon and get a new cap/bottle and swap them. one of them is screwed up and considering im only paying 400 for the xj, i don't mind tossing 60 bucks at replacing the bottle.
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It has been sitting for about a year or so. It had a death wobble at 45 and my buddy through 800 at it to get it some what drivable then parked it. I didn't get it going fast enough to feel the DW but it looks like the draglink is the only thing that looked worn out.
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