“Thar she blows!”<\/p>\n
Today was a “must drive the Jeep” day. Due to some minor issues on my primary car, I had my dad take it into the dealer for some warranty repairs. So, with the daily driver out of commission, I had a perfect excuse (as if I needed one) to drive Ike to work today. With the slightly warmer weather and longer daylight hours, today was the first drive to work where I didn’t need lights and gloves to get to work in one place.<\/p>\n
After work was done for the day, I decided to run to my sister’s house to pick her up for a little sibling time while I went to get a tank of gas. By the time I was pulling down her street, there was a loud noise coming from the engine compartment. The noise sounded a little like a grinding noise. Unfortunately, the noise didn’t stop when I did, so I knew it was something else. I turn off the engine and run to the front of the vehicle only to find steam and water shooting out of the passenger side of the hood.<\/p>\n
After releasing the soaking hood catch, I lifted it to find a whistling radiator overflow vent with rusted water spewed all over the inside of my engine compartment, hood, fender, and wheel well. Apparently rusted water does not a good coolant make. With the increased outside temperature and the additional driving I did at the end of the day, I think it was just enough to put the cooling system past its ability to work efficiently. The real kicker is that I was just talking to a radiator guy today to get pricing for re-coring the radiator in preparation for re-doing the cooling system this weekend.<\/p>\n
So now my next parts order which was going to include a few cooling parts and a few other parts has turned almost entirely to a new cooling system. The radiator will either be re-cored or it will be roded out(?), pressure tested, and repaired, a new thermostat will be installed with a new retainer and gaskets, and brand new radiator hoses will top it off. Hopefully all that will be enough to keep me running for a little while longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Thar she blows!” Today was a “must drive the Jeep” day. Due to some minor issues on my primary car, I had my dad take it into the dealer for some warranty repairs. So, with the daily driver out of commission, I had a perfect excuse (as if I needed one) to drive Ike to work today. With the slightly warmer weather and longer daylight hours, today was the first drive to work where I didn’t need lights and gloves to get to work in one place. After work was done for the day, I decided to run to my…<\/p>\n