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Old 09-14-2010, 08:44 AM   #9
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Re: 1999 cherokee 4.0 running hot....sorta

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Originally Posted by wkumale View Post
I only saw the wmoke once and it came from the middle right side, as your looking at it under the hood. I am pretty sure it is just a gasket.

As for the radiator, I have flushed it about 5 times now and it seemed to flow pretty well. I am getting a water pump and will put it on thursday and i should be able to tell quickly if it heats up again. If i need to I can put a radiator on. The radiator is about 100 bucks so its not bad. Anyways hey thanks for helping me. I will update you thursday night or friday morning.

TJ
Yeah, 1-time smoke is likely a gasket.

Reason I said radiator is that there's been several people on here with cooling issues, everything else was fine but their radiator, though flowing, didn't have enough cooling capacity to do the job in the summer (they were fine in winter).

Be interested to see the results with the new water pump though.
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