scull20
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First time I saw this Ryan - great write up. You need to go back & put your PE stamp on those diagrams now!
I'll save that for the next write-up lol!
First time I saw this Ryan - great write up. You need to go back & put your PE stamp on those diagrams now!
Ryan,
Great write-up, you made it easy to swap out my thermostat. I guess it's going to become a process of elimination for me however, because my 2016 JKU is still overheating. I had pretty much the same symptoms that you did: empty reservoir bottle, low coolant level, no visible leaking. My temp gauge hit the red line after less than 5 minutes of driving on Friday. I opened the hood and saw that my radiator cap was popped and coolant had sprayed around the engine. I was uphill of our house so I let the engine cool off and coasted most of the way home.
I was sure that my problem was a stuck thermostat, but after completing all your steps, I ran the car for 10 minutes, and the fan never turned on. The temp gauge stayed in the middle until I turned off the heater. After I turned off the heater, the fan kicked on but within a couple minutes the temperature gauge was heading for the red line again.
I'm temporarily living in El Salvador, so trying to do as much repair work as I can by myself. If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to see what else I can do. There aren't very many Wranglers here, so I think most local shops wouldn't know much about Jeeps.
Appreciate any assistance.
Ryan,
Great write-up, you made it easy to swap out my thermostat. I guess it's going to become a process of elimination for me however, because my 2016 JKU is still overheating. I had pretty much the same symptoms that you did: empty reservoir bottle, low coolant level, no visible leaking. My temp gauge hit the red line after less than 5 minutes of driving on Friday. I opened the hood and saw that my radiator cap was popped and coolant had sprayed around the engine. I was uphill of our house so I let the engine cool off and coasted most of the way home.
I was sure that my problem was a stuck thermostat, but after completing all your steps, I ran the car for 10 minutes, and the fan never turned on. The temp gauge stayed in the middle until I turned off the heater. After I turned off the heater, the fan kicked on but within a couple minutes the temperature gauge was heading for the red line again.
I'm temporarily living in El Salvador, so trying to do as much repair work as I can by myself. If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to see what else I can do. There aren't very many Wranglers here, so I think most local shops wouldn't know much about Jeeps.
Appreciate any assistance.
I will be doing this next weekend. Stealership says it is not covered under bumper to bumper lifetime warranty! Curious as to how many people have had this same issue.
I will be doing this next weekend. Stealership says it is not covered under bumper to bumper lifetime warranty! Curious as to how many people have had this same issue.
It should be covered under basic 3yr/36k mi warranty, but I do not believe it is covered under the powertrain warranty.
I would bring it to another dealership... unless there's evident physical damage. Otherwise there's enough of us who've had it fail for them to not have any issue replacing it under warranty.
ive got a 2012 and just started getting p0128 code also. As I look for the part should I be replacing just the thermostat or the stat and housing together? Are you buying the dorman version or only going with oem. It seems easier to get the whole assembley Mine is not leaking as of yet, just the stat stuck open.
Also, it looks like it comes with an oring so im guessing no rtv is needed? correct?
anyone have the proper part # so I can search it up I came up with 5184651AH is this correct??
Thanks
Tony