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Re: TRAILFEST April 29 - May 1 2016 Pictures and Stories
clark123456:
--- Quote from: jd30005 on April 29, 2016, 07:48:53 PM ---All is well. I got a replacement at Advance and got it installed. Discovered one of the wires from the relay to my electric fan had broken at the connector. So it is likely that is what caused the radiator to overheat (although it all happened so quickly that I got no warning lights or temp gauge reading). We wheeled for 3-4 hours this afternoon and had a blast. I will be upgrading that piece of shit plastic radiator with aluminum along with an aluminum overflow. I hear griffin is good but need to do some research.
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Ok, I wondered what was the root cause. I've seen another TJ blow the radiator, but he was running red for a while. Incredible power when it goes. Did you get any hood damage?
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DOUG:
I would replace that cap. It should have blown first.
tcdawg:
--- Quote from: Doug on April 29, 2016, 10:14:21 PM ---I would replace that cap. It should have blown first.
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He replaced it.
It was amazing how fast everything blew out
jd30005:
--- Quote from: clark123456 on April 29, 2016, 09:43:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: jd30005 on April 29, 2016, 07:48:53 PM ---All is well. I got a replacement at Advance and got it installed. Discovered one of the wires from the relay to my electric fan had broken at the connector. So it is likely that is what caused the radiator to overheat (although it all happened so quickly that I got no warning lights or temp gauge reading). We wheeled for 3-4 hours this afternoon and had a blast. I will be upgrading that piece of shit plastic radiator with aluminum along with an aluminum overflow. I hear griffin is good but need to do some research.
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Ok, I wondered what was the root cause. I've seen another TJ blow the radiator, but he was running red for a while. Incredible power when it goes. Did you get any hood damage?
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Actually I think the poison spider hood louver helped me because everything exploded up and out and blew through the louvers and all over the windshield. It was crazy.
All fixed now and had a great afternoon on the trails.
Cannonballkev:
What genius engineer thought it was a good idea to make a plastic radiator?
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