New to this forum. Have an 89 xj and I just went through the cooling system...new 2 or 3 row radiator (had mech. order it) fan clutch is good still, wired fact. elect. fan to toggle, new 180 thermostat, new water pump. the jeep runs fine and runs between 190 and 200 most of the time ..in the heat of the day when the a/c is going it gets hot... 135 ish while in town and at lights so I flip on the aux. elect. fan or turn off the air....I'm looking at replacing the mech. fan with a full size electric fan kit....what brand or kit would yall recommend.?? thanks.

 

93 stock taurus dual electronic fans work fantastic.

 

thanks...will check out some wreckn yards and see what I can come up with. Did you wire into the existing power that the small aux. fan is on or set the twins on different thermostat?

 

do you mean 235* because 135* is cold and have you tried to fush your cooling system

 

I bet it is 235ish. And if he got a new radiator then I am sure he did a flush. Since you have to remove all the coolant to do it.

 

Mine was getting a little warm and losing coldness in AC, put fan shroud on today made one heck of a difference.

 

yea I meant 235 and I did flush the system twice....once when I put a new stock rad. in and then the other day when I upgraded to the biggest one my mechanic could find for me....think im gonna try the taurus twins if i can get my hands on some. broke my stock fan shroud...may need to replace that too...?

 

Shouldn't the efan come on when the a/c is on? Without the shroud, air flow thru the rad is seriously reduced. Unless u have replaced the fan clutch with a new one recently, I would suspect the fan clutch also. Our old fan clutch seemed fine....................replaced it anyway and what a difference.

 

that's a good idea...i will change the fan clutch and try that first...the mech. fan shroud broke last year when I was changing out the rad. and i just tossed it and put it all back together...gonna get another ordered and put it back on then change the fan clutch too.....thanks for the help...if I put the twin screw set up in I'll post pics and let yall know how it's perca-latin . Thanks for the help...glad to have found this forum..

 

Are you still running the stock closed loop system? If so your overflow/fill point bottle could be cracked or the cap could not be sealing all the way. if so you will have over heating problems. Also the old style T-stat housings were pretty restrictive. You can open them up some or upgrade to the newer style (not sure what year, sorry).

 

Mine o-heated at idle after 15min without shroud. Also replaced fan clutch! at 152,xxx miles i figured it was time. Runs at 210 all the time. air on-off. Can idle 4ever in 95degree weather w-ac on!!!

 

I have an 89 Cherokee 4.0L and at one time I had overheating problems. Why?
First, my fan shoud was cracked and I ripped it out. (Very bad idea, the fan shroud is essential).
Second, I read a post saying removing the mechanical fan and installing an electric fan was the greatest thing since sex. So I switched in an electric fan. Well, the electric fan died at some point and as I was driving up to Sequoia I overheated. I called Flex-A-Lite and spoke to their tech guy. He told me "put a new mechanical fan and clutch back in. Don't use an electic fan in place of the mechanical fan on a Cherokee!"
Third, I put a new fan shroud, mechanincal fan and clutch, hood vents from "RaceAce.com", and 3 row radiator from DPG. No problems overheating since and going on 6 years.


Oh yeah, I also upgraded the heater valves since I took out the closed system bottle with an open syst bottle, put in the new style thermostat housing, 180 deg thrmostat, and two prong radiator temp switch from Jeg's.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Painless-Performance-Products/764/30111/10002/-1?parentProductId=744377
http://www.dpgoff-road.com/site/radiators.htm
http://www.radiators.com/news-3row_upgrade_radiator.html
http://jeephorizons.com/tech/xj_cooling.html

 

I changed the lid and coolant bottle last year when tinkering with it..also changed to new thermostat housing...cracked the old one. I found the twin 93 taurus fan setup in a wrecking yard and they are gettin me a price ....probly gonna get a new shroud and fan clutch for now and try that...the twin fans might be a good set up and I need a new project any way....will put up pics and follow up when I get it all goin....thanks again for all the suggestions and help ....great forum....cher-ro-kee-on my friends....