my floor board around the trans tunnel gets extremely hot like i can fry an egg on it.....is it suppose to be that hott.....and sumtimes my xjs temp gets a little pver 200 degrees while offroading and idleing in traffic.....was thinking its the thermostat.....but any help would be appreciated

 

Mo ed to OEM, although should be chat...

 

My xj has always stayed just below 210 on the gauge. I didnt know that it was a problem..... While offroading I do notice it go over 210 but it never goes much past that before going back to just under 210 after the fan kicks in. One time I had to turn the jeep off for it to go back to under 210 while offroading but that was after doing a lot of muddy hill climbing in 4 low.

My transmission tunnel has never gotten that hot though. Mine gets hot but not that hot.

I think if the thermostat was really bad it would go way over 200 if it were closed or stay below 200 if it were open from what you are saying. The thermostat is designed so that it will open at a certain temperature so that the engine does not over heat but will closed until it reaches that temperature.

 

Check your coolant lines. I can look in the fsm tomorrow and see if there is the possibility of something else

 

Do you have carpet lol?
When i riped all my carpet out
it got a lot hotter inside the jeep.

 

Mine gets warm, but check your tranny fluid just in case.

 

thats what i was thinkin cause mine gets super hot. hopefully a couple coats of bedliner will help.

 

There is a joke that xj's do not need heated seats, because they have heated floors. If you could actually cook an egg on the floor, you may want to look into that a bit, but mine is fine and I cant touch the shifter for more than 2 seconds without letting go.

With the temp, they have a 210 tstat in it, so you are right where you should be with your temp.

 

Yea I dont have carpet.....and last weekend I sprayed tge rubberized coating on the floor and that was a bad idea bcuz when it heats up it gets really sticky and my feet stick to the floor......trans fluid is good......just got a full tune up and they checked everything......the temp gauge usualli is halfway between 210 and 260 or whatever the red hot starts at

 

thats running alittle warm your exhaust is also there causes a lot of heat issues

 

that was my problem, my exhaust broke next to transfer just before caty and muff. it started to get really hot in the back seat every time i drove for more than 20 min (and i still have carpet). but that would not explain why the engine is over heating (i didnt catch if it was or not)

i could also be totally off on what is going on here.

 

Yea but is there any way I can fix it?

 

Trans cooler and heat wrap your exhaust.

TylerL. 94 ZJ 3" lift. My DD.

 

and heated roofs, and heated windows... and well just heat in general

 

find out why its hot on the floor board then go from there