96xjcherokee420

Anyone know how to drain the radiator an how much it takes to refill it an what's the best anti freeze

1991Jeep_Man

Somewhere a dozen pages back when I posted a pic of my jank hard line routing lol. Remember, around the front of the leaf spring perch?

Im replacing the zj soft lines on the disc swap with xj stock front lines. Looks very promising.

salad

Easiest way to drain the entire cooling system is to pop off the lower radiator hose. Make sure you have a LARGE bucket to catch all the coolant. You'll want to replace the lower hose when done - this is a given anyway as they're regular maintenance items.

Total capacity is three or four gallons of 50/50. You can buy pre-mixed stuff or do it the cheap way by buying the 'concentrate' and mixing it 1:1 with distilled water. Way cheaper to get distilled water than buy the 50/50 mix.

Correct coolant is the green ethelyne glycol stuff. Usually labelled "multi-vehicle". If you see other colors, or anything like "DEXCOOL", that's not it lol


Ahhh yeah I remember the hard lines now. Didn't put them together immediately.

Giggity. I'd like to see how that turns out.

sycoglitch

Mixing it for yourself FTW. In using peak green coolant right now myself. Changed the radiator and hoses (stock radiator crapped out so I figured hoses are probably stock too bwahhahaahhahaa)

96xjcherokee420

I'm new at doing things myself but do I out the new antifreeze in the over flow or straight in to the radiator ? An does it affect anything if I don't have a overflow cap ?

sycoglitch

Mix it in an empty gallon container first and pour into radiator directly. Iirc that is bad if you don't have a cap on the overflow container. It's was either because it can't pressurize or because if it ever gets empty then air can get into the radiator but not sure if those were true.

96xjcherokee420

Thank you , an any idea where to find where I've looked everywhere I know the junk yard does of course but I'm tryin to save the trip cause it's a lil ways to get there

Subsammich

Well after reading threads and using rotella and Atf +4 I feel like a real doucher.

Back to reading and research.

bwinter

Does anybody know what the plug that the rear o2 sensor plugs into is called and where I could find one?

steelybill

Anyone replaced the hinge pins & bushings in the XJ doors ? My driver's door is sagging enough to let the top weather strip make wind noise.
I've been all over the internet looking for pins & bushings. Lots of those around for the Grand Cherokee but not for my '94 XJ...

NewKindOfClown

I don't know if you're interested, but this would be a good opportunity to do the doorless mod. You can remove the hinge pin, drill out the hole, and drop in a bolt. It'll get rid of slop and allow you to take of the doors whenever you want
Just throwing the idea out there. I'm not sure about replacing the OEM hinge equipment

steelybill

Not likely that I would ever remove the doors, but thanks for the suggestion.

I may have to make my own parts or use pins from a different car etc & make new bushings.

HappyPappy

Did you ever try Sea Foam? I've used it in five or six motors and it cleaned out and stopped the lifter noise. Run it for about 100 miles or so.

sycoglitch

Can't wait. This year is the year in finally going doorless.

sycoglitch

Try rock auto and maybe Google. If someone is parting their jeep maybe snag one from them