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Year: 2000
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Heard a tick tick tick sound while engine was running. Narrowed it down to a black cylinder near the A/C ?accumulator. http://imgur.com/yiFioMq This should be a pic of it, if I did that correctly. Can anyone tell me what it is?
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Also, when you say "supposed to" should it be loud and very noticeable?
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Maybe someone else will chime in. It could be on its way out, it's not exactly new... But, it's also non-critical, so I wouldn't bother throwing money at it unless it's presenting a problem. (eg CEL or exploded)
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Year: 1992 2dr Sport 2wd & 1992 4dr Laredo 4x4
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So did the gauge install went well, used a soldering iron to burn a hole in clear cover for the trip meter, everything works, except, wait for it, the speedo. Off to the JY Saturday.
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Year: 1991
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The blower motor in my 91 stopped working this morning. It came on for a second then nothing, like the fuse blew, but the 25 amp in the BLOWER slot on the fusebox tests good. Its completely dead, not low speed or anything, just ... nothing. I am home from work for lunch and have not been able to do any more diagnostics, wondering if anybody has an idea on the likely culprit.
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Year: 1996
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I'm not sure if you'd consider this OEM (part of it is, so I thought I'd ask here)
I'm planning a road trip, east to west coast and back, roughly 11,000kms (~7k miles)
Since a good chunk of the trip will be in states such as Arizona/Nevada/Utah/California, I thought about installing a trans cooler to make sure my auto transmission doesn't give up or suffer too much.
My question is, I'm leaving in eastern canada, our summer here isn't that hot (and only 3-4 months a year) and I was wondering if an auxiliary transmission cooler could be bad in the long run since it won't see that much heat once I make it back? I heard of bypass valves (I think that's the name?) but not much more, so I'm not sure if I should just run it with my stock cooling system -or- install a cooler and remove it once I get back -or install and leave it there.
I made a similar trip a few years back with my sister's old econoline, and as far as I know there wasn't any mods to it, and we only really had to stop 2 times due to over-heating in vegas, but the rest was #1 for the 5k miles we drove.
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I'm planning a road trip, east to west coast and back, roughly 11,000kms (~7k miles)
Since a good chunk of the trip will be in states such as Arizona/Nevada/Utah/California, I thought about installing a trans cooler to make sure my auto transmission doesn't give up or suffer too much.
My question is, I'm leaving in eastern canada, our summer here isn't that hot (and only 3-4 months a year) and I was wondering if an auxiliary transmission cooler could be bad in the long run since it won't see that much heat once I make it back? I heard of bypass valves (I think that's the name?) but not much more, so I'm not sure if I should just run it with my stock cooling system -or- install a cooler and remove it once I get back -or install and leave it there.
I made a similar trip a few years back with my sister's old econoline, and as far as I know there wasn't any mods to it, and we only really had to stop 2 times due to over-heating in vegas, but the rest was #1 for the 5k miles we drove.
Thanks!
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XJs are definitely different critters from an Econoline van. Overheating nasty things!
Is your XJ stock? With a stock XJ driven on pavement the only thing you need to concern yourself with is just the cooling system. If you're towing a trailer or running big tires with reduced aerodynamics (ie made your flying box taller...) an aux cooler is definitely a wise investment.
Fan clutch, good water pump, good thermostat, and clear radiator.
There ARE thernostats you can install for the transmission oil, but XJs never shipped with them. Instead the aux cooler is plumbed inline with the radiator, so the transmission can take heat from the coolant too.
Is your XJ stock? With a stock XJ driven on pavement the only thing you need to concern yourself with is just the cooling system. If you're towing a trailer or running big tires with reduced aerodynamics (ie made your flying box taller...) an aux cooler is definitely a wise investment.
Fan clutch, good water pump, good thermostat, and clear radiator.
There ARE thernostats you can install for the transmission oil, but XJs never shipped with them. Instead the aux cooler is plumbed inline with the radiator, so the transmission can take heat from the coolant too.
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My personal opinion is it's never a bad idea to install a trans cooler on an automatic. The more expensive ones do have thermostats built into them, but very few environments would over-cool trans fluid. In those areas, a block-off plate (or simple cardboard) could be used in front of the trans cooler just like people use for their radiators.
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Year: 1996
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XJs are definitely different critters from an Econoline van. Overheating nasty things!
Is your XJ stock? With a stock XJ driven on pavement the only thing you need to concern yourself with is just the cooling system. If you're towing a trailer or running big tires with reduced aerodynamics (ie made your flying box taller...) an aux cooler is definitely a wise investment.
Fan clutch, good water pump, good thermostat, and clear radiator.
There ARE thernostats you can install for the transmission oil, but XJs never shipped with them. Instead the aux cooler is plumbed inline with the radiator, so the transmission can take heat from the coolant too.
Is your XJ stock? With a stock XJ driven on pavement the only thing you need to concern yourself with is just the cooling system. If you're towing a trailer or running big tires with reduced aerodynamics (ie made your flying box taller...) an aux cooler is definitely a wise investment.
Fan clutch, good water pump, good thermostat, and clear radiator.
There ARE thernostats you can install for the transmission oil, but XJs never shipped with them. Instead the aux cooler is plumbed inline with the radiator, so the transmission can take heat from the coolant too.
When you say clear radiator, how can I make sure mine is fine. As far as I know looking back on the vehicle history, it has never been changed so it's most likely the stock one, but I've never had any issues with it, I don't leak anything and my coolant appears to be clean. Same goes for the water pump. Thermostat has been changed recently.
My personal opinion is it's never a bad idea to install a trans cooler on an automatic. The more expensive ones do have thermostats built into them, but very few environments would over-cool trans fluid. In those areas, a block-off plate (or simple cardboard) could be used in front of the trans cooler just like people use for their radiators.
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Ohh yeah DEFINITELY put a cooler in.
Don't worry about the winter. It doesn't get cold enough this far south. Clown means like Yellowknife temps.
Don't worry about the winter. It doesn't get cold enough this far south. Clown means like Yellowknife temps.