What did you do to your Cherokee today?
03-01-2013, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by salad
I agree regarding the electric fan, but be careful comparing modern foreign cars to a Jeep. You can't do most of the crap to them as our ol beasts. The AMC inline-six basically goes back fifty years with only slight modifications... try running across the desert with 500 pounds of armor, a trailer, 15W40 conventional, and a FRAM on a 2013 Mazda 3 and tell me how that works out for you lol.
03-01-2013, 02:06 PM
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I would never compare my Jeep to a foreign car that's why my BMW sits a lot till summer and that's only if it's nice as hell and thats mainly my wife's car but the Jeep my friend is my daily driver I can beat on him and he'll take every bit of punishment and I never had overheating issues ever
His point is these new cars are designed to run on an e-fan. Our 4.0Ls are not. It can be done, but it isn't how they were designed.
03-01-2013, 02:09 PM
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I drove the 'Manche to Walter Reed for an MRI this morning. Still running like ****, but at least she's reliable.
03-01-2013, 02:14 PM
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Lol. Rather not have a head mod make an issue from a normal convo. That and you know this type of convo will blow up in here with opinions
03-01-2013, 02:25 PM
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03-01-2013, 02:36 PM
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I hate to tell you man but mechanical fans are becoming obsolete in new vehicles they are thing of the past just take a look at all front wheel drive cars they don't have any mechanical fans same thing with foreign cars a lot of them don't have any mechanical fans I know my BMW don't and it an 03
The engine is sideways on FWD cars lol
03-01-2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
There's one VERY good reason for that...
The engine is sideways on FWD cars lol
03-01-2013, 02:49 PM
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03-01-2013, 03:20 PM
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