I've had a bottle Prestone coolant flush on the shelf for a while now that I bought to flush the cooling system of my Jeep. Figured it was a harmless project that is essentially a 30 min task tops, not counting driving to the beach and back a couple of times.
Monday I stopped being lazy and drained the radiator and filled it with the flush and because I was being extra nice to the Jeep I used distilled water to top it off. Drove to the beach stayed a while and drove home (30 min each way). Put it in the garage and thought nothing of it. Temps stayed normal and all was well. Rain and other obligations kept me from driving it Tues & Wed. Today I went to grab it again and saw a large puddle under the jeep. Uh oh!
I could still see water to the top of the radiator tubes when I took the cap off so I was thinking I just didn't snug the drain plug tight enough and a slow drip from a couple of days sitting looked more dramatic than it was. Then I removed my doubt by starting the jeep and try to see if my thought was correct. It wasn't.
After I turned it off I had a steady stream falling out from under the water pump. Yay Me!!
So instead of taking the jeep to the drive on beach this weekend I'm putting a parts list together for all the "While Your In There's" for when I put a new water pump on. If only I left well enough alone until AFTER the long weekend.
Monday I stopped being lazy and drained the radiator and filled it with the flush and because I was being extra nice to the Jeep I used distilled water to top it off. Drove to the beach stayed a while and drove home (30 min each way). Put it in the garage and thought nothing of it. Temps stayed normal and all was well. Rain and other obligations kept me from driving it Tues & Wed. Today I went to grab it again and saw a large puddle under the jeep. Uh oh!
I could still see water to the top of the radiator tubes when I took the cap off so I was thinking I just didn't snug the drain plug tight enough and a slow drip from a couple of days sitting looked more dramatic than it was. Then I removed my doubt by starting the jeep and try to see if my thought was correct. It wasn't.
After I turned it off I had a steady stream falling out from under the water pump. Yay Me!!
So instead of taking the jeep to the drive on beach this weekend I'm putting a parts list together for all the "While Your In There's" for when I put a new water pump on. If only I left well enough alone until AFTER the long weekend.
