It is quite annoying though that there are actually people out there who think that Jeep (or any auto manufacturer) would have designed a vehicle and forgot about the areas of the country where it gets much hotter.
It's 115 regularly here in Arizona and my Jeep is just fine, even with the A/C on at long stop lights.
You'd have to be a pretty stupid automotive engineer if you designed a vehicle thinking it would never see these sort of temperatures.
Of course there will always be someone who needs to "upgrade" their cooling system
I posted this for those reasons. Everyone talks about the "plastic radiator" and the need to upgrade it or the need to replace the thermostat with something cooler. We'll be over 110* by the weekend and my Jeep will run at the sane temps as it did today. I don't even worry about it.
... People should be more concerned as to whether their factory cooling system has been properly maintained.
I've always wondered how well they do in actual cold weather, like -50°F...
Thats my line about winter.You'd have to be a pretty stupid automotive engineer if you designed a vehicle thinking it would never see these sort of temperatures.
When I was stationed at Eglin AFB I got to go into the McKinley Climate Lab ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Climatic_Laboratory )to see some Ford & Nissan tests. The lab is this enormous hangar that can fit a 747 or C-5 and induce temperatures from -40 to 120F, and they can also replicate rain, snow, sand storms, humidity, etc. Nissan & Ford rented it once a year to do cold weather testing. They’d park their models in the hangar, cold soak them overnight, then go out the next morning to see what didn’t work and drive them around a little course in the hangar. It was pretty neat.I've always wondered how well they do in actual cold weather, like -50°F. Supposedly a lot of car handles just sort of snap off below about -40°... I'm sure the soft top windows wouldn't be too happy
Not normal and definitely fixable. Is there an aftermarket radiator installed?Hm, and my Jeep likes to run 215-220 when I sit for too long at a light in 85 degree weather. That’s without the AC on.
So guys, let me pose this question:
What is the best performance aluminum radiator?
So guys, let me pose this question:
What is the best performance aluminum radiator?