Overheating problem

[Apparition]

Napa Spectra and I want to do Moab next year...so I'm worried.

-Mac

My Oreilly’s went in at a Moab campground in 2020. It’s been to Moab every year since and it’s been over 100° at times. Also ran the Rubicon. May not last forever but it’s getting by.

 

[CMBD]

Napa Spectra and I want to do Moab next year...so I'm worried.

-Mac

I have a 13 year old Spectra and its hot AF where it spends a lot of its time.

Dont be scared

 

[Dvaniwaarden11]

I’m not saying some aftermarket’s won’t work. Hell maybe I just got two bad eggs in a row with aftermarket radiators, but after fighting with this problem for 6 months and spending WAY too much time reading thread after thread on overheating, I never want to see another aftermarket radiator in my life. Mopar is the only way to go and there’s a reason jeeps are still running them today.

I wanted to believe there was an alternative but like @mrblaine says, we’ll keep looking for a good mopar replacement but as of now there’s no replacement for an OEM mopar except an actual OEM mopar when it comes to our jeeps.

If only we could get the exact specifics to a mopar radiator and somehow 3-D print it or something to make ourselves ha.

 

[mrblaine]

I’m not saying some aftermarket’s won’t work. Hell maybe I just got two bad eggs in a row with aftermarket radiators, but after fighting with this problem for 6 months and spending WAY too much time reading thread after thread on overheating, I never want to see another aftermarket radiator in my life. Mopar is the only way to go and there’s a reason jeeps are still running them today.

I wanted to believe there was an alternative but like @mrblaine says, we’ll keep looking for a good mopar replacement but as of now there’s no replacement for an OEM mopar except an actual OEM mopar when it comes to our jeeps.

If only we could get the exact specifics to a mopar radiator and somehow 3-D print it or something to make ourselves ha.

That is not quite accurate. I know of at least 4 non-Mopar that will keep it quite cool in this part of the world.
Griffin
Wizard Cooling
Northern
CBR

Griffin and Wizard both fail at random times, Griffin will warranty theirs, Wizard won't if there any way they can get out of it. Northern was not designed for a TJ with AC. CBR has a long lead time, and an eye watering price.

What we don't know of is a reasonably priced plug and play radiator that doesn't need to be swapped out every few years.

I wish Northern would get their shit together and fix theirs so you don't have to pull the grill to install it.