sick jeep

i drained and flushed it
but just used water.

 

i'd wake up with a buncha icky crackers in my bed....

 

Bill, clean the crackers out of your bed and fix your temp guage.
Don't run the cardboard too long in the spring season, very easy to overheat on a warm afternoon.
Yeah, don't ask, you don't want to know....

 

Had the same thing happen to my old CJ7. The heat riser pipe was missing, my girlfriend and I spent 2-3 hours driving to my brothers place in a blizzard. I stopped in a heavy truck place off the beaten path and asked him. He told me exactly what was wrong. The thing would stumble and die and shut off. Of course as the heat rose while sitting it would fire back up again. It was actually blowing so hard there was snow coming in around the soft top doors. I put another exhaust manifold with a working heat riser and chimney on it and it was good to go.

 

back when i ran vw powered cagebuggys had that problem when we went to the sand in ok. started mixing some avgas from local airport ,cured it

 

update
i installed a temp gauge
and it is always right around 160f
a little more if i am driving it a bit hard
but it has never gotten over 180f

 

yes i do.
i just did a google on the f134 thermostat.
they come in either 160f or 180f models.

 

The 160 thermostat was pretty common for pre-smog motors. Operating temperatures were increased to reduce emissions, so that a 195 is now most common.

You need to keep the engine temperature up enough so that the fuel remains vaporized on its way to the cylinders. You could try a 180 and see if that makes things work better. This will give you a little bit more gain in the temperature feedback loop too ... which might help to run closer to the set point. It'll also make your heater work better.

 

ok
then
thanks fellas!

 

Hi sir Patrick, how can I put the HEET in either way?