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A bit late now, but you should never use 4wd on a grippy surface like tarmac, as soon as you try to turn, something, usually a CV joint, will break.
4wd is for mud, loose surfaces and possibly ice only.
The usual sign that you need 4wd on icy or snowy roads is when the back of the car tries to overtake the front with small throttle opening. As soon as you see black tarmac, back into 2wd.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Just testing the experts G13BB it is .....
I have had 2 shoguns and an L200 and in the wet you had to use 4WD otherwise backend would go all the time.
Why can't you use 4WD on Jimny if conditions are wet and slippery ?
I will take back to garage to check steering !
When I tried 4wd it was on gravel all seems fine in straight line but when I switched to 2wd it would not steer left.
Again thanks for help everyone.
Cheers
J
you cant use 4wd in good condition cos there is no center diff so there is no slip in the transferbox and you can get wind up in parts then it goes BANG
heater definitely isn't right they are really good if everything is working right!!
First thing to check is the heating is actually set to hot. The heater flap is connected to a white plastic arm just to the left of your clutch pedal, pretty easy to knock and disconnect the cable. Can't remember which way is fully open but check it by moving it by hand...
Secondly could be an air lock, put the heater on full, take the radiator cap off and let it run up to fully hot (whilst you are stationary obvioulsy), give the water pipes a squeeze to try and force out any air, and keep it running for 10 minutes or so. Top up any water as necessary. Personally I like to make a temporary header tank out of an old bottle and stick in the top of the radiator with some more water in just so it is definitely the highest point in the engine bay.
Thirdly it could be a blockage, think about back flushing....
Last edit: 01 Nov 2012 08:28 by goatboy. Reason: typo
goatboy wrote: heater definitely isn't right they are really good if everything is working right!!
First thing to check is the heating is actually set to hot. The heater flap is connected to a white plastic arm just to the left of your clutch pedal, pretty easy to knock and disconnect the cable. Can't remember which way is fully open but check it by moving it by hand...
Secondly could be an air lock, put the heater on full, take the radiator cap off and let it run up to fully hot (whilst you are stationary obvioulsy), give the water pipes a squeeze to try and force out any air, and keep it running for 10 minutes or so. Top up any water as necessary. Personally I like to make a temporary header tank out of an old bottle and stick in the top of the radiator with some more water in just so it is definitely the highest point in the engine bay.
Thirdly it could be a blockage, think about back flushing....
you say put the heater on full do you mean just fully over to hot of put the heater fan on fully
i wouldnt put the heater fan on fully as this will cool the water down only to be reheated and it would take longer to warm up that way
and its more likly to be blocked if one of the pipes is cold and the other is hot
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