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Not very happy with myself today. I think I've ruined my Jimny. Basically I haven't had it long and when I first got it obviously did all the engine checks and have done once a month through the winter. However the other day the engine management light came on and my heating in the jimny stopped working which I though odd. Took a look under the bonnet and the coolant tank was empty! I dunno how it ha emptied so quick! Anyway I cleaned all the bottle out and topped it up along with filling the rad up with coolant.
I ran my jeep for 20 min to warm up and pump it through a bit. The temp gauge goes up nice and quick and sits in the middle where it should. I can feel obvious heat from the engine with bonnet up but still no heat through vents inside. I checked the oil and doesn't seem to be any browny liquid to suggest hea damage but there was quite a bit of gunk in the coolant bottle and small amounts in the rad. The engine is running sweet and idles well and drives as good as ever so no obvious damage yet!?
Any suggestions on whether I've buggered it and/or how to sort the heating? Should I do a full flush/change of both coolant and oil ASAP?
Have you checked for leaks in the cooling system as they dont normally lose much if any coolant, if all checks out ok you may have an airlock or sticky thermo
hjb_1990 wrote: Dont suppose anyone could give me a brief description on how to check the thermostat hosing as i have never worked on thermostats before.
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Remove the state the should be a temp stamped on it around 82º boil a pan of water tie some string to the stat and put it in if it opens then its fine
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