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4wd 4l overheating

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14 Nov 2024 20:29 #258307 by nickcot
4wd 4l overheating was created by nickcot
hello

today i was using my suzuki jimny 2021 that has a cream color i think its called ivory and i was climbing a very muddy road which i have climbed before, the thing is i put my 4l and when it slips i hit on the gas a bit until it advances and this time it starting smoking from the front hood, i thought it was going to ignite in fire but thanks God it didnt go for worse, i descended the hill and have been using it normally so far no problem, have anyone had a similar situation?

regards

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14 Nov 2024 22:36 #258308 by Busta
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Did the engine overheat? Sounds more like water or mud splashing onto the hot engine and exhaust.

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15 Nov 2024 01:21 #258310 by The Coil Spring
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White smoke means water that vapours (coolant or as Busta says, water from outside), black smoke is a blown cylinder head.

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15 Nov 2024 01:56 - 15 Nov 2024 03:19 #258311 by nickcot
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it was indeed the engine because the coolant reservoir started bubbling and there was vapor coming from the green cap and there was white smoke

i tried taking a quick videeo, you can see the coolant bubbling from the overheat
streamable.com/xxdxi9
this is all i had everything happened too quick

by the way i just saw in the manual that 4l needs to be slow, i cant like go too quick, ill trry using 4h but just wanna know, is there something i can do to see if there was any damage? how can i check the 4l 4wd transmission and whatsover to see that there was no damage to the engine or so

regards
Last edit: 15 Nov 2024 03:19 by nickcot.

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15 Nov 2024 10:42 #258320 by DrRobin
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What was the air temperature when the engine over-heated?

The fan should have kicked in long before the engine got this hot, did you notice if it did fire up? The fan should be able to control the temperature even when stationary, unless it was really hot outside and you were hitting high revs under a lot of load for some time.

The older 1.3L Jimny used to suffer from head gasket problems if the engine got this hot, I am not sure if the same happens with the 1.5L (2021) but it is not good for any engine to get this hot.

I doubt there will be any difference between 4L & 4H, your engine has to produce the same power and if the outside air temperature is the same, the engine will get just as hot.

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