Recent content by kage860

They’re probably similar, i believe most flushes are citric acid. You might not need it, a few flushes with water will get most of the stuff out. Its probably the iron engine block rusting, the radiator is aluminum. Once you flush it out and get the new coolant in it it should stop rusting...

Two quarts every 3500 while doing 7000 a year is only 4 quarts a year. For a knock around second vehicle I would try running a diesel oil like a 20w-50 before replacing the engine. Or just keep adding oil.

Never had that problem. Depends how long you want to keep the car. You might be able to remove the gearing and just glue it in place if you don't want to put any money into it. Otherwise maybe replace the whole thing with a junkyard unit.

Might be worth putting in a used motor out of a wrecked jeep.

I installed an ebay radiator a year ago and no problems so far. I have a used oem radiator ready to go in case it ever leaks.

Apparently the rear lower control arms of my 2007 were already replaced under a 2012 recall. Maybe this recall covers more vehicles that werent covered?

Yeah a sensor is going out and coming back, theres a battery in there that has a finite lifespan. I replaced mine with dorman ones, they still go out and come back every so often. I dont’t know if any other brand is any better.

Depends how much time they want to put into it. In their case let them just sell it and be done with it. Paying a body shop $2k to maybe sell it for $3k isnt worth the effort either. For a minimum wage earning teenager with the time and inclination to fix it with salvage parts it is absolutely...

Those bolts were tight, I took them off using a 24” breaker bar.

You can disconnect the battery when not using the jeep to keep it from draining to solve your getting to work issue for the time being.

Depends what you want to do with it. I can see the truck being more useful for home depot runs and the wrangler being a better trail rig. For my family, if our vehicles were to die I could see us buying a vw altas family vehicle and a lexus hybrid commuter vehicle. For our actual use case that...

Is the radiator fan running?

If you take the oil fill cap off while its running, do you feel a lot of air being forced out? That's one way to check for a worn out engine.

Premium ceramic pads with basic rotors are the way to go. I have had good luck with raybestos professional pads, but may try akebono next time.

In my experience torx bit sockets work GREAT for stripped hex bolts. Tap the largest torx bit socket you can fit in the hole then zip it right out. 2 minute job.