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And a frozen pizza. No bourbon. Wouldn’t have fit in the Jeep. 🙂
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Does this mean the Jeep is no longer leaking coolant?
Lose the pizza . . . take the bourbon.
Honestly it’s confusing me. It’s not dripping badly anymore but I still smell hot coolant. When I check this afternoon I think I’ll find that the level in the radiator is a little low. But I can’t figure where it’s going and the problem no longer appears acute.
How’s your overflow bottle? When the engine heats up, the relief valve in the radiator cap should open and allow a small amount of liquid to escape. If the overflow bottle (or the hose to it) is leaking and you end up sucking air back into the radiator as it cools down, the radiator will eventually vent hot air through the radiator cap, and since the engine heat soaks for a while after you shut it off, it isn’t unusual to smell antifreeze.
So long as the engine is not overheating you are OK, Top off every time you have to make a run..
Now some of my long experience – here are some more things to check.
Find where the engine temperature sensor is screwed into the coolant manifold and check it is not leaking. I have had those fail and seep coolant (also oil pressure switch do the same).
With engine running, look inside the overflow tank with care, there should not be any air bubbles in there unless there is still air trapped in the cooling system (or worse there is a head gasket leak into the coolant channels in the block).
What Mark says, cracked hose or overflow which seeps onto the exhaust manifold.
Check the heater exchanger core, unlikely but you could have a pinhole leak there which will drain out the A/C drain area but will fog up your windows if you run the defroster when cool out (again unlikely).
Pinhole or seepage from any of the hoses related to the coolant lines including to heater core.
You wuz a mechanic, all this should be doable in your sleep 😉
There’s always room for bourbon. 😉