Just got the KJ back from the shop. Still Getting hot at highway speeds.

[hawkace]

But, I'm P.O.'d after looking under the hood... I asked the guy at the shop what kind of antifreeze they used. He said they used "Gold". (he didn't specify HOAT, but I assumed that was the case, since every automotive site I go to recommends the HOAT gold for 2000 - 2012 Chrysler) But, when I looked under the hood to see if it had pulled anything out of the reservoir, I saw that the stuff that's in it is blue! That's not right, is it?
I guess if they truly flushed the system, you can put anything you want in there, but if they couldn't get the air out, then I'm not confident they got all the old coolant out either. I may have mixed fluids.
Now I'm worried but, they're not open til Monday so, can't do anything about it til then.

May be just me. I don’t think I’ll let any mechanic who won’t use Hoat or Zerex G-05 coolant for Jeep Liberty to work on KJ. There’s been enough friendly reminder from Liberty TC, Tommudd, and many others. “Your Jeep Liberty definitely needs Hoat or Zerex G-05 only and use a Mopar 195 degree thermostat.”

Enjoy and have fun with your Jeep Liberty.

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[turblediesel]

So, yesterday, we finally had a day here over 10°, and I got this dam thing figured out.

It had a loose nut behind the wrench... I put the thermostat in backward.

I'm not a smart man.

Yes you are. A stupid man wouldn't have figured it out.

 

[Duster]

So, yesterday, we finally had a day here over 10°, and I got this dam thing figured out.

It had a loose nut behind the wrench... I put the thermostat in backward.

I'm not a smart man.

Lol, cracked me up the way you put it. Loose nut behind the wrench.

Do not feel bad. For sure not the first person to have done that. I'm not much better. I just did 7 hrs labor to swap out less than a foot of hose. The rubber flex hose section of the transmission cooler line. One side was leaking a little and I noticed the crimp fitting was starting to walk off away from the stop. I looked at it all and was like no way do I wanna replace the whole lines. God what all will have to be moved to get it loose from the cooler, and hey all the metal line is still perfect. I will just replace the rubber.

After realizing a disconnect tool wasn't going to work because it is a fixed crush fitting, I thought no big deal I will just zip that aluminum right off there and throw on some hose clamps. A minute into the first cut I realized it was steel not aluminum. Then 30 cutting discs later I had 3 of 4 cuts I needed to make done. Mostly broken cutter discs for the dremel, not wearing them out. I pried on the one with a screwdriver with a lot of patients until I pried it off with the one cut because I realized there was no way I could cut the other side even if I had more discs. Then I looked at the tiny scores I made in the hose cutting off the crimps and thought hey this hose is pretty stiff anyways, that is probably why it was working loose to start with. I will just replace it instead of worrying if it will split. Had to cut the hose with a knife to even get it off the barbs on the pipe. Went and got a foot of new hose and cut it to fit. Well it's new and poofy rubber. ID is tighter than the dead hose I cut off. Took me hours of wiggling and pushing to get the dang hose on. I had intended to go ahead and replace the rubber hose on both lines but said F that I will wait until it leaks.

It would have probably been easier to just replace the lines entirely. So I do not feel like a smart man right now either.