Mr Miami
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Not a specific Gladiator question (I just changed the thermostat in my '16 3.6 Wrangler) but the same should apply to both of my 3.6 Jeeps. Anyway, I keep reading everywhere that you have to be careful about air bubbles in the cooling system and it is best to jack the front of the Jeep up when adding more coolant and squeezing all the hoses a lot and whatever else to get rid of the air.
My question is, if there is indeed some air in the system, won't it just work itself out over time? The new thermostat (Mopar) is supposed to be 203 F per the specs and the Wrangler does now operate between 195-210 F per the readout on the dash. (For what it's worth, my '24 JTR operates a few degrees cooler at about 195-200 F normally).
If it it is operating per the specs, why would I care if there was an air bubble or two somewhere in the system? When I changed the thermostat I lost about 2 liters of coolant but replaced it with new Mopar stuff. So it is full (I think). I have checked it several times in the past week and it appears fine and the recovery thing is full.
Am I over-thinking this or being too anal?
My question is, if there is indeed some air in the system, won't it just work itself out over time? The new thermostat (Mopar) is supposed to be 203 F per the specs and the Wrangler does now operate between 195-210 F per the readout on the dash. (For what it's worth, my '24 JTR operates a few degrees cooler at about 195-200 F normally).
If it it is operating per the specs, why would I care if there was an air bubble or two somewhere in the system? When I changed the thermostat I lost about 2 liters of coolant but replaced it with new Mopar stuff. So it is full (I think). I have checked it several times in the past week and it appears fine and the recovery thing is full.
Am I over-thinking this or being too anal?
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