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Old 10-31-2010, 10:09 PM
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After about 5-10 minutes, my JK gets to operating temperature with the needle pointing right up the middle of the thermostat. While stopped, I can see what looks like steam coming from the front of the Jeep.

Is this just condensation from the hot engine/cool air (outside temp is about 5 degrees)?

Is this the correct temperature the engine should be at? I'm not leaking coolant but it just seems hotter than my other cars. I had a VR6 Corrado which always ran hot but was never this warm.

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Old 11-02-2010, 03:17 PM
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my engine temp guage is always at half (pointing straight up) I dont usually have steam coming from under the hood unless its raining or I just went through a mud hole.
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Old 11-02-2010, 09:04 PM
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OK, I just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong. Like I said, nothing is leaking but steam/smoke coming from the front of a car is often bad. Trust me, I've also got a Lada - they do that from the factory!
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Wow ... edited for duplicate. Anyway to delete this?
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Please be careful on your words referring to a jeep as a car is offensive to many. In the morning when the due is out the rad has moisture on it which can cause steam to raise from the front, normal occurrence.
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In my defense, I said, "front of A car", not "my car" (which would be the Jeep).

Good thing this isn't the Lada forum. My username there is 'russianretardismftw' and I regularly refer to my Niva as a POS. *rofl*

The smoke/steam comment goes back to when my Corrado almost started on fire.
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