One downside to going green is that a lot of newer cars have soy based plastic insulation on their wiring. Guess how many things can climb under the hood who think that anything that smells like soybeans is a food?
Iām hoping electrical issues wonāt be a common theme, the engine wiring harness is 100% solid from the looks of it. Because of the inside flooding I want to take a special look at the trim electrical and and power lock for the hatch is ???
When I went through my electrical nightmare I had intermittent stalling, gauge cluster going haywire and random sensor and misfire codes.
Unfortunately I was not aware of the PCM being the issue so after spending $800 on 8 new coil packs, spark plugs, molar brand throttle position, crank position, cam position, map, iac, and oil pressure sensors and still getting the same codes, I bought a reman pcm for $200 from a shop in Florida with a lifetime warrantee (that they honored when the first box was a dud).
Looking back, had I started with the pcm I would have saved decent chunk but on the positive side, I saved the old sensors and now have spares for everything
The FL (allcomputerresources.com I believe) guys seemed sketchy at first but Iāve got 10000 miles on the second pcm the sent me and havenāt had so much as an electrical hiccup.
I would advise against cracking open the box to try and resolder the pins yourself. The circuit board is inside a resin filled box and the pins are behind very brittle plastic connectors that if break you have no way of making a positive seal with the pigtail plug.
Definitely going to take your advice on this one.
If it was water instead of coolant, I do not think you had any damage to wiring from the flooding. I had the plugged drain problem and once the carpeting dried out, it did not even smell.
Side note, the carfax had a mileage discrepancy that Iād like to figure out. Do you know of the PCM contains the mileage information? If so I bet mine has already been replaced / worked on.
Yes, mileage is contained in the PCM. One of the fields you input when ordering a new pcm is mileage.
But car fax doesnāt actually verify mileage. I wouldnāt be surprised if there was maintenance reported with innacirate mileage on the report. Carfax is good for finding out olde accidents or number of owners, I wouldnāt trust it for mileage.
Good news everyone, the water pump is in excellent condition, bearings are great.
Next Friday is the installation day and hopefully driving day!
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Alright, tonight is the night! I have a car full of HOAT coolant, oil, filters, radiators, distilled water, hoses and more! Letās do this!!
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Nice ā didnāt know we had one of those. Saves me a trip to the parts store for the rental. Do we have the fluid for it too, or should I grab some on the way?
Aside: are we getting more kitty litter, or are we committing to the caustic-chemical cleanup method? (In which case I might need a little instruction on that next time Iām in, particularly on what to use as a rinse agent for it ā though hosing down the bay with a high powered pressure washer does sound like fun when it gets hot!)
We used it the other night to discover that a Grand Caravan which had boiled off its coolant did not have a head gasket problem. There should be fluid for it somewhere in Automotive.
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Kitty litter is next to the 10 ton press
So the jeep should be done now. Doing a long and tedious burp process to make sure thereās no coolant and then Iām gonna give it a quick test run. Hereās hoping
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IT IS DONE! Driven it for two days now without any issues related to the coolant 
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However, now the blower motor stopped working (common issue: http://www.wjjeeps.com/blower_motor.htm ). The trek continues!
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Did you check the sunroof drain? The drains can get clogged and cause leaks in vehicles with sunroofs.
Ask me how I know 
I dumped water down it after drying it to try and find the leak but it was properly training out of the body. Whatās the common failure point and whatās the fix ?
Gonna use some canned air later. Our shops air is like 10000 psi lol
In my case, the line was rubber and it was just old and cracked. I had to pull apart the interior to replace it.
