TJ coolant leak

[nyutonka]

Hey!

I found a couple drops of coolant under my Jeep today, and wanted to check where it's coming from. After opening the hood I saw that there's literally no coolant left in the reservoir.
I took a picture from under the car, it seems I found where the coolant was dripping from. Could you please help what exactly is this?

 

[Hasselblad]

Hey!

I just had a coolant issue a couple months ago, and I swapped out the radiator and rubber hoses. Took about 2 hours.

If you have to replace the radiator (known to go bad and with the help of the fan, enjoy spraying around the entire engine compartment) try to find an original mopar, there are a bunch of chinese junk that I went through the order/return/order/return process with before I managed to find a place with an original in stock.

 

[tr21triton]

That aint the radiator ! That's the condensation drain for your AC vent box. 1st be sure its antifreeze and not just condensation. If it is antifreeze start looking for a heater core, your going to enjoy replacing it.

 

[KennethS]

That aint the radiator ! That's the condensation drain for your AC vent box. 1st be sure its antifreeze and not just condensation. If it is antifreeze start looking for a heater core, your going to enjoy replacing it.

Or bypass it and hope for warm winters.

 

[LONGJP2]

Hey!

I found a couple drops of coolant under my Jeep today, and wanted to check where it's coming from. After opening the hood I saw that there's literally no coolant left in the reservoir.
I took a picture from under the car, it seems I found where the coolant was dripping from. Could you please help what exactly is this?

Welcome

As mentioned above, it's normal for water to drip from there whenever the compressor runs.
Could also be leaking anti-freeze from there if the heater core is bad, otherwise you're losing it somewhere else.

 

[tr21triton]

Or bypass it and hope for warm winters.

I don't think they have warm winters in Hungary

 

[Link]

All good comments above. Verify if its is AC condensate vs coolant. If it’s definitely coolant, it’s time for a heater core. If you are good with mechanical stuff, it’s not a hard job. Don’t let people scare you. But if you lack tools and mechanical skills, nothing wrong with that but it’s probably not the project to start learning on.

The fact that you found your coolant to be low makes me lean to the probability it’s a leaking heater core. If you are certain it’s leaking coolant from where you showed in the pic, it’s definitely a heater core.

 

[nyutonka]

Thanks Everyone, you guys were really helpful.
It was indeed coolant leaking from the heater core. I bypassed it for now, no leaks since then. We still have 6 months until heating would be needed and I need to tear apart the dash next month anyways...

 

[tr21triton]

Now the problem is finding a decent heater core, that provides enough heat.

 

[macleanflood]

Now the problem is finding a decent heater core, that provides enough heat.

And can be imported into Hungary with selling a kidney.

-Mac