WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
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IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS
In any of the following situations, you can reduce the
potential for overheating by taking the appropriate ac-
tion.
CAUTION!
Driving with a hot cooling system could damage
your vehicle. If the temperature gauge reads HOT
(H), pull over and stop the vehicle. Idle the vehicle
withtheairconditionerturnedoffuntilthepointer
drops back into the normal range. If the pointer
remains on HOT (H), and you hear continuous
chimes,turntheengineoffimmediately,andcallfor
service.
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Onthehighways—Slowdown.
Incitytraffic—Whilestopped,shifttransmissioninto
NEUTRAL,butdonotincreaseengineidlespeed.
NOTE: Therearestepsthatyoucantaketoslowdown
animpendingoverheatcondition.Ifyourairconditioner
ison,turnitoff.Theairconditioningsystemaddsheatto
the engine cooling system and turning off the A/C
removes this heat. You can also turn the Temperature
Controltomaximumheat,theModeControltofloor,and
theFanControltoHigh.Thisallowstheheatercoretoact
asasupplementtotheradiatorandaidsinremovingheat
fromtheenginecoolingsystem.
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| Categories | Jeep Manuals, Jeep Wrangler Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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