{"id":5131,"date":"2019-09-20T21:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T01:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2019-09-20T22:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T02:01:43","slug":"renix-cooling-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/renix-cooling-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Renix cooling upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Installing a Radiator with a cap on my Renix XJ<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While I had my engine out, I decided to upgrade the cooling system.  I have always had trouble with the pressure bottle and getting the cap to seal.  I had already ordered a new cap <\/a>when I decided to make the change.
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I decided to update to the new style radiator with a cap and delete the heater control valve.  I have already partially deleted the valve but kept the T going to the pressure bottle.
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I used an Autozone A1193<\/a> radiator.  I chose this one because it has a port for the electric fan switch from the old radiator.  I had to get a new radiator cap to match. https:\/\/amzn.to\/32HC2OK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also updated the pipe coming out of the water pump to the new style so it matched the new style hoses. https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LDs8Im<\/a>   I used the Dorman 56398 Water Pump Inlet Tube
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See my previous article for the heater hose part numbers.  http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/heater-valve-delete-jeep-cherokee-xj\/<\/a>
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One thing I forgot about until I started up the engine was the overflow bottle.  There is not much room under the hood of my Jeep so I used a tubular catch can. https:\/\/amzn.to\/30betRE<\/a>  
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I also got a new fan shroud for the mechanical fan since mine was broken: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QBjDlN<\/a>  
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I found it much easier to fill and purge the system through the radiator cap than through the pressure bottle. I used my Lisle Funnel https:\/\/amzn.to\/31F3H2R<\/a> to fill and get the air out.  
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I found one of the clips of the air box hits the filler neck on the radiator. So I just removed it. The box seems to seal well enough without it.
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Installing a Radiator with a cap on my Renix XJ While I had my engine out, I decided to upgrade the cooling system.  I have always had trouble with the pressure bottle and getting the cap to seal.  I had already ordered a new cap when I decided to make the change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[210,6,231],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5142,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions\/5142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}