2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Coolant Drain & Refill How-To
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- This video will show you how to drain and refill the cooling system on the 2011-2020 Jeep Grand Cherokees. Make sure you use the correct coolant when refilling the 2011-2012 years use the HOAT (Orange) coolant and the 2013-2020 use the OAT (Purple) coolant and make sure you mix it 50/50 with distilled water only. Coolant was purchased from Amazon. I will provide a link for both concentrate and premixed OAT and HOAT coolant below. This procedure may also work on similar years of the Chrysler 300, Dodge Durango, Ram 1500, Dodge Journey, Jeep Wrangler, and Jeep Gladiator.
Mopar 2013-2020 OAT Concentrate: amzn.to/3RnOQnF
Mopar 2013-2020 OAT 50/50 Premixed: amzn.to/3yy4nbJ
Mopar 2011-2012 HOAT Concentrate: amzn.to/3ytfbrK
Mopar 2011-2012 HOAT 50/50 Premixed: amzn.to/3PkyP03
Bro, dealers and shops gonna come after you for making these super clear kind of diy videos
😂 thanks for the support much appreciated. That’s why I do these videos you can’t trust any shops or dealership’s anymore.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE very true ! Here in my country (Morocco), the local dealer, who is directly run by FCA, has something wrong in execution performance, it is not a lack of skills or knowledge, but something to deeply fix with the employees’ motivation or their customer care acumen… when you bring your car to them, there are high chances you take it in a more broken down state than before.
Totally agreed.
Dealer can suck it! Not everyone like to get fu#$%^ at the drive-through at the dealer 😂
Thanks for the video helped a lot, had to change the thermostat so did a whole change as well.
How was it changing the thermostat?
Good editing. Using skid plate removal video in the transfer case video too. Well done!
Thanks for info. Just drained mine. Great video…
Love the Classic Ford!
Buenas noches, por qué diluiste el anticongelante, no se supone que ese ya viene 50/50?
Si necesidad de mezclar con agua ?
You can buy premixed which is already diluted 50/50 with water or you can buy the concentrate which is what I used in the video and that needs to be mixed with water. I prefer the concentrate because you get more coolant for the money.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGEperfecto, saludos amigo
Brother thank you!
You saved me $749!!!
Do you have a video on how to replace a thermostat?
Glad I was able to help you out. Unfortunately I do not have a thermostat video on the Jeep grand Cherokee. But I do have one on a Chrysler 300 which does have the same engine so it will be very similar ua-cam.com/video/aVixJaNM6QA/v-deo.htmlsi=kZ1omtgybn-Yn1NE
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE thank you brother, I will take a look! Keep doing what you do you’re a godsend!!! Stay safe!!! God bless!!!!
What the heck? There’s no radiator cap? It uses the reservoir cap? Glad I watched this. I’m used to my old jeep where you can open the reservoir cap even when its hot lol. That would of been bad
Should you do this to every car often or just the jeep Cherokee cause of a defect or something
You should change the coolant in every car every 100k miles or every five years whatever comes first.
Excellent video SIR.
Great video…thank you
Thank you....very clear and helpful!!
My grand Cherokee started mixing coolent with oil I took it to the mechanic and I drove it to LA (55 minutes ) and started sounding like there was water dropping when pressing the gas , and they fixed it cost me $800 and now I might need to take it again
What did they end up doing to fix it? Because usually coolant mixing with oil is a head gasket issue?
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE ugh that’s exactly what’s wrong with mine!! I’m so sure after seeing this video.. I’m about to add some antifreeze so it can hold on until the weekend/dealer appointment
The Newer Prestone coolants specifically say on the bottle "Compatible with all Coolants" and then lists all the compatible ones... The list includes "OAT" coolant used in Chrysler/Jeep motors. Do you agree with this?
Can u do a transmission flush on the jeep we got or figure it out an show us all wth grand Cherokee’s ??
Hi accidentally put washer fluid in the coolent tank.. i have a 2014 and the coolent tank and washer tank look simalar (with the yellow cap and everything) it doesn't looked like it mixed yet cause the top fuild is blue and the bottom is orange still (when i use a flashlight i can see the line from where its coolant and washer fluid). I put about a half gallon in. Im not sure what i should do, if i should try siphoning put the windshield fluid or just let it be.
If you can just try to extract it out with a turkey baster or a fluid extractor like this amzn.to/3OQEsW9 but if you don’t get it all out you should be fine because washer fluid is mainly water with a little bit of alcohol. The alcohol will most likely vaporize once it warms up.
MS-12106 and MS-90032 Are the same??
how the hell did you get your reservoir so clean?
Great video. I can’t get my reservoir cap off. I push down and twist counter clock wise but nothing gives and I don’t want to risk breaking it. Any suggestions? ‘17 grand limited
On this style cap you do not need to push down should be able to just unscrew counter clockwise. You may need to use a pair channel locks I doubt your going to break it. If you can hear in my video that cap was on there pretty good and made screeching noises writing it off.
If you over fill a little you will get a hissing pulsing noise. There is a relief vent somewhere.
Got a question, just replaced my coolant reservoir and AC/ condenser as well as radiator. I was having a small leak somewhere. I changed upper and lower radiator hoses as well and still have a leak only when driving for a long period of time. I think I found a leak at the bottom of the coolant reservoir, there is a black rigged hose that is at the bottom. Do you know what the purpose of that hose is ?
That hose is there for when the coolant reservoir gets to full especially while driving long distances your coolant will start to get very hot and expand in your reservoir and eventually can leak out of that hose if there’s to much coolant in the system. Did you fill the coolant reservoir to full after you replaced it?
Bro i watch some older jeeps GC with radiator cap and theyre bleeding the air out. Did you bleed yours on this video? Thanks in advance
Just squeezing the upper radiator hose while filling will help get the air out and whatever is left in the system will eventually work its way out of the coolant reservoir.
Hey i just wanted to ask my husband accidently put the wrong coolant on our grand Cherokee 2019 model and it begans to shake. Its been a month and i keep recomendations on getting a flush on the radior. Using the wrong coolant for the year and model can harm the engine?
Sorry just now saw your comment. How much coolant did he put in was it a drain and refill or was he just topping it off?
Great video! Thanks! What tires are you running?
Nitto ridge grapplers
How do you make this video and not mention the coolant bleed screw?
My coolant cap broke off and in removing the broken part a piece of plastic fell in (pencil eraser size) do you think any harm will be done?
You should be fine I wouldn’t worry about it I’ve seen vehicles with all kinds a f junk in the cooling system and they still ran just fine.
any bleeding screws? or do I just keep the cap off and turn the heater?
No bleeder screw just keep squeezing the upper radiator hose to get the air bubbles out. Then start it with the cap off and turn heater on high then check your level and add any if it needs it then replace cap take it for a drive or let it idle until the thermostat opens up or when your upper radiator hose is hot then let it cool overnight and recheck level and top off if needed. By they way I didn’t have time to check my daughters car I will try and do that this evening to see what the egr valve sounds like.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Oh Yes, regarding that don't worry about it, I managed to fix it, it was my mistake, you see the EGR valve metal (The part that was cleaned in the video) has to go in one direction, mine was the opposite, when I opened it again I realized that. so I flip it and everything is working fine now with no issues.
@@tek2313 awesome! Glad to hear you figured it out.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Thanks to you, without your crystal clear detailed videos I can’t do it. You upload the best quality most clear videos. I appreciate that. Thank you!
@@tek2313 Your very welcome. I really appreciate it that brother.
Can you take off coolant reservoir and clean it out and then place it back without flushing radiator
Sure, it's helpful, but not a complete flush
Hi, how did you clean the tank?
Just used some simple green.
Link for quarter inch hose?
Did you drain all the water??
Yes there will still be a little bit of coolant left in the engine block but not much.
Do we need to change reservoir cap just for protection maintenance?
@@Mohammed-hh8tn yeah you can but don’t have to.
How did you clean the coolant rez??? Tried to do mine but it didn’t not get that clean.
I just used a little simple green but it’s impossible to get them clean due to the heat and cool cycles.
Where would the ect be located for this car ?
It’s way down in the center of the engine under the intake off of the oil filter housing and oil cooler.
Why do you turn on the heat ?
So the coolant starts flowing through the heater core.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE appreciate your response. Thank you 😊
what kind of tires are those?? I want them!
They are the nitto ridge grapplers
Do i have drain it? Can i just add Dex-Cool 50/50 if i am low?
You can just top it off with dex-cool that’s fine.
Thank you
Can I mix OEM with Peak Orange Pre-diluted?
@@mcalann are you talking about just topping off the oem coolant with peak premixed 50/50? If so then yes brand of coolant doesn’t really matter. You just want to make sure it’s the same type and color.
You can use Dex-Cool. Because the original coolant is an OAT type coolant. Both will play nicely. Just don't mix OAT type coolant with one that uses a different type of technology,eg HOAT or IAT and you are fine.
Hello, can I use a Dex-Cool Antifreeze 50/50 on a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2015?
No you will need to use the oat coolant which is purple. Dex-cool was used prior to 2013. Can you tell what color it is right now?
Right now the one that its on my Jeep the color is Orange and i assume it's an OAT one, I don't know if it matters that it's Dex-Cool
@@Orchidstep okay then yeah if it’s orange right now then you’ll want to add something like this amzn.to/3G6lFRh which is pretty much the same as dex-cool.
@@Orchidstep Dex-cool is a HOAT coolant, not an OAT coolant. Jeep/Chrysler was using HOAT before 2000 then switched to OAT. HOAT is good for 5 years or 100K OAT is good for 10 years or 150K. BTW, HOAT stands for Hybrid Organic Acid Technology and OAT is Organic Acid Technology. Never mix the two as a chemical reaction will take place with the hot/cool cycles of the cooling system and it turns into a muddy substance that isn't easy to clean out.
Can i just drain the coolant without hose and without taking off the engine guard under.. in short it’s an lazy way to work 😅
😂 yeah you can do it the lazy way just get a large pan under it and give it a good rinse with the garden hose after your done.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGEHi, i would like to do the same as a quick first action....if I understood correctly, I can empty the expansion tank from the closing lid, wash the expansion tank and add the coolant to the desired level?
@@RidouaneRedred are you saying you just want to empty the reservoir enough to just clean it out?
Ha. Found it.