Overheating!! Summer is on the way need help!!

[TheGrlWthCurls22]

I have a 2001 Grand Cherokee. One day it just decided to overheat. I then realized that the cooling fan was not kicking on. Then the water pump started leaking. I replaced that and I also replaced the relay to the cooling fan. Everything was working beautifully, and then the alternator went out. After the alternator went out, the cooling fan quit working again. I am back to square one and I don't want to replace the relay again if it isn't bad. Please help!

 

[90Xjay]

IF you have some basic tools, you can test the relay by taking it out of the vehilce. If you want the instructions, several of us can walk you though it.

 

[TheGrlWthCurls22]

Thanks alot! That would be great. Just let me know what tools I need to test it. Let me ask you this...would it be better to just by-pass the relay and keep the fan running all the time? That relay is $90!!

 

[NCjeeper]

im having the same problem almost. i posted in the OTHER overheating topic. my fan doesnt cut on, when when i unplug the temp sensor from the thermostat housing it doesnt come on. helppp

 

[90growler]

Did you check the coolant Temp sensor??? I have an '02 that was acting up and all I did was change that.....works perfectly............

 

[xjpioneer]

Well I hate to say this but if yuo dont get a ZJ from its day out of the factory and dont take care of then you will have all the those above, who knows what the previous owner did to it.