Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to the forum, and have just recently started to familiarize myself with everything, that being said, i appreciate any help you could offer in advance, to this issue I'm having.

This morning i was driving down the interstate, i noticed my heat stopped working, and was blowing cold air.

Then my jeep started steaming real bad, (not smoke), i pulled over, and found that my top coolant hose had popped off, and sent coolant everywhere.

I had my system recently flushed by a shop, and they said they "fixed a leak", so i was assuming they just didn't get the clamp back on tight enough.

I let my jeep cool down, bc it began to run very hot of course. I was only about three miles from my house, so i started my jeep up after sitting for about 20 min, drove a mile, shut it off, let it cool, drove another mile, and so fourth.

Got home, popped the hood, saw that the coolant resevoir was empty, which is weird...considering it was full a couple of days ago.

I filled it up with coolant, started my jeep, and stood infront looking for a leak. sure enough, under my jeep, i saw steady drips, fast ones, almost a constant flow of coolant leaking out of the hose thats by the oil filter, right where it clamps onto the water pump. i tightend down the clamp, and the leaking stopped,

My question is: where do i go from here?

should i let it cool then flush the radiator, and refill, or should i just fill the coolant reservior. i know air bubbles can cause issues in cooling systems, so will i need to bleed the system? I'm sure theres air in it now that the hose popped off.

**Note**
im also hearing a little sound coming from my thermostat area when i shut off the jeep, almost sounds like air escaping or something.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated, this jeep is my daily driver and i have to have my jeep working, its my daily driver, theres no time for me to take it to a shop, unless i have too. thanks!

 

 

Once it is cool open the radiator cap and fill it. Then let the engine run with the cap off and the heat on full blast. This will hopefully bleed the air. It may take a while because you'll have to wait for the thermostat to open. You should see bubbling. If the level drops fill it up.

 

I didn't see what year we're discussing and you haven't filled out your profile. And how many miles on this Jeep? Anyway, around 100K miles it's time to replace the coolant (or 150K miles for some model years), so you may want to do that while you're fixing this problem. And the coolant you need is critical--different model years need different coolants and mixing coolants will cause serious engine problems over the long haul. Note that I wrote different model years, I DID NOT WRITE DIFFERENT ENGINES. If you have a 2007-2012 you'll need HOAT coolant. 2013 and later you'll need OAT. Strongly recommend buying the genuine Mopar stuff, not some knock-off from your local auto parts store. Mixing different coolant types has been known to cause particulates to form in the coolant. Using knock-off coolants has been known to cause damage to rubber and plastic components. None of this causes problems quickly--it's a long-term problem. But you don't want that.