[Keith Christopher]

Anyone else have steam billow off the front of their Nitro in the rain ? I was sitting at a stop sign and it was a cooler day and I see TONS of steam coming from the front of my Nitro.


It wasn't over heated seemed weird. should I be worried ?

 

[DAYLEY/CHALLENGER]

Hey Keith. Of course you knew the Nitro was a HOT vehicle. Probably just the weather conditions at the time if there was no heat relates problem.

 

[NitroBilly]

Anyone else have steam billow off the front of their Nitro in the rain ? I was sitting at a stop sign and it was a cooler day and I see TONS of steam coming from the front of my Nitro.


It wasn't over heated seemed weird. should I be worried ?

I have the same issue every time I get mine washed. Steam comes from the front to the right of the grille.

 

[NitroIA]

I have seen it this winter while it 's snowing?

 

[nitroman577]

your radiator is hot so anything cool that hits it will evaporate causeing the steam. this is normal.

 

[MamaLoca]

Mine does it too. I keep checking the coolant and everything seems fine, I was going to ask the dealer about it. At least I know others have this happen.:Racing:

 

[Nitro93727]

I love when this happens, looks like dry ice coming from my engine, people pull up to me and ask what do you have in there.. I tell them Flux Capacitor!

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

I love when this happens, looks like dry ice coming from my engine, people pull up to me and ask what do you have in there.. I tell them Flux Capacitor!

I knew the Nitro was pretty advanced... but I didn't know it was "BACK TO THE FUTURE" cool... LoL!:ura1:

 

[drvette]

YUP!!! Noticed this about a month ago driving in the rain. Stopped the Nitro in a parking lot and was checking underneath for dripping antifreeze. This is normal. Water enters the front grill area and contacts the hot radiator. This comes out in the form of steam. Must admit it had me going the first time I saw it!!!

:wavey:

 

[jimbo1102]

Steaming Hot!

:wavey:
G'Day Eh?!

Finally had to take my Nitro to a touchless carwash, as I put the hose away for the winter.
Got a little freaked after coming out of the wash, which included underbody spray, to find my Nitro puffing out large amounts of steam from the front!:SHOCKED:
It took a while, but it eventually stopped.
Was happy to find out that I'm not the only one!
Thanks to the Forumz, again! :smileup:
Guess I'll look for carwashers that do not do underbody spray .....:thk:

 

[Chaos872401]

This is normal all my SUV's have done this and by the way I have had a jeep since 2000 and they all did this. Nothing to worry about at all.

Andy

 

[KenCary]

Anyone else have steam billow off the front of their Nitro in the rain ? I was sitting at a stop sign and it was a cooler day and I see TONS of steam coming from the front of my Nitro.


It wasn't over heated seemed weird. should I be worried ?

This is quite common in the Nitro.

Do a search and you will see other posts on this.

As long as your temp gauge is reading normally, probably no problem.

I think that this will be less likely to happen if you have aftermarket exhaust and headers as the engine runs much cooler.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

I too do not use the brushless washes that much but it was just too cold the other day to do it by hand so I went through. Man oh man the steam comes billowing out of the front end and nearly freaked me out...but now I know that is normal so next time it wont be any big deal.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

My youngest son gets a blast from me driving through rather large puddles of water and watching the steam and spray shoot up. I'm not sure who enjoys it the most though , me or him??

 

[KenCary]

Today I hosed off some of the road grime on my fully heated Nitro.

Only a slight misting. Before headers and the exhaust it used to look like big steam iron.

The radiator is working harder than it needs to be because of the restrictive (read quiet for Consumer Reports Drivers) exhaust.

Ken

 

[KenCary]

This is normal all my SUV's have done this and by the way I have had a jeep since 2000 and they all did this. Nothing to worry about at all.

Andy

I never saw this in my Surburban or GMC 1 Ton pickup. Must be a Mopar thing.

 

[Chaos872401]

yes it is just a mopar thing. I had a 200 Jeep Cherokee Sport did the same thing, 2004 Jeep cherokee Laredo did the same thing and now my Nitro.

Plus my friend on all his chrysler products do the same thing.

Andy

 

[dk1677]

Yes my Jeeps did it too! :SHOCKED:

 

[deadpool]

I had the same issue with steam during the rain out here in l.a. Its all good:smileup: