Coolant reservoir is dry

2001 JEEP CHEROKEE
170,000 MILES • 4.0L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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MURPH1974
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And has a gunk or sludge in the bottom. Should I fill with new coolant into the reservoir as indicated by the owners manual?
May 17, 2019 at 1:51 PM
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DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

It would be a good idea to remove the overflow reservoir and clean.Use a good degreaser such as Simple Green or something suitable to clean that gunk out before adding new coolant. I've attached a picture below.Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
Danny-
May 17, 2019 at 5:02 PM
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