coolant in the engine compartment

Thanks, this all stems from when I took the car to jiffy lube to replace the coolant, 400 miles later my car began to overheat. I took it right to the mechanic and they said the only problem (after pressure checking the system) was that my jeep was about 1.5 gal. short on coolant. Seems like jiffy lube overlooked something, but they won't honor it.

1.5 gallons is an awfull lot. you would have overheated immediately if that was the case. i still think you have a leak. you wont have a case with the jl team. too much mileage since the service. if they left out the coolant, you would have had an immediate issue. keep having them check it. something caused this. Roy

Great I will post the solution when I find out, possibly related (or not), my battery weakened and did not hold a charge this weekend, at the time that I found the coolant in my engine compartment. Any suggestions here, hoping it is not the alternator.

what was your guage showing on your dash for the charge rate?? Roy

first time it would turn over around 12...the next morning after I jumped it and drove for a few minutes, the gauge fell back down to below 9.

alt is failing. that will need to be replaced. Roy