So my YJ has been steadily running worse. It's the holiday season and cannot afford a mechanic at the moment, so I'm hoping I can fix this myself as well.
When first getting the thing started it chugs a bit and then smooths out. It'll sit there and idle just fine all day long. Soon as I start going up some hills though, under load, it starts bogging down. I smell gas and then it dies. It also uses a lot of RPM's. Usually I shift to third right when it's at 2k rpm and at 30mph. Now I can shift to 3rd at 20mph. Timing?
And then, after it's bogged down, I pull the air cleaner off and see a huge cloud of white vapor/smoke coming out of the carburetor. It just sits there until I blow it away. What is this white stuff?
And thennnn, there's this guy:
It's a very rusted (surprised here because cars don't rust in New Mexico lol) pipe right next to the main exhaust pipe. I noticed it because there was smoke coming from the side of my Jeep and it smelled very "gasy". What does it do? Could this be the source of my issues performance wise?
Thanks in advance folks.
When first getting the thing started it chugs a bit and then smooths out. It'll sit there and idle just fine all day long. Soon as I start going up some hills though, under load, it starts bogging down. I smell gas and then it dies. It also uses a lot of RPM's. Usually I shift to third right when it's at 2k rpm and at 30mph. Now I can shift to 3rd at 20mph. Timing?
And then, after it's bogged down, I pull the air cleaner off and see a huge cloud of white vapor/smoke coming out of the carburetor. It just sits there until I blow it away. What is this white stuff?
And thennnn, there's this guy:
It's a very rusted (surprised here because cars don't rust in New Mexico lol) pipe right next to the main exhaust pipe. I noticed it because there was smoke coming from the side of my Jeep and it smelled very "gasy". What does it do? Could this be the source of my issues performance wise?
Thanks in advance folks.