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Yess, i've searched a lot and tps (replaced) was closest to alll my symptoms Ok, so here's the deal... I have a 97' TJ 4.0L 5sp trans. Re manufactured engine (473 miles on it) Initially had a re manufactured head on it that was defective causing similar issues along with overheating (typical...

WHAT HAPPENED: I have a 99 TJ 2.5l 5speed with 174xxx miles on it. The idle has been rough lately, but not enough to seriously worry me. I drove to work (10mi or so), the Jeep sat for 10 hours, fired right up and note even a mile down the road, it starts backfiring, lurching and jumping, the...

Last week I bought Jennifer, an 87 wrangler with around 5 miles on the rebuilt, swapped 4.0. It sounded like it wasn't firing on all of its cylinders at the start of the test drive, but a couple minutes later it sounded fine, just sorta sounded like the timing was out, and we noticed it didnt...

Hey guys I am having a huge problem with my jeep. This is the first jeep I have owned so I am kinda in the dark about them. My problems I am having is after a year a driving without any problems all the sudden it died while going about 40 MPH then it cranked right up after that it start back...

Well my 4.0 keeps backfiring through the intake, just switched the spark plugs with another ZJ 4.0 that were better. cleaned the distributor terminals. didnt help. what else should i do? i plan on doing a compression test and taking off the valve cover to look at the valve spring.

btw, the pic is my gf, not me...lol...OK, not on my way to the beach with my girl yet, however one mystery has been solved, the stalling when i hit a bump is the crank position sensor wiring. a new problem: im coding 21 then it codes again as 21? im wondering if this has anything to do with...

I had smashed in my exhaust on a rock which resulted in a major loss of power, so i brought it in to have it rebuilt, and he took the cat out and now i get a super bad back fire, i got new plug wires and cleaned up my points but still didnt work. I am going to check the timing but does any one...

my 93 5.2l started idleing funny out of nowhere, when i accelerate it starts to cut out and when i rev it up and let off it almost dies. also when i rev it up in neutral it backfires, i have checked for vacuum leaks and cant seem to find any but that doesnt mean there is none. i changed the...

Hey guys, I'm at a loss and I am getting desperate. I have a 1988 xj cherokee 4x4 with the 4.0 inline 6 and automatic transmission 177,xxx miles. The thing was running great, it would occasionally run rough at start, but would tighten up after driving for about 10-15 seconds until the other...