From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Wed Jan 14 07:56:38 2004 From: xj-digest xj-digest Wednesday, January 14 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1764 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Re: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine XJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeep/xj/ Send submissions to xj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to xj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to xj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:55:17 -0500 From: Jesse Barbieri Subject: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Does it smell like it is burning too much fuel? Perhaps you should check the MAP Sensor hose. It is right on the firewall, in the center above the valve cover. That happened to me a couple weeks ago. Good Luck! Jesse. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" To: Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: xj: Help! Sputtering engine > I'm in need of your suggestions. I have a '98 XJ with 4.0 and automatic. Today I drove my usual 35 miles to work and stopped for gas after exiting the highway. I filled my fuel tank, drove about 2 miles to work and while pulling into a parking stall my engine began to sputter and miss. Clicking the transmission into neutral, I was able to rev the engine to the 2000 rpm range and keep it running, but once I released the throttle it idled very rough and finally died. I was able to restart the engine several times, but the rough idle continued and the engine died each time. I figured the crankshaft position sensor had to be working for the engine to start, but for the heck of it I did the disconnect/reconnect routine but no improvement. I checked that all connections to the TPS, IAS, temp were all solidly connected. I'm thinking I may have got some water in my fuel when I filled up. Any suggestions? Is there a decent fuel additive I can dump in a full tank that would dry out > the fuel? Is there anything else I can check or try? I did verify I replaced the fuel cap tightly. > > TIA, > > Terry > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 04:36:54 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Subject: Re: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Thanks everyone, for the help. Turned out to be about two gallons of water in the fresh tank of gas I had just pumped. I had to tow it to the dealer to perform a complete fuel system flush. What a pain... I now get to work with the U76 station about covering the damage :) Jason wrote:Sounds like bad gas, either water, or dirt (filter or pump plugged). When you turn the Key wait a few minutes then start it, if it catches right away then sputters out it's not getting enough gas. If it sputters no matter what - then its the gas. Get a couple cans of HEET gas line anti-freeze, after that get some good fuel system cleaner, I use BG brand, they seem to work the best, just sometimes hard to find. Good Luck, one of my vehicles did this and it turned out to be the screen on the fuel pump IN the gas tank-acted just like bad gas. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" To: Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: xj: Help! Sputtering engine > I'm in need of your suggestions. I have a '98 XJ with 4.0 and automatic. Today I drove my usual 35 miles to work and stopped for gas after exiting the highway. I filled my fuel tank, drove about 2 miles to work and while pulling into a parking stall my engine began to sputter and miss. Clicking the transmission into neutral, I was able to rev the engine to the 2000 rpm range and keep it running, but once I released the throttle it idled very rough and finally died. I was able to restart the engine several times, but the rough idle continued and the engine died each time. I figured the crankshaft position sensor had to be working for the engine to start, but for the heck of it I did the disconnect/reconnect routine but no improvement. I checked that all connections to the TPS, IAS, temp were all solidly connected. I'm thinking I may have got some water in my fuel when I filled up. Any suggestions? Is there a decent fuel additive I can dump in a full tank that would dry out > the fuel? Is there anything else I can check or try? I did verify I replaced the fuel cap tightly. > > TIA, > > Terry > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #1764 *************************