There's a decent looking 99 cherokee sport that I'm looking at. The guy mentions in the ad that:

"alt just fully serviced new motor. Cooling system was gummed up caused motor failure. Fresh motor new coolibg system"

I'm just wondering if this sort of thing should be worrisome. I'd like to know what to ask about when I go to look at it.

 

I would find out what he means by "new motor". To some people, that means a junkyard engine.

 

.....and if the motor was trashed from a gummed up cooling system, that's most likely due to owner neglect.....so the $64,000 question is, what else has been neglected?

 

I agree with djb... Folks either take care of their vehicle or they don't... Not likely to find someone only neglect one area of maintenance...