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Cherokee will sometimes hesitate right after being started

Old May 4, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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Cherokee will sometimes hesitate right after being started

I normally notice it right after I fill up at the gas station...

just will feel like I am pulling a 2-3000 lbs trailer for a little while, then it is just fine...

ideas please?
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Old May 4, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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well... just went out to go for a drive and it would not start...

it is a 1996 with the 4.0HO

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Old May 4, 2011 | 05:57 PM
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ok I am getting power to the coil and to the pump...
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Old May 4, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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I unhooked the fuel line at the pump and turned it over... it does not seems to be pumping much fuel, it only shot fuel a 1 and a half
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Old May 4, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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well.. it's the darn fuel pump... I hate my life...

started right up with starting fluid(hate using that crap...) died seconds later
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Old May 4, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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getting spark?
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Old May 4, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by freegdr
getting spark?
yeah... it's the damn fuel pump... barely throwing fuel...

it fires up with starter fluid
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Old May 4, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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yeah I can hold back the fuel pressure with my pointer finger...
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