Engine sporadically wants to die
09-16-2017, 03:22 PM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Engine sporadically wants to die
I have a 1996 jeep Cherokee with the straight six and it randomly wants to die for just a split second. Its like the whole engine dies for a split second and the kicks right back in like nothing happened. Happens at idle, acceleration, and cruising. I just put in a brand new distributor, ignition coil, MSD wires, crank position sensor, and throttle position sensor. No CEL so I dont have a code to even go with. Any ideas what it is? Everything ignition wise is brand new (maybe 100 miles) so I'm thinking fuel? Thanks for the input
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09-17-2017, 08:14 AM
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Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Refresh every ground point in the engine bay, along with cleaning every connector with a good electronics cleaner.
10-10-2017, 12:11 PM
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My xj did the same thing. Have you washed the engine lately? I degreased mine and sprayed it off, got the upstream o2 sensor wet and shorted it out. I replaced it with a Bosch one from advanced auto $60 and it fixed it, mine took a month before it threw the code for the sensor