help motor wont crank up in 1988 cherokee pioneer
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From: Paso Robles Ca
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,473
Likes: 9
From: Paso Robles Ca
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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Year: 2015, 2012
Model: Grand Cherokee (WK2)
Engine: 3.6L
Did you hear the engine run from the donor Jeep after it sat in the mudhole for a while?
And before you transplanted it?
And before you transplanted it?
Last edited by Firestorm500; Sep 12, 2009 at 10:18 PM.
the motor ran fine before the mud hole. when he left it ther over night and came back the next day to get it out it would not crank. i changed the crankshaft sensor, oil sending unit, sparkplugs, sparkplug wires, oil filter, and oil last night and nothing changed.
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Year: 2015, 2012
Model: Grand Cherokee (WK2)
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Its hard to decide if the problem is electrical or mechanical.
Do you think it got hydrolocked? Have you pulled the plugs out (again) and cranked it to see if any water/mud blows out of the cylinders?
Last edited by Firestorm500; Sep 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM.
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Year: 2015, 2012
Model: Grand Cherokee (WK2)
Engine: 3.6L
fuel
air
spark
timing
some people also add compression to make 5.
If one of those is missing or weak, its not gonna run.
ok i checked compression last night and every cylinder has 90 or above. the timing is dead on what it is suppose to be. I have fire to all plugs.and when i pull the plugs out they have gas on them and starting fluid does nothing at all if you spray the throttle body. when you turn the motor over it acts like it wants to crank up and run but it wont. i have checked all grounds and plugs so i dont know guys im lost
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,473
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From: Paso Robles Ca
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
ok i checked compression last night and every cylinder has 90 or above. the timing is dead on what it is suppose to be. I have fire to all plugs.and when i pull the plugs out they have gas on them and starting fluid does nothing at all if you spray the throttle body. when you turn the motor over it acts like it wants to crank up and run but it wont. i have checked all grounds and plugs so i dont know guys im lost


