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Dec 7, 2015 | 11:02 AM

#16

War Eagle

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From: central PA

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

yeah I guess I'll just run this thing into the ground and when the time comes for a new engine...ill have to spend the money and just get a 4.7

Dec 7, 2015 | 07:44 PM

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Colnajoe

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From: Joliet, IL

Year: 1998

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

I had the same thing in a non-jeep, and I had blown a head gasket... maybe a cracked head?

MAYBE I SHOULD READ ALL THE POSTS BEFORE POSTING HUH?

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Dec 8, 2015 | 10:32 AM

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War Eagle

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From: central PA

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by Colnajoe

I had the same thing in a non-jeep, and I had blown a head gasket... maybe a cracked head?

MAYBE I SHOULD READ ALL THE POSTS BEFORE POSTING HUH?

ARE YOU DEAF?! STOP YELLING pls

Dec 8, 2015 | 10:42 AM

#19

what guns

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Originally Posted by Kung Fuhrer

That's awful low... I'm pretty new and all but I feel like this is another clue leading toward a cracked head.

If you're talking about Bars Leaks or something like that, the main complaint I've heard is that it tends to clog the oil ports themselves and creates a bigger problem. That, or it works and you drive it for another 100k.

Im pretty new to the xj myself and I thought the same thing so I was concerned because the oil pressure in my 98 was the same, Around 15 psi at hot idle and around 50 while driving, but after a good bit of research I found that folks who know a lot more than I do say that oil pressure is pretty much normal for the 4.0 at hot idle.