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Old Aug 29, 2024 | 07:25 PM
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Default Loss of power when accelerating

Hey everyone!! Been a while since I’ve been on here. If this was addressed in another thread just direct me. Jeep will accelerate when cold, but after a couple minutes of driving acceleration is sluggish and jerky. After giving a code for the coolant temp sensor, it hasn’t given any more codes. I can hold the brake and give it gas and won’t feel any misfire.
98 Cherokee classic. 4.0. Automatic

Parts that have been changed:

coolant temp sensor
distributor cap and rotor
plugs and wires
02 sensors
TPS
MAP sensor
idle sensor
injectors

thank you
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Old Sep 1, 2024 | 11:03 PM
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What's the condition of your catalytic converter? Clogged or fouled catalytic converter can limit/choke your engines performance. Usually when it's completely clogged you might get a little rpm out of it but ultimately it limited.

You could remove your upstream O2 sensor to check this
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Old Sep 4, 2024 | 07:19 PM
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Throttle Position Sensor?
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Old Sep 5, 2024 | 08:57 AM
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Try cleaning your throttle body.
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Old Sep 5, 2024 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave2001XJ
Try cleaning your throttle body.
Just had a new catalytic converter put on and still running bad. Cleaning the throttle body is my last resort
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Old Sep 5, 2024 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JTJersey
Throttle Position Sensor?
Changed that already
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Old Sep 6, 2024 | 11:23 AM
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Default Compression fail

Found cylinder 1 has 85 pounds of pressure and cylinder 2 has 110. The rest are around 130-140. Time to go further down the rabbit hole
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