Low idle problems
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From: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Liter, Inline 6
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From: south bend indiana
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0 i six H.O.
your iac might be bad,just cleaning it might not work. do clean the throttle body though. and like the previous posters said check that your ccv hoses are not clogged up.
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From: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Liter, Inline 6
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From: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Liter, Inline 6
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From: California
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
49,000 miles? And it's 13 years old? Wow!! Score! That means it was probably a city dweller for most of its life. Try cleaning out your injectors, run a can of seafoam through it as well for a couple hundred miles. (In the crankcase) then change your oil. This in addition to the throttle body.
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From: Memphis tenn
Year: 88
Model: Cherokee
Engine: i6 4.0
49,000 miles? And it's 13 years old? Wow!! Score! That means it was probably a city dweller for most of its life. Try cleaning out your injectors, run a can of seafoam through it as well for a couple hundred miles. (In the crankcase) then change your oil. This in addition to the throttle body.
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From: Summerville, Ga
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 2.5 4 cyl.
Once again, check your CCV lines. If one is disconnected or broken you'll get a low idle problem (same happened to mine). I was never able to find someone who sold the CCV line i needed (4 banger), so i cut some vacuum hose and spliced it in to replace the broken section (not the best option, but it'll get you by until you get the part).
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Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Liter, Inline 6
Once again, check your CCV lines. If one is disconnected or broken you'll get a low idle problem (same happened to mine). I was never able to find someone who sold the CCV line i needed (4 banger), so i cut some vacuum hose and spliced it in to replace the broken section (not the best option, but it'll get you by until you get the part).



