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Old 09-02-2009, 07:39 PM
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ok so sopme times when im driving my 88 cherokee 4.0 auto it will seem , if it were carbed, that the bowl isnt filling up or what ever, but idk what would cause this. also some times when driving goin from 3rd to 4th gear it wont go into 4th and to get it to work right i have to put it either in park or nuetral then it shifts just fine. thx guys
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anyone?
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Are you saying it boggs down? just looses power.
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acts as if its not getting feul for a split second, like if it were carbed, the bowl wouldnt be filling properly
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Check fuel pressure,might be a bad fuel pump,cloged filter.Check your TPS and your CPS to.
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ok, how for the tps and cps? thx
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