So uhhhh Cylinder #5 huh.
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So uhhhh Cylinder #5 huh.
Engine blew up a month ago and started taking her apart to see what happened. Think she's recoverable? Broken piston skirt obviously but she's my only vehicle and I'm broke broke so can't afford anyone else to do it. Not too many pick and pulls around me either and half of them are closed whenever they want.
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Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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You would have to check the block for cracks and for being out of round. Step one is to find a friend with the needed micrometers for measuring your bores. Instead, I would get a different engine to put in. If it was a '34 Packard I would look at rebuilding the engine, a Jeep 4.0 not so much.
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Yeah that looks bad. You'd have to pull the piston and examine/measure the cylinder. There's a chance you can just replace the piston and rod if you can clean up the cylinder enough. I had a similar issue on a 95 YJ 2.5l where I believe the wrist pin seized. I was honed the crap out of the bore and dropped a new piston and rod in. I sold it 30k miles later with still running strong. Interestingly, about half the rings were installed upside down with the bevels facing the wrong way from the factory.
Another thing to consider is that this is a 2000 with the 0331 heads that were prone to cracking. If the bore looks bad, I'd shop around for a good used engine instead of dumping money into that one.
Another thing to consider is that this is a 2000 with the 0331 heads that were prone to cracking. If the bore looks bad, I'd shop around for a good used engine instead of dumping money into that one.
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Yeah that looks bad. You'd have to pull the piston and examine/measure the cylinder. There's a chance you can just replace the piston and rod if you can clean up the cylinder enough. I had a similar issue on a 95 YJ 2.5l where I believe the wrist pin seized. I was honed the crap out of the bore and dropped a new piston and rod in. I sold it 30k miles later with still running strong. Interestingly, about half the rings were installed upside down with the bevels facing the wrong way from the factory.
Another thing to consider is that this is a 2000 with the 0331 heads that were prone to cracking. If the bore looks bad, I'd shop around for a good used engine instead of dumping money into that one.
Another thing to consider is that this is a 2000 with the 0331 heads that were prone to cracking. If the bore looks bad, I'd shop around for a good used engine instead of dumping money into that one.
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You would have to check the block for cracks and for being out of round. Step one is to find a friend with the needed micrometers for measuring your bores. Instead, I would get a different engine to put in. If it was a '34 Packard I would look at rebuilding the engine, a Jeep 4.0 not so much.
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pull out the broken piston and then take another piston and put it in # 5 and see how good it fits and see if it moves side to side or if it rocks .
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Today.
Use https://www.car-part.com/ to see what engines are available. There's 2 direct fit and a bunch of others if you want to go pre-2000.
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Its going to need to be bored for sure. No way around that with that kind of exploding piston. I can guarantee you it will need to go at least .030" over.
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nah rebuilding the 4.0 isn't too expensive and relatively easy not dealing with a V, I've seen how much my buddy's dirt car is though, hell no haha
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It sounds like you havent dealt with these 4.0s before.... They are cheap to rebuild but I am putting money on it that you need to bore the block. Well at least if you want to do things the right way. No I take that back. It just needs to be bored.
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