spitting, sputtering, knocking, and backfiring!
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spitting, sputtering, knocking, and backfiring!
Hey guys first time posting on here and I hope someone can help me out a little bit. I have a 1992 Cherokee Sport with a 4.0 and I thought I had a lifter tick so I changed all of the lifters last week. After changing them it still ticked. I was thinking it was the cam. I changed the water pump, radiator cap, thermostat, valve cover gasket, head gasket, intake gasket, spark plugs, and I flushed the radiator. My gauge said it was overheating, but I didn't believe it was since I could stick my finger in the radiator and I didn't scald my finger, it was not boiling over or anything yet it said it was about 240 degrees. After I looked closer the sending unit for the idiot light was cracked so i think that is why it was saying it was overheating. Then yesterday I decided to go to Haspin Acres to wheel for a while and on my way there the jeep was running rough. It felt like something was restricting 90% of my power and it was sputtering like crazy. Once I got there it ran alot better for 5 minutes and then it died. When I started it back up it was only running on about 3 or 4 cylinders and backfiring up through the intake and knocking like crazy!?!? I have no idea what is wrong with it. My distributor cap and rotor button are fine, plugs are brand new and perfectly gapped, plug wires are also fine. And I did notice that I have something sparking inside the jeep on the passenger side under the dash!?!? Any help would be great if you have any idea as to what is goin on. Thanks!
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I checked all of the sensors thay it could possibly be and they are fine. I began to wonder if everything got put back together correctly so i took the valve cover off and one push rod is bent all to hell so i hope i just missed the lifter when i put it back together and a new one will fix it. Would that cause all of my issues?
I checked all of the sensors thay it could possibly be and they are fine. I began to wonder if everything got put back together correctly so i took the valve cover off and one push rod is bent all to hell so i hope i just missed the lifter when i put it back together and a new one will fix it. Would that cause all of my issues?
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