what am i missing?
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what am i missing?
so i have a 85 xj with 2.8L, owned it few yrs and it as always and i mean always ran perfect. but the other night wen to start it and it just cranks over. ran fine didnt give any signs of something wrong. so i replaced fuel pump cuz it was leaking check all filters. i have fuel through the lines pump carb and seems to be going to the cylinders ( plugs r wet) i have spark timing marks r right (10 btdc) rotor firing on 1 at the right time. checked all fuses. really confused seems lik it should do something but it dosent even tring to fire. can anyone help?
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Wow, that was hard to read. Anyway, maybe it's flooded? (You said plugs are wet.) Maybe someone with some 2.8 knowledge/experience will chime in.
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mabye its flooded but this has been like this a couple of days. it seems to have strong spark at the plug. they do have a few miles on them. I haven't check spark on every cylinder yet. mabye the plug are not firing hot enough an it is flooded. I'll get a new set of plugs and see what happens. Thanx
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mabye its flooded but this has been like this a couple of days. it seems to have strong spark at the plug. they do have a few miles on them. I haven't check spark on every cylinder yet. mabye the plug are not firing hot enough an it is flooded. I'll get a new set of plugs and see what happens. Thanx
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the plugs? they are whitish, definitely burnt. i know i need plugs and wires. it was just weird that in 15 min it would not start.
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Try removing all the plugs and dry them off. Ground the coil wire and crank the engine over a few revolutions with the plugs out. Reinstall the plugs, hook up the coil wire, and give it a shot. If it starts and runs way too rich the carb is dumping fuel for some reason (float sank, debris between needle & seat, etc.).
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Thanx guys! I'll give that a shot today Turbo X J. hopefully it will do something. I get reall sad if i dont have my jeep. I'll postlater let u guys know how it went. sorry about the bad grammer and such, its a little difficult with out a keyboard.
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ok pulled all plugs found one that the porcelain was all cracked so went down bought new set fired and almosr ran. fouled again....... soo frustrated ......mabye i do have weak spark...cap and rotor still look decent....is there away to test the coil with voltameter???? i am all alone so i cant crank it over and check for good spark. also doesn't seem to be dumbing too much fuel into cylinders, plugs are not completely soaked
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ok pulled all plugs found one that the porcelain was all cracked so went down bought new set fired and almosr ran. fouled again....... soo frustrated ......mabye i do have weak spark...cap and rotor still look decent....is there away to test the coil with voltameter???? i am all alone so i cant crank it over and check for good spark. also doesn't seem to be dumbing too much fuel into cylinders, plugs are not completely soaked
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lol nice!!!!! thats what i would love to do but im on a budget of $0.00. so i'd like to diagnose problem instead of throwing parst at it :-)
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The factory service manual doesn't give specific about coil testing. Try Googling "how to test Jeep Cherokee ignition coils". Lots of hits come up.
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OHHH YEAH!!!!!!
THANX SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!! I am soooo *#%$#* happy i am rolling jeep man again!!! so it was cap and rotor in the end so strange only getting spark on one side. " K.I.S.S" keep it simple stupid. lol now its running better then it has in a yr. again than everyone!!!