Whats up guys I have a question I have been searching a lot about and still dont think I have figured it out yet. The other day I went out started the jeep and drove a few blocks to the store, got a drink and went back outside. went to start old charlie back up and nothing…. after about 5 key turns it started and i headed back home running strong. Pulled into the driveway shut it off and figured I would try it again just to be sure and he was not responding. The symptoms seemed to be crank but no start with a slight sputter at first like it was really trying, after searching the forum and testing a few components I decided it was the tps and picked one up from autozone. Put it on and he fired right up no problem. seems to be running great except the intial crank up takes a bit longer than it used to. anything I should worry about?

Just to add it starts on the first try every time I just find myself cranking longer than I feel is normal

Anyone else get excited when they see that a tree fell down?

A long start can be boiled down to three things: spark, fuel, air. These combine to give you combustion. If any one is missing or lacking, the system gets thrown off. The TPS probably fixed your fuel issue. That leaves air and spark. Clean up your throttle body, toss in a new air filter and make sure your intake is nice and clean. That pretty much takes care of the air. From there it's just spark. Plugs, wires, rotor, cap, NSS, CPS - any could be causing an issue with spark so I'd start looking at those.

thanks man, im thinking about a tune-up kit then comes with plugs, wires and all.

the ACCEL kit is pretty good. I've run it for the past couple years and have been pretty happy.

I do! Except it's a tree that washes up on the beach. Driving over 100 year old shipwreck timbers is asking for trouble.lol


The 4.0 is funny about her plugs. NGK. Nothing fancy, just a copper core.
Make sure the distributor cap and rotor use brass.

x2. Champion Coppers might be a little less depending on the parts store you go to. 4.0's just want it simple though. Thankfully the ACCEL plugs are just a copper core.

I caught your unedited version (which show up in e-mail for subscribers) and it seemed correct because I have heard of issues using Champions on the late model XJ's. The heat ratings have changed over the years but the bottom line as to what the issue is we did not figure out (we being forum members Salad and CCKen. Heat rating is suspect).

Yeah, I edited it just to avoid confusion. For some reason the 00-01's don't care for the Champion Coppers. But they do fine with the NGK's though. I have yet to figure a conclusive reason as well.

We figured it was the heat rating of the plugs coupled with the minor differences in intake and/or head.
Thank You Matt! I always end up with a bit more insight thanks to your posts, including the troubleshooting and TheXJGuys..

Thanks just found a cheap set. I'll put it all together this weekend hopefully it fixes my issues

That's why we're all here: to learn and share what we've learned. That's the whole reason Red82 wanted to do TheXJGuys - to share our knowledge of how to keep and upgrade a XJ. It's all part of being in the Jeep family.

Anyone know of any beaches in the norfolk or va beach area that let you drive on the beach?

There aren't any. Closest beach to do that is Corolla.