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Mar 31, 2013 | 12:41 PM

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Passt

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From: Bowie, MD

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee

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Oh you said all over, not a lil over lol. Well it sounds lke the miss is what's making the vac jump around.

Mar 31, 2013 | 12:44 PM

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cleenrob

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From: San Antonio, TX

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

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Maybe you got an injector on its way out.

Mar 31, 2013 | 01:23 PM

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From: Snowville, PA

Year: 1998

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0 I6 torque monster w/ a supercharger

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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609

Ever since I put the vacuum guage in I'm noticing two things. Both while the jeep warms up. 1= the vacuum guage jumps all over, and 2=a slight miss... Again these both are noticed while the jeep is cold until it gets about halfway to operating temp.

Any ideas? No cel, just annoying

Mine used to do that until I upgraded the ignition components with quality replacements...

Mar 31, 2013 | 07:42 PM

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NewJerseyXJ609

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Year: 2000

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Mine used to do that until I upgraded the ignition components with quality replacements...

Ignition components as in the coil packs? Or deeper? I replaced the plugs already with oem champions

Mar 31, 2013 | 07:43 PM

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Oh you said all over, not a lil over lol. Well it sounds lke the miss is what's making the vac jump around.

Yeah it will jump between 10 and 20 back and forth only while warming up.. Weird.

Mar 31, 2013 | 08:33 PM

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bpas328xi

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Year: 1998

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Ignition components as in the coil packs? Or deeper? I replaced the plugs already with oem champions

cap, rotor, wires, and coil. (i just replaced them all. lol). tried plugs first and that did nothing.

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Yeah it will jump between 10 and 20 back and forth only while warming up.. Weird.

Yup. My boost gauge did the same thing. Lol.

Mar 31, 2013 | 08:34 PM

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double post... fail

Mar 31, 2013 | 09:00 PM

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cap, rotor, wires, and coil. (i just replaced them all. lol). tried plugs first and that did nothing.

Yup. My boost gauge did the same thing. Lol.

Ahh see i have a distributor less ignition. 00-01 are coil on plug

Mar 31, 2013 | 09:02 PM

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bpas328xi

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From: Snowville, PA

Year: 1998

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Ahh see i have a distributor less ignition. 00-01 are coil on plug

*facepalm* I honestly didn't even look to see what year you had. Lmao. I'd try replacing the coils with a quality replacement then.

Mar 31, 2013 | 09:28 PM

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NewJerseyXJ609

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*facepalm* I honestly didn't even look to see what year you had. Lmao. I'd try replacing the coils with a quality replacement then.

Lol its Ok. I'm going to do some testing before I replace them. They don't usually go bad that often I didn't think but then again for all I know they might be the originals.

Mar 31, 2013 | 10:55 PM

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Will Plasti-Dip hold up to the heat if I did the hood?

Mar 31, 2013 | 11:13 PM

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Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

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Will Plasti-Dip hold up to the heat if I did the hood?

People plastidip their entire cars without issue, so I'm going to go with yes

Mar 31, 2013 | 11:32 PM

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Thanks

Mar 31, 2013 | 11:46 PM

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Will Plasti-Dip hold up to the heat if I did the hood?

Absolutely yes

Apr 1, 2013 | 09:28 AM

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NewJerseyXJ609

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Woohoo took the win for march cotm!

Now to go wheeling and get some better pics for the calender!

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