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Old 12-03-2011, 11:24 AM
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So here's the deal guys I have a 94 jeep grand cherokee laredo with the straight six in it. At an idle is runs rough and ecspecially when I put it in drive. Driving it runs fine and seems to have power but I can't figure out the cause. I have a cold air intake, magnaflow exhaust, accel super coil, wires and plugs, and distributor cap and rotor. I have put fuel injector cleaner in and didn't really help. I tried cleaning the throttle body but no change. So if anyone has any recommendations it would really help thanks!
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I have the same problem and a similar set up. Any advice would be great.

Thanks.
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My jeep is doing the same thing, only at a stop while in drive gear. But in neutral the roughness subsides a bit. But when I drive above 5mph, the roughness goes away.

When I get some money, I am going to clean out my MAF sensor, IAC sensor, and Throttle Positioning Sensor as well to see if that works. I've read that this cures 95% of what is happening to our Jeeps.
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i noticed when i seafoamed my engine it changed how it ran amazingly.... i just pulled the intake tube off, throttled the motor up a little and slowly dumped the seafoam in and let it run through, MAKE SURE you are outside it will smoke like a MFER! lol
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Originally Posted by JoeOh
My jeep is doing the same thing, only at a stop while in drive gear. But in neutral the roughness subsides a bit. But when I drive above 5mph, the roughness goes away.

When I get some money, I am going to clean out my MAF sensor, IAC sensor, and Throttle Positioning Sensor as well to see if that works. I've read that this cures 95% of what is happening to our Jeeps.
I don't think you could have put it in better words ha that's the exact thing that is happening
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I don't think you could have put it in better words ha that's the exact thing that is happening
did it get fixed and if so. How
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Originally Posted by evannnboy
So here's the deal guys I have a 94 jeep grand cherokee laredo with the straight six in it. At an idle is runs rough and ecspecially when I put it in drive. Driving it runs fine and seems to have power but I can't figure out the cause. I have a cold air intake, magnaflow exhaust, accel super coil, wires and plugs, and distributor cap and rotor. I have put fuel injector cleaner in and didn't really help. I tried cleaning the throttle body but no change. So if anyone has any recommendations it would really help thanks!
did you fix it...i have the same problem
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It sounds like you have a sticky IAC. Cleaning the throttle body does not sufficiently reach inside the IAC bore. Removal, cleaning and reassembly is simple, takes about 30 minutes and is inexpensive ($3 for a can of TB cleaner). You will need Torx-tipped tools. There are plenty of how-to videos out there if you want to see how to do it. Note that there are pitfalls, as the pintle is easily mishandled, so definitely bone-up on the task first. Good luck.
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