95 cherokee country, need mechanical help
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95 cherokee country, need mechanical help
i have a 1995 cherokee country 2wd, it was running fine and i stopped at a gas station and put gas in it then when i went to start it again it will turn over all night but wont fire up??? also while im turning the key over the e-brake light is on....that has never happened when it starts, so i am stumped and need some opinions on what you think could be the problem...
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1996 Limited
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.2
Is it still at the gas stating or did you get it home? I would start with the basics. Do you have spark and fuel. hopefully someone chimes in with an answer to that brake light thing
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From: connecticut
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.2l v8
most common i would say spark and gas is a check could be fuel pump can be spark plugs could also be cam sensors if no spark but thats as far as my guess can go with out seeing it
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From: Manlius, east of Syracuse, NY
Year: 2000 XJ Sport & WJ Laredo
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.0L
Could be you got a load of contaminated fuel (water) or stirred up crap in the bottom of the tank. My guess is water. You'll have to get a sample from the pressure test port on the fuel injector rail and see if it has water in it. If it does, don't buy gas from that guy again! It's impossible to prove it was his gas, so don't bother trying.
If it's water, there is a lot of work ahead of you. The tank has to be removed and cleaned, the filter changed, the lines and fuel rail need to be blown out, and the injectors cleaned. Oh, forgot the pump.
On some of today's cars, if you run the tank dry, you have to prime the system.
I would assume it's got to be fuel related because it ran fine until you put gas in it.
If it's water, there is a lot of work ahead of you. The tank has to be removed and cleaned, the filter changed, the lines and fuel rail need to be blown out, and the injectors cleaned. Oh, forgot the pump.
On some of today's cars, if you run the tank dry, you have to prime the system.
I would assume it's got to be fuel related because it ran fine until you put gas in it.
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From: Oroville, CA
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
Usually the sign of a failed fuel pump. The pump was hot when you pulled into the station and the filled the tank with cool gas. The change in temperature could have caused the pump to seize. Try banging on the tank with a rubber mallet and the see if the engine starts.
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From: Manlius, east of Syracuse, NY
Year: 2000 XJ Sport & WJ Laredo
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.0L
Okay Busted. You got me there. What you say is quite possible. When the fuel level is low, the pump motor is exposed ie; running in air. I just didn't think of that.
Around here we've had a lot of incidences of budget stations buying the bottom of holding tanks, thus water in the fuel. I just assumed that was the case here.
Around here we've had a lot of incidences of budget stations buying the bottom of holding tanks, thus water in the fuel. I just assumed that was the case here.
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