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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 01:57 PM
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http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/en...story-4-liter/


glad that the engineers decided on 80 percent of cherokees to have 4.0s over the 2.5s



http://www.allpar.com/mopar/40.html

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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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Link is not working for me. Goes to 4Wheeler but 'not found'.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 02:37 PM
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Interesting. It works for ne
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Here is what I get.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/en...story-4-liter/
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 02:59 PM
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That's what I get too, 4 up n coolin.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/en...story-4-liter/
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:07 PM
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I give up lol.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:07 PM
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I know if I google it, it works.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:09 PM
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That's because part of the link is censored. At least for me on tapatalk.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jakbob
That's because part of the link is censored. At least for me on tapatalk.
That's it. The address is censored for me too on Chrome.
Time to post your google search results.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:44 PM
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Type in google..

"How long does a jeep 4.0 last?" It should be right there in top 10
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:51 PM
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In the linked URL change *** to another word for donkey or buttocks
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:53 PM
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'salad' to the rescue, again.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 04:13 PM
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y'arr welcome

Interesting about the 4.0L being based off of the 2.5L, "not the 4.2L"... yet the 4.2L crank and rods are a direct swap into the 4.0L... HMMMMM

Sometimes I find what JP Magazine writes hard to believe. Like how spending $400 on a Banks Ram Air for a 4.0L is "worth it".

Articles on the ol' 4.0 are always a nice read, even if they are nearly identical to the Wikipedia page
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 04:20 PM
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Yeah and that the engineers originally thought they should have produced more 2.5's in Cherokees.
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