I thought it would be cool to see everyone's engine bays. Here is mine:

1990 XJ Limited IL4.0

 

You have that weird brake booster I've only seen couple times in my life.

 

Tell me more Dan...What is the difference? Pros and Cons. Thanks

 

You asked for it







As you can tell my engine bay has some upgrades going on.....

 

Hahaha......nice! Swapping motors or rebuilding your old one?

 

Swapping, blew the engine on New Years eve. Been doing what I can in between work and family. Didn't know thing one before I started the swap, but with the peeps on the forum things are going pretty good. I got the new engine dropped in last night with help from 00jeepXJ. I'll get the old engine on the stand, check for damage and if possible turn it in to a project (rebuild/stroker).

 

here's mine:

1990 4.0l Renix

 

I can't see the picture, but I'm assuming its the hydro booster. When it works, it works great. But when something fails it gets expensive. Normally when one goes bad, I convert it to a vacuum booster.

 

my 93 zj has looked like that for bout 5 months now lol

on a side note, what is this?


im guessin coolant reservoir

 

Yep, for the closed cooling system in earlier xjs

 

Here's mine.

 

Dang! That motor's ugly! Never thought I'd see a 4.0 that needs a wash and a shave! ...LOL... Good Luck with the swap - can't wait to see the finished product.

 

1993 4.0L I6 (first 2 pics), and 1998 2.5L VM Motori Turbo Diesel (last 2 pics). 155k, and 176k, original engines.

 

My '99 4.0 is kept pretty clean except for leaking oil filter adapter and power steering hose.

 

Looks good!. No visible rust up top, and the wiring is all nice and tidy. Whe I first got my 93, when you opened up the bonnet it was like unzipping a burst cushion.. all these random black, red,green and blue wires just sprang out at you!. They were everywhere..took a while to bunch like with like and cable tie them all out of the way. Amazing how much more refined the 99 looks compared to my 93. I know this is kind of a geeky thread, but it is interesting (for me anyway), to see how the engines have been modified from one year to the next.