Need help new intake manifold
#1
Seasoned Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Auburn, CA
Posts: 447
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 95
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6 4.0 242 HO
Need help new intake manifold
Hey guys I installed a 99 intake manifold with some injectors from a 01 mustang and it Fired right up, has a terrible idle now, fluctuating between 200-1000 and stable around 450. It won't die at idle but when I try to drive (manual) it has no power, I can get up to maybe 45 mph but it bucks and has no pedal all the way to it, I can hear it back firing when it's loaded too.... I have all vacuum lines attached and it still just isn't happy. I didn't change the manifold gasket, could that cause this? I'm stuck right now because this is my only car...no check engine light either...
#5
CF Veteran
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1,064
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
One thing you can do to check for the leak is to take some carburetor cleaner around the manifold if it starts sputtering more, you found the vacuum leak. Just make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy.
#7
Seasoned Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Auburn, CA
Posts: 447
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 95
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6 4.0 242 HO
It's a 95, the injectors looked the same (703). O rings felt great, no fuel leaking, how do I test ecu? I'll start spraying the manifold
Trending Topics
#15
CF Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 2,173
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0, comp cam, 99 intake, apn header, neon injectors, Thunderbolt 2.5" High Flow Cat
You're sucking air somewhere, or you have an injector not spraying the way it should.