Hi from Pittsburgh
03-27-2009, 05:49 PM
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Hi from Pittsburgh
Just wanted to say Hello to everybody and thanks for reading my post!
Just picked up my 94 Cherokee from government auction; Beaten up, but has only 65000 original miles! My fist Jeep Cherokee and found this forum. I wanted Jeep for long time, but could not justufy it; Now I live in hills of western PA and real 4x4 is a necessity.
Now forgive my ignorance; As I said I never had Jeep or any 4x4 as a matter of fact, and have have couple questions.
First, there is high pitch sound coming from upper part of the engine, sounds very much like bad bearing, but I can't tell whether it is water pump, steering pump or alternator bearing. The w/pump housing looks fairly new; I suspect it was replaced not long time ago. Although the coolant was dangerously low when I picked up the car, so I wander if I have bad w/pump (no overheating)
The other problem is the smell of burnt rubber or gear oil coming from rear wheels. Brakes do not appear binding. I noticed smoke in rear window when I was driving on a highway at high speed (uphill). First i though my engine was burning oil, but it smelled differently, not like exhaust when you have faulty piston rings or valve stem bushings. I wander where do I need to look.
And the third problem I am having is that the car "sneazes" perriodically. Being accustomed with Mercedes vacuum issues, I though if this has to do something with the vacuum. The "sneaze" appears to comeing from transmission, rather than engine. Other than that i enjoy it. Reminds me my early childhood, when I was riding in my grandpa's jeep ion what ised to be Soviet Union (we called it Willis, as everything that looked like that small military truck).
Just picked up my 94 Cherokee from government auction; Beaten up, but has only 65000 original miles! My fist Jeep Cherokee and found this forum. I wanted Jeep for long time, but could not justufy it; Now I live in hills of western PA and real 4x4 is a necessity.
Now forgive my ignorance; As I said I never had Jeep or any 4x4 as a matter of fact, and have have couple questions.
First, there is high pitch sound coming from upper part of the engine, sounds very much like bad bearing, but I can't tell whether it is water pump, steering pump or alternator bearing. The w/pump housing looks fairly new; I suspect it was replaced not long time ago. Although the coolant was dangerously low when I picked up the car, so I wander if I have bad w/pump (no overheating)
The other problem is the smell of burnt rubber or gear oil coming from rear wheels. Brakes do not appear binding. I noticed smoke in rear window when I was driving on a highway at high speed (uphill). First i though my engine was burning oil, but it smelled differently, not like exhaust when you have faulty piston rings or valve stem bushings. I wander where do I need to look.
And the third problem I am having is that the car "sneazes" perriodically. Being accustomed with Mercedes vacuum issues, I though if this has to do something with the vacuum. The "sneaze" appears to comeing from transmission, rather than engine. Other than that i enjoy it. Reminds me my early childhood, when I was riding in my grandpa's jeep ion what ised to be Soviet Union (we called it Willis, as everything that looked like that small military truck).
03-27-2009, 11:39 PM
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Welcome to CF from Texas. Post these questions in the tech section and you will get several responses. This is the intro section where everyone just says Hi!!!
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