88 Renix fuel issue......please help
#1
Newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Model: Cherokee
88 Renix fuel issue......please help
Hey everyone, I just acquired an 88 MJ with just over 200k, auto and the infamous Renix 4.0. When we got the truck it wasn't running but it was cheap...🙃
The problem seems to be no fuel is getting past the regulator....fast forward to new pump, filter, some new fuel line, and regulator but fuel still won't get past the regulator.
Someone told me to pinch the return line shut and try to start it, amazingly the truck fires right up when we did that but when I remove the line locks from the return line it does 30 seconds later.....
Any ideas to try next would be greatly appreciated....thanks!!!
The problem seems to be no fuel is getting past the regulator....fast forward to new pump, filter, some new fuel line, and regulator but fuel still won't get past the regulator.
Someone told me to pinch the return line shut and try to start it, amazingly the truck fires right up when we did that but when I remove the line locks from the return line it does 30 seconds later.....
Any ideas to try next would be greatly appreciated....thanks!!!
#2
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,874
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Test your fuel pressure with a gauge to verify you have 31 at idle and 39 with the vacuum hose pulled from the regulator
#3
Newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Model: Cherokee
It's zero pressure unless I'm crimping the return line. I haven't felt the need to test pressure while the line is crimped and it runs so poor..... there's something I need to find/fix before I get into fuel pressures being correct you know.
#4
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,874
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Well then, perhaps the fuel pressure regulator isn't holding pressure in the fuel rail or the fuel pump is weak.
With a fuel pressure gauge on the fitting, the fuel pressure should shoot up to about 100 PSI when the return line is crimped if the fuel pump is good.
That should help narrow it down.
With a fuel pressure gauge on the fitting, the fuel pressure should shoot up to about 100 PSI when the return line is crimped if the fuel pump is good.
That should help narrow it down.
#6
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,874
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
One of them isn't working.
If you got an Airtex pump, it's possible you got a few bad ones.
How much voltage do you have at the pump while cranking?
Trending Topics
#8
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,874
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
About 12 volts DC.