bbaker80
September 14th, 2003, 16:27
I've been noticing that my 88 XJ has some trouble starting sometimes. I've upgraded the wiring to 2 guage, run a high output alternator, and a year old DieHard battery that checks out fine when I test it with the meter at work.
Sometimes when I go to start it it turns over VERY slowly, sometimes it turns over like it always has, and more recently, it dosen't turn over at all. It dosen't matter if the engine is hot, or if it has sat all night and cooled off, so I doubt it could be heat soak. If you can get it started, you can shut it off, and it dosen't start again a few seconds later. I don't notice any "click" like you would if the battery were low, and I have tried it in neutral as well as park in case the NSS it the problem (although I doubt it would start at all if this were the case).
I hate to just start throwing parts at it, but I haven't been out in it in over a month, and I'm starting to miss the stares you get when you attempt to park your spooled Heep next to someone's new car at the mall. Thanks, Bryan
Sometimes when I go to start it it turns over VERY slowly, sometimes it turns over like it always has, and more recently, it dosen't turn over at all. It dosen't matter if the engine is hot, or if it has sat all night and cooled off, so I doubt it could be heat soak. If you can get it started, you can shut it off, and it dosen't start again a few seconds later. I don't notice any "click" like you would if the battery were low, and I have tried it in neutral as well as park in case the NSS it the problem (although I doubt it would start at all if this were the case).
I hate to just start throwing parts at it, but I haven't been out in it in over a month, and I'm starting to miss the stares you get when you attempt to park your spooled Heep next to someone's new car at the mall. Thanks, Bryan