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Rough start, bad Idle end in a stall

LilRhodyXJ

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Hey guys. 98 4.0L. I'm doing a coolant flush...I drained the old coolant, ran through with distilled water, drained again, ran Peaks coolant flush fluid, drained, and filled up with water. The hose is tight on the pump but it seems the housing is leaking a tiny bit. Just went to start it and it will barely turn over. If it does turn over it won't run without me giving it fuel and as soon as I stop it stalls. Would a leak in the housing cause this? I haven't touched anything else..

-AR
 
low battery voltage causes the idle memory to corrupt. disconnect the battery and charge it.

When you reconnect the charged battery it will be fine.
 
Thank you kindly good sir. Took a bit of coaxing and feathering the throttle once the battery was charged but it's running well. I've never ran in to that issue on any of my Jeeps. Good thing to know.
 
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