KingA
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Colorado Springs
Hey guys, I've gone about as far as I can go and I'm needing your help. I've got an 87 XJ with a 5 speed and it began stalling out on me a couple weeks ago. I'll just be going down the road (city or highway) and it would die without any warning at all. Then I'd have a horrible time getting it started again. I replaced the MAP, TPS, and CPS, and this didn't help at all.
I finally broke down and took it to the dealership. They said my index was off on the distributor and adjusted it. Well, it stoped stalling, but began cutting out (like a hiccup) pretty frequently. Took it back to them and the guy spent 8 hours (at least, that's what he charged me) on it, finally just cleaned up the distributor connector to the harness. That did the trick for about a week, but now it's back to cutting out and stalling agian. Only this time, I get a nasty backfire when it stalls.
The engine is a long block I had installed a year ago and runs great otherwise. It doesn't do it at idol. I do think its electrical, but have run out of ideas. Could a vaccum problem be causing this though? I don't think it's the fuel pump either - i have no problems starting it or keeping pressure. It doesn't seem to matter what RPM or speed I'm at. It's just a random thing.
I'm getting a bit annoyed and desperate to get my baby running right again. Do you guys have any ideas?
I finally broke down and took it to the dealership. They said my index was off on the distributor and adjusted it. Well, it stoped stalling, but began cutting out (like a hiccup) pretty frequently. Took it back to them and the guy spent 8 hours (at least, that's what he charged me) on it, finally just cleaned up the distributor connector to the harness. That did the trick for about a week, but now it's back to cutting out and stalling agian. Only this time, I get a nasty backfire when it stalls.
The engine is a long block I had installed a year ago and runs great otherwise. It doesn't do it at idol. I do think its electrical, but have run out of ideas. Could a vaccum problem be causing this though? I don't think it's the fuel pump either - i have no problems starting it or keeping pressure. It doesn't seem to matter what RPM or speed I'm at. It's just a random thing.
I'm getting a bit annoyed and desperate to get my baby running right again. Do you guys have any ideas?