gtpolkus
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Delafield,WI
99 cherokee classic, stock
I went out to my jeep today, and the battery was dead. No biggie, I'll just jump start it! It started fine, and then I ran it for about ten minutes and parked it. I went out to start it again after two hours of sitting and all I got was the starter solenoid clicking, so I figured that I didn't let it charge long enough. I got the jumper cables out again, went to turn it over and the engine fired and went dead. The engine was cranking, there was no firing. I left the key in the "run" position to build fuel pressure thinking it was the fuel pump, but that didn't work. The jeep did start when I put my foot on the gas, and the engine ran smoothly, but it will not hold an idle. The only way it will start is if my foot is on the gas. The plugs/ distributor cap/ rotar/ wires are a month old, battery is original (from what I can tell). Help me out here, this wasn't what I needed on the day of my physics exam!
I went out to my jeep today, and the battery was dead. No biggie, I'll just jump start it! It started fine, and then I ran it for about ten minutes and parked it. I went out to start it again after two hours of sitting and all I got was the starter solenoid clicking, so I figured that I didn't let it charge long enough. I got the jumper cables out again, went to turn it over and the engine fired and went dead. The engine was cranking, there was no firing. I left the key in the "run" position to build fuel pressure thinking it was the fuel pump, but that didn't work. The jeep did start when I put my foot on the gas, and the engine ran smoothly, but it will not hold an idle. The only way it will start is if my foot is on the gas. The plugs/ distributor cap/ rotar/ wires are a month old, battery is original (from what I can tell). Help me out here, this wasn't what I needed on the day of my physics exam!