jeep liberty crd?

[85xjproject]

hey all saw this today on the highway, it was a cool looking liberty and instead of it having the 3.7l tag on the back it had a crd emblem instead. it had quebec plates(were i live) any one now about this?is it some sortta top secret thing? any help would be nice thanks

[Me007gold]

The Liberty was the first Jeep to use two new PowerTech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_PowerTech_engine) engines, the 150 hp 2.4 L (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter) I4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-4), dropped in 2006, and the 210 hp 3.7 L V6 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V6). A VM Motori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM_Motori) 2.8 L I4 common rail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail) turbo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo)diesel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine) became available in CRD branded 2005-2006 Sport and Limited models. The diesel utilized a variable geometry turbocharger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_geometry_turbocharger) and generated 160 horsepower (120 kW) and 295 pound-feet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound-force) of torque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque). The overbuilt nature of the diesel powerplant added nearly 200 pounds to the CRD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail_diesel)'s curb weight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_weight) versus the gasoline model. DaimlerChrysler introduced the CRD to gauge the marketability of diesel engines in North America; diesels are already quite common in Europe. Jeep exceeded their expectations by selling 10,000 Liberty CRD models in the first calendar year of sales.

[Muad'Dib]

Sounds like another POS liberty to me ;)

[RichP]

That whole engine and controller will soon be available for retro fitting TJ's back to 97 with the CRD. It as mentioned in a dieselpower web site last month. Supposedly it was to be announced at EJS.. I know one guy who retro fitted a 4BT into a YJ, he just finished it, had pics and note on the wrangler forum. I was interested because I found a really cherry 89YJ with a blown engine and an AX15 in it for $800 that I"m looking at.

[85xjproject]

cool. thanks for the info guys!