marcusguy
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jing Zhou, China
My 99 with 67,000 has a stumble at idle. It's bad enough that when the car is idleing in drive without the brakes on it will surge a little. It's worse in the heat and worse when the A/C is on in the heat. I keep getting CHECK ENGINE lights, but it is brief and is gone by the time I check the codes.
The confusing part: Every week or two, my cherokee freaks out when I try to start it. It will start, but the engine sounds really strange and it dies as soon as I let off the throttle. The weird part is that the engine is amazingly smooth, as is the exhaust note. The sound and smoothness reminds me of my brothers rotary engine in his RX-7. The exhaust smells pretty strong of gas. I usually have to reset the computer and let the car sit for a while, then it will start up and run like normal.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
marcus
The confusing part: Every week or two, my cherokee freaks out when I try to start it. It will start, but the engine sounds really strange and it dies as soon as I let off the throttle. The weird part is that the engine is amazingly smooth, as is the exhaust note. The sound and smoothness reminds me of my brothers rotary engine in his RX-7. The exhaust smells pretty strong of gas. I usually have to reset the computer and let the car sit for a while, then it will start up and run like normal.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
marcus