Camo-5
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- Shelby Township, MI
Ok. A little more detail.
1997 XJ with 170,000 miles on a 4.0L. Ran great for the past 4000 miles no issues whatsoever - until yesterday. I'm backing into my driveway after pulling my trailer around town with about 1000 lbs of shingles (ran great all day), when all of a sudden, it stalls. No backfire, just dies. I try and start it. Turns over strong but doesn't start - no sputters, just the starter cranking. I had the same thing happen on my CJ so I figured it has to be the coil. So I replaced it today. Still nothing. I inspected all the wiring - nothing. I checked for spark - nothing. So it's not getting spark. I checked all the fuses and relay's (underhood - are there other locations on a 97?) - still nothing. I'm stumped. The only clue is that the oil gauge bumps up a bit while trying to start, but the fuel, amp and temp gauge stay dead still.
Any ideas? The fuel pump isn't running, but that may be tied to the ignition issue or is it vise - versa? I really don't want to just start replacing parts at random. Any ideas will be investigated..
Thanks!!!
1997 XJ with 170,000 miles on a 4.0L. Ran great for the past 4000 miles no issues whatsoever - until yesterday. I'm backing into my driveway after pulling my trailer around town with about 1000 lbs of shingles (ran great all day), when all of a sudden, it stalls. No backfire, just dies. I try and start it. Turns over strong but doesn't start - no sputters, just the starter cranking. I had the same thing happen on my CJ so I figured it has to be the coil. So I replaced it today. Still nothing. I inspected all the wiring - nothing. I checked for spark - nothing. So it's not getting spark. I checked all the fuses and relay's (underhood - are there other locations on a 97?) - still nothing. I'm stumped. The only clue is that the oil gauge bumps up a bit while trying to start, but the fuel, amp and temp gauge stay dead still.
Any ideas? The fuel pump isn't running, but that may be tied to the ignition issue or is it vise - versa? I really don't want to just start replacing parts at random. Any ideas will be investigated..
Thanks!!!