Recent content by joedurt1

Blew out the water pump...Replaced water pump...thermostat and hoses. Temp will not maintain steady. Sometimes too hot and some times too cold. Heater blows fine when at at idle but cold when going down the interstate and at times the engine totally overheats. What the heck ?

I had to replace mine in the last year or so. The stock stuff was so exspensive and to be honest..it does not take much more than a twig to damage it. I got mine from custom 4X4 fabrication in Oklahoma city. A family owned business. It extremly well fabricated. The powder coat is great. The...

left xj parked over the weekend and when I tried to start it, it appears to have no power whatsoever. no lights, nothing at all. I connected a battery charger and still nothing at all. I energised the headlights and while messing with the charger they came on very breifly and then back off. I am...

Oh Gosh!!! This is too funny but you know what? So un, yet totally believable. I have had a few quirky things in the past several years with the XJ but this one takes the cake. I just don't want it to shut down on a trip. Thanks to all who responded. Keep the Durty side down!!! Joe Durt

I was driving my 94 XJ the other day on the interstate and noticed several miles down the road that the airbag, and yellow engine light was still on. Also..the tach and the speedometer were not working. After a few min. of continuing down the interstate everything all of a sudden operated...

Help please, 2004 4 L engine. My oil pressure drops to 0 when I come to a stop. and it only drops when it is hot about 20 min after start up. I had this problem before, I took it to the dealership last year and they changed the sending unit. Every thing was doing good for about 7 months...

Ok here we go.. 98 xj 4.0. on hot days the yellow engine light comes after driving a while. The yellow engine light comes on. It idles really rough and sometimes stops completely and is difficult to start. This has been happening for a couple of summers and never happens on short trips or in...

On hot days, and particularly longer trips my, yellow engine light will come on and my 4.0 will not idle smooth or will stop completely. After this happens it is difficult to start but will usually be fine after that. It only happens on the hotter days of the summer and it goes away with cooler...

Ok..here goes...98 XJ..steering box is leaking. I looked up a few sources for a replacement but the cost I saw was in the $300-$400 range..WOW!!! or more like OOOWWW.. Does anybody know where I can just purchase the lower seal that is leaking or find a more affordable box? I gotta' have it...

- It just does everything that I want except haul all of our 8 kids! - I use it to haul my 5 x 10 contractor trailer every day. It is like the "little engine that could" that we all read about when we were kids - pretty much trouble free - Affordable - It is the only vehicle that I have...

1998 XJ, 82k mi, I pull a 5x10 enclosed trailer on a daily basis. I went to Auto Zone and these are the codes they came up with but didn't have a clue how to fix them. I also looked them up in my manual and couldn't find any thing. P0705 - malfunction exist in electrical circuit for the...

1998 XJ with 85000 miles. I am thinking about putting in synthetic oil on the next change. Is there any issues associated with doing that change over. I've heard that it needs to be flushed first and also have heard that it is not true. Thanks, Durt

well folks....this is just one of those XJ things. I and several friends have or had the same prob. After tearing out the dash and what seemed like half of the front end........we discovered that it leaks at the blower system intake under the passenger cowling. Ours only leak noticably when the...

I'm pulling a 5x10 enclosed trailer on a regular basis. Trailer is about 1,000 and the tools and materials are about another 1,000. Mostly keep in the 10 - 20 mile range per day. Any suggestions out there or recomendations for modifications to keep my little XJ performing well and how to keep...

Thanks guys. There are a couple of us out here with that problem but we weren't quite into getting out hoses and tearing out the dash in the middle of winter. Keep the durty side down.