Phil.R
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Montreal, Canada
I'm looking to buy a stock '97 XJ Sport with 122k and 4l/AW4/NP242 that has some issues (for cheap). I think it won't be a problem to solve most of them but the AW4 transmission sometimes overflows when hot. I don't know exactly when it does it as I didn't talk to it's current owner. I know that the radiator was replaced earlier this year and there's no added external trans cooler. I have driven it on a short distance and I didn't notice anything wrong with the transmission.
I currently have a 1988 with the same transmission and I used to have a 1989 and never had such problems with these (and they both had bad radiators and engine overheating issues at some point!).
I assume that it will need to have it's transmission flushed soon but I'd like to know what could cause this overheating condition and have that fixed before.
Also, can somebody tell me if the transmission (or transmission/transfer case) from my 1988 could be swapped in a '97? (both have a NP 242). I think that the number of splines on the output shaft have changed in the early nineties and probably other things (like there's no "performance" switch in the newer ones and the older one uses a speedo cable).
I currently have a 1988 with the same transmission and I used to have a 1989 and never had such problems with these (and they both had bad radiators and engine overheating issues at some point!).
I assume that it will need to have it's transmission flushed soon but I'd like to know what could cause this overheating condition and have that fixed before.
Also, can somebody tell me if the transmission (or transmission/transfer case) from my 1988 could be swapped in a '97? (both have a NP 242). I think that the number of splines on the output shaft have changed in the early nineties and probably other things (like there's no "performance" switch in the newer ones and the older one uses a speedo cable).