XJBucko
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(Did some searching but haven't yet found anything that is similar to my symptoms)
I've had my 89 XJ LTD 2 Door, I6, Selectrack (all original) since new. In all the years I've owned it, it's never stalled. In the past week or so it's stalled several times, always just off idle and when the engine is relatively cold, i.e. within minutes of a cold start. The stall is intermittent, i.e. it doesn't always happen when cold but when it does happen, it seems to occur several times in a row (as in: sometimes stalls when pulling up to a stop-sign, re-starts no problem but then stalls again at the next stop-sign, restarts no problem, etc.). Once it gets warmed up it doesn't seem to be an issue (so far). I've taken a rudimentary look under the hood checking for loose hoses and connections as well as shaking wire looms wherever I could but can't find any obvious problems. I've been driving back and forth to the mountains all winter and purposely keeping my tank only half full (thinking there's no sense dragging a full tank up and down the mountain) and thought maybe my problem was moisture in the fuel but I've since added a couple of bottles of the fuel conditioner that's supposed to dry out the fuel but it doesn't seem to have done anything.
I know my problem could be any of a number of things but I'm wondering if there are any 'typical' known XJ trouble points that might cause this kind of behaviour.
I think my 89 has a Renix FI system, is there such a thing as a code reader for something so old?
Thanks for any advice.
I've had my 89 XJ LTD 2 Door, I6, Selectrack (all original) since new. In all the years I've owned it, it's never stalled. In the past week or so it's stalled several times, always just off idle and when the engine is relatively cold, i.e. within minutes of a cold start. The stall is intermittent, i.e. it doesn't always happen when cold but when it does happen, it seems to occur several times in a row (as in: sometimes stalls when pulling up to a stop-sign, re-starts no problem but then stalls again at the next stop-sign, restarts no problem, etc.). Once it gets warmed up it doesn't seem to be an issue (so far). I've taken a rudimentary look under the hood checking for loose hoses and connections as well as shaking wire looms wherever I could but can't find any obvious problems. I've been driving back and forth to the mountains all winter and purposely keeping my tank only half full (thinking there's no sense dragging a full tank up and down the mountain) and thought maybe my problem was moisture in the fuel but I've since added a couple of bottles of the fuel conditioner that's supposed to dry out the fuel but it doesn't seem to have done anything.
I know my problem could be any of a number of things but I'm wondering if there are any 'typical' known XJ trouble points that might cause this kind of behaviour.
I think my 89 has a Renix FI system, is there such a thing as a code reader for something so old?
Thanks for any advice.
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