garciaxj88
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- yuma,arizona
Well heres the story. Im having issues wit my XJ in terms of hesitation. (88, 4.0, 4wd, automatic tranny, 188,xxx miles) When i bought it it ran pretty good i got about a month ago from my brother. I noticed it would have a slight hesitation every now and then. Well now its worsening. So here is the symptoms...On accelertion from a stop i get a hesitation and feels like it wants to die out and then will come back to life, when im on the freeway (approx 60-65) i feel that it "sneezes", when i im trying to accelerate while going down the road it starts to sputter quite abit and sometimes ill let of the gas and then get on it again wont do it, usually if i ease into the throttle to try to get up to speed it wont sneeze or sputter. ive also noticed that sometimes it will die on me if im trying to back up OR making a hard turn WITHOUT my foot on the throttle, and its doing it intermittenly and pretty much in any weather condition. I replaced the spark plugs a while ago and they were full of soot (im running rich), and a couple of em had some carbon and oil deposits on em. i know that the valve seals are worn and i know that its burns a little oil in the morning. Off the top of my head thats all i can remember other symptoms. I dont have the money to just start throwin random parts at it since i dont make much and im going to college at the same time. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem or where would u recommend i start looking to fix the problem. Ill be glad to answer any questions you might have...No smart ass comments either.