diggerdave
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bend, Oregon
Hey ya'll
Bad stuff happened to my jeep.
First off it's a 97xj 4.0 original stock motor except for an intake and it's got 215k.
Here's the scenario: Left the girlfriend's house upset the other morning and put the pedal to floor. Redlined (which I never do) for a couple seconds. At the first stop sign I noticed a rough idle and drove like a grandma for the remaining couple miles to my house. CEL lit up "misfire cylinder 2" Given the scenario I feared the worst and went straight to the compression gauge in my toolbox. Fears confirmed. 5 cylinders read just over 135psi while cylinder 2 read 80psi.
I'm thinking it's a piston ring and that it's time to pull the motor and have it rebuilt.
This is further than I have ever been into the 4.0 repair realm and wanted to get everyone's 2 cents while I hustle enough money to pay a machine shop so everyone please, pimp slap me with your wisdom and advise!
Thanks
Bad stuff happened to my jeep.
First off it's a 97xj 4.0 original stock motor except for an intake and it's got 215k.
Here's the scenario: Left the girlfriend's house upset the other morning and put the pedal to floor. Redlined (which I never do) for a couple seconds. At the first stop sign I noticed a rough idle and drove like a grandma for the remaining couple miles to my house. CEL lit up "misfire cylinder 2" Given the scenario I feared the worst and went straight to the compression gauge in my toolbox. Fears confirmed. 5 cylinders read just over 135psi while cylinder 2 read 80psi.
I'm thinking it's a piston ring and that it's time to pull the motor and have it rebuilt.
This is further than I have ever been into the 4.0 repair realm and wanted to get everyone's 2 cents while I hustle enough money to pay a machine shop so everyone please, pimp slap me with your wisdom and advise!
Thanks