Big Red
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Roscoe, IL 61073
Jeep keeps dying when I put it in gear, starts in neutral and park, then dies...
I have a 91' 4.0L HO, AW4 auto 231 stock XJ with 180K miles. I can get it started and just replaced the battery in it because the old battery was bad. I just passed smog and used my portable jump start to jump my old battery and I cannot. So I go to the store and get a new battery, put it in and get under 1/2 mile down the road and it dies. I start it up, rev it, and when I put it into drive it just sputters and dies even if I punch the gas..over and over again for an hour. I just have to get my Jeep less than a mile to get it home and I have it sitting in a parking lot at the moment. I'm waiting a few hours for the streets to clear of traffic in Sacramento before I'm going to attempt to limp it home again. 1 thing I noticed is I have a ground wire mounted to the passenger fender that is stock, but it broke from the neg battery terminal, I electric tied it to it is making contact, but a few times the Jeep wouldn't turn over and then when I touched the neg ground fender wire to the battery post, it will start. But I cannot even get a few feet of starting the Jeep and then putting it into gear where it just dies
To make a long story short....I get my jeep started, I put in in gear and it dies. I just need to get it home and don't want to pay $60 or so for under a mile to have it towed. Any ideas???
thanks,
Troy
I have a 91' 4.0L HO, AW4 auto 231 stock XJ with 180K miles. I can get it started and just replaced the battery in it because the old battery was bad. I just passed smog and used my portable jump start to jump my old battery and I cannot. So I go to the store and get a new battery, put it in and get under 1/2 mile down the road and it dies. I start it up, rev it, and when I put it into drive it just sputters and dies even if I punch the gas..over and over again for an hour. I just have to get my Jeep less than a mile to get it home and I have it sitting in a parking lot at the moment. I'm waiting a few hours for the streets to clear of traffic in Sacramento before I'm going to attempt to limp it home again. 1 thing I noticed is I have a ground wire mounted to the passenger fender that is stock, but it broke from the neg battery terminal, I electric tied it to it is making contact, but a few times the Jeep wouldn't turn over and then when I touched the neg ground fender wire to the battery post, it will start. But I cannot even get a few feet of starting the Jeep and then putting it into gear where it just dies
To make a long story short....I get my jeep started, I put in in gear and it dies. I just need to get it home and don't want to pay $60 or so for under a mile to have it towed. Any ideas???
thanks,
Troy