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Advice for my cherokee with a blown engine?

4ESTJP

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Durham, AR
My cherokee blew it's engine from the rain last week. Water must have messed with the temperature sensor and caused the head to break and then broke a piston. Anyway I am debating to trade it in or try and fix the engine.

I would be disgusted to trade it in-4.5 lift, safari snorkel, warn front bumper and warn winch, CB, and Con-Ferr roof rack. Could I sell it private party, or would it be better to strip it down and sell the pieces? Trade in? Any advise would be appreciated.
 
i would have to rule out the rain very unlikely that it blew your motor. but how about oil did you have that? anyway i would either buy a motor out of a rearend wreck at the boneyard re-build another block, build/buy a stroker, sell it to me for $100 :)
good luck
 
if you have the money: swap in a 350 chevy, the 4.0 is great until you start pyling on the bumpers, armor, huge tires, etc. even geared with 33's i wish there was a lot more power there. i guess i drove mine for too long stock with the five speed (blew past many honda civics)

no money option: put a cheap autozone short block in and send your head out for the machine work
 
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