Recent content by MickeyS

the o ring in the speedo gear is often a culprit as well.

maybe. op said car is not overheating. if the vehicle is sitting in the same place sucking in air from the hot engine bay, it's not going to stay at 210. I think maybe 3-5 minutes is a little short, so clutch could be a bit weak or there could be a small blockage somewhere. but I have flushed my...

an xj will warm up to 218, kicking the fans on, if it idles long enough. just several minutes is possible, even in cold weather. they are designed to run at 210 while driving in any temperature. the e fan helps idle without overheating. I have overhauled my entire cooling system replacing...

ah right. I meant just for passing smog, I wouldn't want to throw any lights or codes. I don't care if the airbag inflates ultimately, as this is a trail/camp rig, and I don't think the tester will visually realize the steering wheel should be any different. I figured this would be a huge...

the '96 steering wheel is unique and uglier than sin. I'm not looking for the older style without airbag, I'd be super happy with the 97-01 steering wheel. anyone done this? what's needed exactly if it's possible, keeping the air bag and not setting off the light etc

can confirm this is also true, and when mine finally bit the dust it failed smog. I was worried there was some other issue causing the cat to fail like there usually is but fuel trims are good and as soon as the cat was replaced it passed ca smog easily. I'm betting it's exhaust related

sure it's not exhaust? maybe drop by an exhaust/muffler shop just to be sure. they can look for any metal on metal contact points you may have missed? had this issue with rattle at the gas tank skid plate that I couldn't see from the ground with my untrained eye.

would you mind posting a link to the sensor you bought that works for you? would like to have a trail backup...

So to confirm is took a genuine mopar cps to fix the issue and the third party ones didnt work right

rotella is relatively cheap here at Walmart compared to the likes of mobil 1, no? and just using my novice logic, I can't imagine the zinc additive would be bad unless you're actually burning lotsa oil right? or does evaporative loss make it into the cat enough to kill it?

Lawson was totally right. Threw a HF vacuum gauge on the manifold and pull a solid 18 in hg at hot idle with the gauge only instrument. I passed smog today which is good news, if I didn't pass I was going to stop throwing time and money at the issue but the jeep passed with colors, so with...

did u check vacuum with a gauge?

thanks for taking me to school. I'm going to get a stand alone vacuum gauge from HF to do a dummy test, then get a buddy to help me with the compression test soon. Will also spray around cylinders at manifold (again) as mentioned above, but I had done this a while back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh3Z-F6KGkI I watched this video and the wobbling needle on the gauge later still looks a lot better than mine.

thanks. if so, that's great news. everything I'm reading on youtube university and academy of google says this is abnormal, to not have a solid needle.