rbevis
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Belmont, NC
Hey guys...new here and just picked up my second XJ.
96 4.0L 177k
The jeep will crank and crank but not even try to fire over. However; it will start immediately if I give it a shot of starting fluid. After that it ran great. With key on, have fuel pressure to rail. Hand check at schrader valve. Checked fuel filter, replaced. Fuel amount at rail prior to start increased 3 fold. Still no start.
As a side note and maybe related: The jeep had been sitting for awhile prior to me owning it. Gas in tank is probably bad. I started it with starting fluid and ran for about an hour to burn all this gas out and the jeep just shut off. No sputter, just stopped. Same starting symptoms still exist. This drew my attention to the ASD relay. I'm not sure what role it could have in my starting issue if the thing runs good.
Another side note: I put a bottle of injector cleaner in the half tank when I got it to clean it out. Had hard starts when I got it. Replaced plugs/wires/distcap/rotor as routine maint.
96 4.0L 177k
The jeep will crank and crank but not even try to fire over. However; it will start immediately if I give it a shot of starting fluid. After that it ran great. With key on, have fuel pressure to rail. Hand check at schrader valve. Checked fuel filter, replaced. Fuel amount at rail prior to start increased 3 fold. Still no start.
As a side note and maybe related: The jeep had been sitting for awhile prior to me owning it. Gas in tank is probably bad. I started it with starting fluid and ran for about an hour to burn all this gas out and the jeep just shut off. No sputter, just stopped. Same starting symptoms still exist. This drew my attention to the ASD relay. I'm not sure what role it could have in my starting issue if the thing runs good.
Another side note: I put a bottle of injector cleaner in the half tank when I got it to clean it out. Had hard starts when I got it. Replaced plugs/wires/distcap/rotor as routine maint.