DBenz
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Manhattan, Kansas
I have a 97 cherokee with a 4.0L/aw4 w/ 108k miles, it's been sitting for about 2 years. From what I remember about it when it was running, I put some hood vents on without drip pans or covers and started frying the sensors on the throttle body. That and a few other problems, I found it much easier to have it sit there and drive my other car.
Recently I've started working on it again and still can't get it to start. It does crank over now but won't fire up. The gas tank registered as empty so I put in fresh fuel and some seafoam additive. My throttle body had corroded shut so I replaced that, all of the sensors on it, and while I was at it I put on a newer style intake manifold. It has a brand new battery in it and I've had the starter off and tested at autozone/oreilly before it would even crank over. Found out the NSS was going out so wiggling the shifter let it turn over. Motor mounts have also been replaced.
I put new plugs and plug wires on it as well since the other hood vent is right over the distributor cap, and I'm sure 2 years of rain/snow/etc sitting on it would surely damage it. I'm getting a new distributor cap tomorrow, but I had the neighbor over to see if there was a spark in the new wires and he said there was, which should mean a good distributor cap?
What else could be the issue? It will crank over all day and just drain the battery, especially since it's full power options. I can smell gas in the fuel rail area so I know it's getting gas, air and... spark?
Any and all help is appreciated. I've been going down the list of problems in the haynes manual for the last couple weeks to fix all of the small stuff and still nothing.
Recently I've started working on it again and still can't get it to start. It does crank over now but won't fire up. The gas tank registered as empty so I put in fresh fuel and some seafoam additive. My throttle body had corroded shut so I replaced that, all of the sensors on it, and while I was at it I put on a newer style intake manifold. It has a brand new battery in it and I've had the starter off and tested at autozone/oreilly before it would even crank over. Found out the NSS was going out so wiggling the shifter let it turn over. Motor mounts have also been replaced.
I put new plugs and plug wires on it as well since the other hood vent is right over the distributor cap, and I'm sure 2 years of rain/snow/etc sitting on it would surely damage it. I'm getting a new distributor cap tomorrow, but I had the neighbor over to see if there was a spark in the new wires and he said there was, which should mean a good distributor cap?
What else could be the issue? It will crank over all day and just drain the battery, especially since it's full power options. I can smell gas in the fuel rail area so I know it's getting gas, air and... spark?
Any and all help is appreciated. I've been going down the list of problems in the haynes manual for the last couple weeks to fix all of the small stuff and still nothing.