tchase
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Anyone know anything about the early 4 cyl turbo-diesel Xj's? I've seen two in the past. What years were they available? What was the engine? Anyone?
Tony
Tony
Steve F said:Here in Australia the diesel was available from 97 to 2001 and then again in the 2002 and up Cherokee (Liberty).
tchase said:Thanks for the info guys. I figured there were lots of export models, but I suspected the north american market models were pretty rare.
The two that I've seen were both undergoing swaps to gas power due to cracked heads on the deisel engines. However, one of these had a badge on the liftgate which said "turbo Diesel" and it looked like a factory Jeep badge. Did Canada get turbo's but not the US?
Stranger things have happened, I once owned a car which was nearly impossible to get aftermarket parts for since it was never sold in the US,which is where most of our parts come from.
sweetjeep said:They were 85 and 86 models if I recall correctly, and like everyone says, they were awfully lousy. Foreign markets have always had a diesel option. And they are a very good option at that!
I am hoping to in the future drop a Mercedees diesel in a Cherokee. That's what they currently come with as well. All foreign (outside North America) get a diesel option. The Grands are a 2.7 Merceedes unit and the Liberty gets an Italian built unit. Not nearly as good, but pretty good from what I hear.
xjfish said:86-87 Chrystler dropped in 88. 2.1L. Renalt built. 168ci. Poor hp numbers but fairly good torque output. That is if i remember correctly.
2.5L I4 carburated - 105hp@5000 rpm, 132ft/lb@2800 rpm - 84-85ZmOz said:Poor HP AND torque. I'm not going to go look up the number now, but it had 85hp and less torque than the 2.5 or 2.8.