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Sacramento, help ASAP.
- Thread starter dfulks
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goodwilljeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Pleasanton CA
Check your battery connections. And juice of battery. That was my issues. But I'm in Reno. Goodluck
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Check for fuel and spark. That will narrow down your options real quick.
- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Check if you are getting spark(when it does not start). Likely the CPS.
jabbathewhats
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Sacramento, CA
You got er back to safety?
XJensen
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Sacramento
Just saw this. You good now? Where in sac?
Very likely the CPS going out. It will cut spark when it gets old/bad. Especially prone to cutting spark when it's warm and going old. From my experience atleast. Glad it sounds like you got 'home' though.
- Location
- sacramento
nSS, cps, battry, connections to battery.
- Location
- WA state
It's a 2001, so Vapor lock is also a possible issue. Can be a PITA to solve. But, I hope it is as simple as what people have already posted.
XJensen
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Sacramento
Mine did the same thing when the battery cables were corroded. I couldn't tell looking at them.
I am in el Dorado hills, just off the freeway if you need tools to use and want to swamp it out yourself, with a little help.
I am in el Dorado hills, just off the freeway if you need tools to use and want to swamp it out yourself, with a little help.
I drove it about 3 hours before, it was running fine (intake/exhaust manifold has a slight leak). It has power and fuel, it just wasn't firing. It was about 95* outside and I have never had this issue on the coast where it is 20-30 degrees cooler. So if the cps is heat sensitive when it is going bad that is a very likely culprit.
If I could get there, I would be there... but I am stuck at the hotel. I am here for a work training until November 3. But I need my car 5 days a week, my coworker may be able to give me a ride for a couple days but I am more or less stranded.
Boatwrench
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Petaluma, CA
Sounds like when my cam sensor started to seize. The cam sensor is what replaced the distributor and has an oil passage that on my 2000XJ clogged. The engine would start and either run like crap with low power and die within minutes, finally seizing and leaving me on the side of the road. The part is available from the dealer for a couple of hundred. You'll need to bring the #1 to TDC before installing the new one.
I don't have the tools or the time while I am down in sac, I took it to a shop.
It is being weird, once it was at the shop it got started and ran like crap... It went over a bump and ran smooth again... With a CEL. There is plenty of dealerships around me and I am getting tempted to buy a new car.
It is being weird, once it was at the shop it got started and ran like crap... It went over a bump and ran smooth again... With a CEL. There is plenty of dealerships around me and I am getting tempted to buy a new car.
XJ_Rudolph
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Pleasanton, CA
check fuel pump, if its randomly shutting off and rough idle.
