TopCrusher
October 6th, 2004, 08:36 AM
I just bought a 1996 tracker for $500, it needed a new engine so I dumped one in. The thing has been running mint for aboot 3 weeks now, however with the cold weather it has started to show some issues......now this is all new to me as im a Jeap guy but I saw this thing and with the 4x4 I couldnt pass it up for a winter beater....and with the way gas is im thinking of selling the old cherokee and lifting this thing in the summer.
So here is what has been happening, mainly when first thing in the morning it will start up with no problem, but once you go to shift in gear it wants to stall. There are all kinds of little lights blinking (mainly the "check engine), and rellays clicking....but if you put the petal right to the floor sometimes it will start to behave and go......sometimes it will die. Sometimes just sitting at idle it will want to stall also, almost likea a big power drain.
Now my first plan of action is to do the usual Plugs, wires, rotor, cap and im thinking the coil/iginition module (i believe its one unit on these, again new to me). However once it warms up a bit, the symptoms seem to disapeer but can show up again with no tell tale signs. Once it does do all of this none of the "Check engine light" or any idiot lights for that matter seem to stay on as if no fault had occured, like no codes were triggered.
Some other thoughts I had were maybe the MAS sensor but I thought if this was defective or given wrong signal it would at least trigger some kind of idiot light.
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated.
Thanks Brad. :beer:
So here is what has been happening, mainly when first thing in the morning it will start up with no problem, but once you go to shift in gear it wants to stall. There are all kinds of little lights blinking (mainly the "check engine), and rellays clicking....but if you put the petal right to the floor sometimes it will start to behave and go......sometimes it will die. Sometimes just sitting at idle it will want to stall also, almost likea a big power drain.
Now my first plan of action is to do the usual Plugs, wires, rotor, cap and im thinking the coil/iginition module (i believe its one unit on these, again new to me). However once it warms up a bit, the symptoms seem to disapeer but can show up again with no tell tale signs. Once it does do all of this none of the "Check engine light" or any idiot lights for that matter seem to stay on as if no fault had occured, like no codes were triggered.
Some other thoughts I had were maybe the MAS sensor but I thought if this was defective or given wrong signal it would at least trigger some kind of idiot light.
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated.
Thanks Brad. :beer: