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- From: davet@ksr.com (Dave Teichholtz)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Jeep Wrangler problem solved
- Message-ID: <DAVET.92Oct8093642@kaos.ksr.com>
- Date: 8 Oct 92 09:36:42 EDT
- Sender: news@ksr.com
- Organization: Kendall Square Research, Waltham, MA
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- Last week I posted a note about how my Jeep Wrangler would run for 20
- minutes, and then die. I thought it was either a fuel starvation problem
- or an ignition problem. I got a bunch of mail (thanks to all who
- responded) of which 50% said it sounded fuel starved, and 50% said
- ignition. One response said to buy a new Jeep!
-
- Last weekend I put in a new fuel filter (Hey, try the $4.00 part first,
- right?). Started up, and ran for 20 minutes and died. I checked to see
- if it had fuel, and it did. Then I let the Jeep sit for a few hours to
- cool. I then unbolted the ignition module from where it lives on the
- inside of the left fender (under the coolant recovery tank) to see if I
- could cool it with an ice pack and see if the Jeep would run longer than
- 20 minutes. I started the Jeep, it ran for maybe a minute, and then
- would not restart at all. I bought a new ignition module ($44.00 from
- parts store, $97.00 from dealer) and plugged it in. Started and runs
- great, and for over 20 minutes, so I guess I found the problem.
-
- The response I had received from someone who had replaced their module said
- that the replacement had slightly different plugs, and some plug switching
- was needed. Not the case with the one I bought, plugs were the exact match.
- Even came with a packet of dielectric (sp?) grease to put on the connectors.
-
- -David
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