88 XJ won't start
07-27-2006, 05:22 PM
#11
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
AWantz wrote:
> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
Check to make sure you Crank Position Sensor is working properly. My
Cherokee was going the same thing until I changed it out.
07-27-2006, 05:22 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
AWantz wrote:
> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
Check to make sure you Crank Position Sensor is working properly. My
Cherokee was going the same thing until I changed it out.
07-27-2006, 05:22 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
AWantz wrote:
> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
Check to make sure you Crank Position Sensor is working properly. My
Cherokee was going the same thing until I changed it out.
07-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Don't forget the dielectric grease while you have the connectors apart.
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
07-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Don't forget the dielectric grease while you have the connectors apart.
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
07-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Don't forget the dielectric grease while you have the connectors apart.
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
07-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Don't forget the dielectric grease while you have the connectors apart.
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
news:qpCdnbzLPNQnsVTZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Heheheh I have a 90 XJ and I replaced the cps sensor and even spiffied up
> the ground strap. It then only once in a while didn't start when cranking
> it, mostly when my girlfriend was in the car, so she would just give me
> that look like "what a piece of crap I can't believe you bought this thing
> just to have 2 jeeps we should have taken mine".
>
> Since then I have taken some contact cleaner spray and cleaned and sprayed
> every electrical connection under the hood. Haven't had a problem since.
> But before I did that I'd usually just open the hood, unplug and plug back
> in most connectors I could see, and put the ignition forward for a few
> seconds and back again for about 3 or 4 times, then it would crank.
>
> Troy
>
> "Steve Foley" <steve.foley@DELETE.att.net> wrote in message
> news:qo8yg.485173$Fs1.470370@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>I have no business responding to this, because I don't have an XJ.
>>
>> I'm sure someone else will tell you to clean your CPS plug, and Mike will
>> pipe up and tell you to check your ground strap.
>>
>> "AWantz" <AjwVpr@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154020154.702984.249250@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> I have a 88 XJ with a 4.0l 5 speed and it won't start. It does this off
>>> and on with no real rime or reason. Its getting no spark to the plugs
>>> but its getting power to the starter because it runs and is hitting the
>>> flywheel because you can move with the starter.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
07-30-2006, 04:03 AM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Well the CPS seems to be the problem because I disconnected it and
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!
07-30-2006, 04:03 AM
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Well the CPS seems to be the problem because I disconnected it and
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!
07-30-2006, 04:03 AM
#20
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Re: 88 XJ won't start
Well the CPS seems to be the problem because I disconnected it and
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!
reconnected to a couple of times and it started. The time is now it
keeps holding a very high idle like 2500 rpms and won't kick down does
anybody have any ideas. And thank you very much everyone for the help!!!