Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Kyle Boran wrote:

> I've been having a strange problem with my Jeep. Occasionally, it
> will stall out shortly after starting. It keeps running if you just
> let it sit there idling, but the stall seems to happen shortly after
> it's put in drive. Often, it seems to happen only after repeated
> shifts. For example, I'm backing out of a parking space, then I go to
> put it in drive and it immediately stalls. I can restart the engine
> right away without a problem, and it has never stalled again in
> regular driving. I think the condition only happens when the car
> hasn't been driven for a while, but I'm not certain. There are no
> error codes or other indications of a problem. The only major thing I
> can think of is that the automatic transmission has had some issues in
> the past. It was running rough a few years ago, and the dealer
> claimed it needed to be replaced. Took it to my regular mechanic, and
> he just flushed it out or something and said it should be fine. It
> has been driving fine for the last 50,000 miles, so I'm not sure
> whether that has any connection or not. Anybody have an idea what the
> cause of the stalling might be? Thanks in advance.
>
> Kyle

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Kyle Boran wrote:

> I've been having a strange problem with my Jeep. Occasionally, it
> will stall out shortly after starting. It keeps running if you just
> let it sit there idling, but the stall seems to happen shortly after
> it's put in drive. Often, it seems to happen only after repeated
> shifts. For example, I'm backing out of a parking space, then I go to
> put it in drive and it immediately stalls. I can restart the engine
> right away without a problem, and it has never stalled again in
> regular driving. I think the condition only happens when the car
> hasn't been driven for a while, but I'm not certain. There are no
> error codes or other indications of a problem. The only major thing I
> can think of is that the automatic transmission has had some issues in
> the past. It was running rough a few years ago, and the dealer
> claimed it needed to be replaced. Took it to my regular mechanic, and
> he just flushed it out or something and said it should be fine. It
> has been driving fine for the last 50,000 miles, so I'm not sure
> whether that has any connection or not. Anybody have an idea what the
> cause of the stalling might be? Thanks in advance.
>
> Kyle

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Kyle Boran wrote:

> I've been having a strange problem with my Jeep. Occasionally, it
> will stall out shortly after starting. It keeps running if you just
> let it sit there idling, but the stall seems to happen shortly after
> it's put in drive. Often, it seems to happen only after repeated
> shifts. For example, I'm backing out of a parking space, then I go to
> put it in drive and it immediately stalls. I can restart the engine
> right away without a problem, and it has never stalled again in
> regular driving. I think the condition only happens when the car
> hasn't been driven for a while, but I'm not certain. There are no
> error codes or other indications of a problem. The only major thing I
> can think of is that the automatic transmission has had some issues in
> the past. It was running rough a few years ago, and the dealer
> claimed it needed to be replaced. Took it to my regular mechanic, and
> he just flushed it out or something and said it should be fine. It
> has been driving fine for the last 50,000 miles, so I'm not sure
> whether that has any connection or not. Anybody have an idea what the
> cause of the stalling might be? Thanks in advance.
>
> Kyle

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

I got some throttle body cleaner and electrical cleaner and sprayed
everything, then put some dielectric grease on the sockets. There
were some carbon deposits around the butterfly. I also replaced the
air filter just to make sure that was good.

Seemed fine once I started it up, though it was a little hard to get
started. I'm not certain if it's fixed, since the problem only
happened very occasionally, but it's good now anyway.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

Kyle

On Feb 17, 10:01 am, philthy <dbri...@cac.net> wrote:
> remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
> throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
> parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

I got some throttle body cleaner and electrical cleaner and sprayed
everything, then put some dielectric grease on the sockets. There
were some carbon deposits around the butterfly. I also replaced the
air filter just to make sure that was good.

Seemed fine once I started it up, though it was a little hard to get
started. I'm not certain if it's fixed, since the problem only
happened very occasionally, but it's good now anyway.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

Kyle

On Feb 17, 10:01 am, philthy <dbri...@cac.net> wrote:
> remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
> throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
> parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

I got some throttle body cleaner and electrical cleaner and sprayed
everything, then put some dielectric grease on the sockets. There
were some carbon deposits around the butterfly. I also replaced the
air filter just to make sure that was good.

Seemed fine once I started it up, though it was a little hard to get
started. I'm not certain if it's fixed, since the problem only
happened very occasionally, but it's good now anyway.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

Kyle

On Feb 17, 10:01 am, philthy <dbri...@cac.net> wrote:
> remove the intake tube to the throttle body and lean off the carbon on the
> throttle plate and bore see if that helps carb cleaner works ok but the
> parst stores sell the throttle cleaner that is more money

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

might be the torque converter- that happend to me. it would stall at
lights sometimes, and it would cut out if i went from drive to reverse
or back, but not if I paused and held it at neutral for a couple
seconds. we had a dealership fix it, so i dont know if they screwed
us or not. it cost us around $1000.

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

might be the torque converter- that happend to me. it would stall at
lights sometimes, and it would cut out if i went from drive to reverse
or back, but not if I paused and held it at neutral for a couple
seconds. we had a dealership fix it, so i dont know if they screwed
us or not. it cost us around $1000.

Re: '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L stall problem
 

might be the torque converter- that happend to me. it would stall at
lights sometimes, and it would cut out if i went from drive to reverse
or back, but not if I paused and held it at neutral for a couple
seconds. we had a dealership fix it, so i dont know if they screwed
us or not. it cost us around $1000.