'98 TJ Bucking Bronco
09-04-2004, 08:20 AM
#51
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My Thanks to Jerry, L.W. (Bill) and all Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>the problem. What's next?
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
fun things.
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
wrote:
>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>the problem. What's next?
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
fun things.
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
09-04-2004, 08:20 AM
#52
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My Thanks to Jerry, L.W. (Bill) and all Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>the problem. What's next?
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
fun things.
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
wrote:
>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>the problem. What's next?
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
fun things.
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
09-06-2004, 02:21 PM
#53
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Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
09-06-2004, 02:21 PM
#54
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Posts: n/a
Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
09-06-2004, 02:21 PM
#55
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Posts: n/a
Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
wrote:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began missing
>>at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it up to a bad
>>tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a bottle of fuel
>>injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I did the same thing with
>>my next fill-up at a different station. No improvement. Since then,
>>I've changed the plugs, installed new wires, distributor cap and
>>rotor, have cleaned the throttle body, and have disconnected all
>>electrical connections to the throttle body and fuel injectors and
>>have sprayed electrical contact cleaner on them. I still have an
>>intermittent miss at speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have
>>the problem. What's next?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>>
>>Mark
>>'98 TJ
>>'98 XJ
>
>Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a story,
>though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday) and set out
>to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new oxygen sensors.
>En route, something happened that hadn't before. Specifically my
>"CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I had to have some sort
>of codes that would display (none did the previous day when my buddy
>plugged in his code reader). So, when I got to AutoZone, I asked the
>counter guy if he had a code reader, which he did. He checked it and
>got a code "TPS/Pedal Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew
>what a Pedal Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was.
>However, the counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel
>filter problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician who
>really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went to their
>parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but they could order
>it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles down the road. They
>had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and asked them to hold one, I'd
>be right there. An hour later, I've got the new one on and everything
>is back to normal! Now I can get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for
>fun things.
>
>Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>
>Mark
>'98 TJ
>'98 XJ
Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home and
it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind of like
you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died, but I was
able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it bucked again
when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting the clutch out
too quickly when taking off). I got home with it ok, tho. Today, it
turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
Mark
09-06-2004, 07:42 PM
#56
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Posts: n/a
Re: Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
M. E. Bye wrote:
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
09-06-2004, 07:42 PM
#57
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
M. E. Bye wrote:
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
09-06-2004, 07:42 PM
#58
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
M. E. Bye wrote:
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
| wrote:
|
|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
||
||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
||| What's next?
|||
||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
|||
||| Mark
||| '98 TJ
||| '98 XJ
||
|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
||
|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
||
|| Mark
|| '98 TJ
|| '98 XJ
|
| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
|
| Mark
I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
--
Disclaimer: A large chunk of the preceeding was, in its entirety,
written by the wisest of mules.
JEGP
O|||||||O
NC, USA
MSN:JEGP AOL:JEGP
09-06-2004, 10:08 PM
#59
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:42:31 GMT, "Joseph P" <jpribe@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>M. E. Bye wrote:
>| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>| wrote:
>|
>|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
>|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
>||
>||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
>||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
>||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
>||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
>||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
>||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
>||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
>||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
>||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
>||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
>||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
>||| What's next?
>|||
>||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>|||
>||| Mark
>||| '98 TJ
>||| '98 XJ
>||
>|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
>|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
>|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
>|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
>|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
>|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
>|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
>|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
>|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
>|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
>|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
>|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
>|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
>|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
>|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
>|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
>|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
>|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
>||
>|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>||
>|| Mark
>|| '98 TJ
>|| '98 XJ
>|
>| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
>| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
>| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
>| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
>| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
>| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
>| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
>|
>| Mark
>
>
>I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
Just over 71,000. At this point, I'm thinking crank position sensor?
Mark
>M. E. Bye wrote:
>| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>| wrote:
>|
>|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
>|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
>||
>||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
>||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
>||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
>||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
>||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
>||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
>||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
>||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
>||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
>||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
>||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
>||| What's next?
>|||
>||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>|||
>||| Mark
>||| '98 TJ
>||| '98 XJ
>||
>|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
>|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
>|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
>|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
>|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
>|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
>|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
>|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
>|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
>|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
>|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
>|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
>|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
>|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
>|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
>|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
>|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
>|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
>||
>|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>||
>|| Mark
>|| '98 TJ
>|| '98 XJ
>|
>| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
>| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
>| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
>| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
>| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
>| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
>| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
>|
>| Mark
>
>
>I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
Just over 71,000. At this point, I'm thinking crank position sensor?
Mark
09-06-2004, 10:08 PM
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Re: Spoke too Soon Re: '98 TJ Bucking Bronco
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:42:31 GMT, "Joseph P" <jpribe@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>M. E. Bye wrote:
>| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>| wrote:
>|
>|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
>|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
>||
>||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
>||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
>||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
>||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
>||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
>||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
>||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
>||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
>||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
>||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
>||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
>||| What's next?
>|||
>||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>|||
>||| Mark
>||| '98 TJ
>||| '98 XJ
>||
>|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
>|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
>|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
>|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
>|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
>|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
>|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
>|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
>|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
>|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
>|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
>|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
>|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
>|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
>|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
>|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
>|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
>|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
>||
>|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>||
>|| Mark
>|| '98 TJ
>|| '98 XJ
>|
>| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
>| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
>| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
>| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
>| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
>| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
>| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
>|
>| Mark
>
>
>I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
Just over 71,000. At this point, I'm thinking crank position sensor?
Mark
>M. E. Bye wrote:
>| On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 07:20:47 -0500, M. E. Bye <fxdyna@hotmail.com>
>| wrote:
>|
>|| On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:39:45 -0500, M. E. Bye
>|| <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote:
>||
>||| About a week ago, my '98 TJ (2.5L, 5-speed, 71K miles) began
>||| missing at highway speed, bucking like a bronco. I chalked it
>||| up to a bad tank of gas, so I dumped in a bottle of HEET and a
>||| bottle of fuel injector cleaner. The problem continued, so I
>||| did the same thing with my next fill-up at a different station.
>||| No improvement. Since then, I've changed the plugs, installed
>||| new wires, distributor cap and rotor, have cleaned the throttle
>||| body, and have disconnected all electrical connections to the
>||| throttle body and fuel injectors and have sprayed electrical
>||| contact cleaner on them. I still have an intermittent miss at
>||| speed. Not as severe as before, but I still have the problem.
>||| What's next?
>|||
>||| Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>|||
>||| Mark
>||| '98 TJ
>||| '98 XJ
>||
>|| Well, by cracky, it's fixed. It didn't come about without a
>|| story, though. I took off from work at noon yesterday (Friday)
>|| and set out to my local AutoZone store to drop about $150 on new
>|| oxygen sensors. En route, something happened that hadn't before.
>|| Specifically my "CHECK ENGINE" light came on. Now I KNEW that I
>|| had to have some sort of codes that would display (none did the
>|| previous day when my buddy plugged in his code reader). So,
>|| when I got to AutoZone, I asked the counter guy if he had a code
>|| reader, which he did. He checked it and got a code "TPS/Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor". Well, neither one of us knew what a Pedal
>|| Travel Sensor was, but both knew what a TPS was. However, the
>|| counter guy still suggests strongly that I've got a fuel filter
>|| problem and that should be my priority fix. I thanked him and
>|| decided that it was now time to go see the Jeep repair guy at a
>|| dealership. Drove crosstown and talked with the Jeep technician
>|| who really felt it was the throttle position sensor, so I went
>|| to their parts counter and asked if they had one. Nope, but
>|| they could order it. I had 'em check with a dealership 35 miles
>|| down the road. They had 3 of 'em. I got on the cellphone and
>|| asked them to hold one, I'd be right there. An hour later, I've
>|| got the new one on and everything is back to normal! Now I can
>|| get back to spending $$$ on my Jeep for fun things.
>||
>|| Thanks to everyone who provided assistance with this.
>||
>|| Mark
>|| '98 TJ
>|| '98 XJ
>|
>| Took a long ccruise with it yesterday. Ran just fine. Got home
>| and it started bucking severely as I was slowing to a stop. Kind
>| of like you didn't let the clutch out coming to a stop. It died,
>| but I was able to start it again. A few miles down the road, it
>| bucked again when taking off from a stop (this time, like letting
>| the clutch out too quickly when taking off). I got home with it
>| ok, tho. Today, it turns over but won't fire at all. What now?
>|
>| Mark
>
>
>I may have missed it, but how many miles are on it?
Just over 71,000. At this point, I'm thinking crank position sensor?
Mark