99 wrangler hard start
 

i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first tr
but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try an
ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage


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magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

Mine takes about 1.5 seconds to start every time, and has since new. It is
a 95. Yours sounds like a different problem though. There is a check valve
somewhere in the fuel system that can leak down. Buy or rent a pressure
gauge to put on the fuel rail and see if this is it.

What do you mean "doesnt get great gas mileage"? If you got the big engine,
of course you're not going to get great mileage. If you got the small
engine, you won't either. Mine has the small engine and gets about 25 mpg
after a bored out throttle body, high performance exhaust and electric
cooling fan. Before all those upgrades it got about 20. If you plan to
take it off road, you can wait on the exhaust upgrade, until after you smash
your current muffler on a rock, heh, heh.

You of course gave it a complete ignition tune up, air cleaner, etc.?

Welcome to the club.

Earle

"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

Mine takes about 1.5 seconds to start every time, and has since new. It is
a 95. Yours sounds like a different problem though. There is a check valve
somewhere in the fuel system that can leak down. Buy or rent a pressure
gauge to put on the fuel rail and see if this is it.

What do you mean "doesnt get great gas mileage"? If you got the big engine,
of course you're not going to get great mileage. If you got the small
engine, you won't either. Mine has the small engine and gets about 25 mpg
after a bored out throttle body, high performance exhaust and electric
cooling fan. Before all those upgrades it got about 20. If you plan to
take it off road, you can wait on the exhaust upgrade, until after you smash
your current muffler on a rock, heh, heh.

You of course gave it a complete ignition tune up, air cleaner, etc.?

Welcome to the club.

Earle

"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

Mine takes about 1.5 seconds to start every time, and has since new. It is
a 95. Yours sounds like a different problem though. There is a check valve
somewhere in the fuel system that can leak down. Buy or rent a pressure
gauge to put on the fuel rail and see if this is it.

What do you mean "doesnt get great gas mileage"? If you got the big engine,
of course you're not going to get great mileage. If you got the small
engine, you won't either. Mine has the small engine and gets about 25 mpg
after a bored out throttle body, high performance exhaust and electric
cooling fan. Before all those upgrades it got about 20. If you plan to
take it off road, you can wait on the exhaust upgrade, until after you smash
your current muffler on a rock, heh, heh.

You of course gave it a complete ignition tune up, air cleaner, etc.?

Welcome to the club.

Earle

"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

battery termials are probably dirty. As for gas mileage, realize you bought
a brick on wheels.

Carl



"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

battery termials are probably dirty. As for gas mileage, realize you bought
a brick on wheels.

Carl



"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

battery termials are probably dirty. As for gas mileage, realize you bought
a brick on wheels.

Carl



"magicman" <magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com> wrote in message
news:magicman.2jb0r9@news.autobanter.com...
>
> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>
>
>
>
> --
> magicman

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

magicman proclaimed:

> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>

If you can get it to start quickly by turning the key on, wait 5
seconds, turn the key off, then start, your fuel system is losing
pressure. If it happens mostly overnight, not to worry.

As for the mileage: it is roughly as aerodynamic as a brick. It is
geared for offroad.

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

magicman proclaimed:

> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>

If you can get it to start quickly by turning the key on, wait 5
seconds, turn the key off, then start, your fuel system is losing
pressure. If it happens mostly overnight, not to worry.

As for the mileage: it is roughly as aerodynamic as a brick. It is
geared for offroad.

Re: 99 wrangler hard start
 

magicman proclaimed:

> i have a newly purchased 99 wrangler and it will not start on first try
> but turn the key off and she fires right up on the second try any
> ideas? thanks also it doesnt get great gas mileage ?
>

If you can get it to start quickly by turning the key on, wait 5
seconds, turn the key off, then start, your fuel system is losing
pressure. If it happens mostly overnight, not to worry.

As for the mileage: it is roughly as aerodynamic as a brick. It is
geared for offroad.