Re: 2.5L 4 Cylinder Question
Mike,
Thanks for your input. I did buy the jeep and am pretty happy with it. The body is in very good shape. There is very little rust. On the underside there is quite a bit of rust. If it was ever wrecked I can't tell. The paint looks like factory. The woman who owned it said she had it detailed every year. The oil pan has quite a bit of rust along with the brake lines. The bracket at the union of the exhaust manifod and the exhaust line was a bit loose. I was able to tighten it a bit. After reading about exhaust manifold bolt problems and cracks, I tried the best I could by inspection and blocking the tail pipe and checking for leaks. The only leak I could find was through the little hole in the bottom of the muffler. I think thats normal. Thursday after work its going in for emissons insp and Ill have the mechanic look at a few things. Thanks, Alan GzrGlide <GzrGlide02@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:<3F006B88.2894572@yahoo.ca>... > Alan Karelitz wrote: > > > I'm looking at buying a 97 SE Wrangler with the 2.5L Engine. It's in > > great shape. No rust at all, looks great. Inside is very clean. It > > looks like it had been very well taken care of. It has 150,000 miles > > on it. Mainly highway miles. I drove it for a few miles and it rode > > great. The engine ran very smooth had plenty of power. It was the > > 3rd one I had test drove that day, and by far the best feeling engine. > > It has a manuall transmission. The clutch has never been replaced. > > It felt very good too. > > > > What can I expect from this engine mileage and problem wise? What > > kind of histry does this engine have with high mileage if it was well > > mainatained? Called my local Jeep Dealer and they thought the 6 could > > last forever, but he did not gvie me a great feeling on the 4. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alan > > Go to your dealer with the serial number and check to see that the recalls > were done. We had one recall that took care of a broken stud (one of the > studs that holds the exhaust manifold on). > > Have a competant mechanic check it out top to bottom. We've got a sniff > over 100,000 miles on the wifes TJ and it is still going strong. Take care > of it and it will take care of you. IF you're truly happy with its > performance on hte highway (passing, merging etc) you're good to go. > > Mike > 98 TJ SE |
Re: 2.5L 4 Cylinder Question
As someone who owns both a 2.5l and 4.0l I still think the 2.5 is just fine
95% of the time and it's a lot funner to drive (except on the illinois tollway) because of of the higher revs it seems to like. "Alan Karelitz" <alanbk@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:63ef7534.0307011905.515f4115@posting.google.c om... > Mike, > > Thanks for your input. I did buy the jeep and am pretty happy with > it. The body is in very good shape. There is very little rust. On > the underside there is quite a bit of rust. If it was ever wrecked I > can't tell. The paint looks like factory. The woman who owned it > said she had it detailed every year. The oil pan has quite a bit of > rust along with the brake lines. The bracket at the union of the > exhaust manifod and the exhaust line was a bit loose. I was able to > tighten it a bit. After reading about exhaust manifold bolt problems > and cracks, I tried the best I could by inspection and blocking the > tail pipe and checking for leaks. The only leak I could find was > through the little hole in the bottom of the muffler. I think thats > normal. > > Thursday after work its going in for emissons insp and Ill have the > mechanic look at a few things. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > > GzrGlide <GzrGlide02@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:<3F006B88.2894572@yahoo.ca>... > > Alan Karelitz wrote: > > > > > I'm looking at buying a 97 SE Wrangler with the 2.5L Engine. It's in > > > great shape. No rust at all, looks great. Inside is very clean. It > > > looks like it had been very well taken care of. It has 150,000 miles > > > on it. Mainly highway miles. I drove it for a few miles and it rode > > > great. The engine ran very smooth had plenty of power. It was the > > > 3rd one I had test drove that day, and by far the best feeling engine. > > > It has a manuall transmission. The clutch has never been replaced. > > > It felt very good too. > > > > > > What can I expect from this engine mileage and problem wise? What > > > kind of histry does this engine have with high mileage if it was well > > > mainatained? Called my local Jeep Dealer and they thought the 6 could > > > last forever, but he did not gvie me a great feeling on the 4. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Alan > > > > Go to your dealer with the serial number and check to see that the recalls > > were done. We had one recall that took care of a broken stud (one of the > > studs that holds the exhaust manifold on). > > > > Have a competant mechanic check it out top to bottom. We've got a sniff > > over 100,000 miles on the wifes TJ and it is still going strong. Take care > > of it and it will take care of you. IF you're truly happy with its > > performance on hte highway (passing, merging etc) you're good to go. > > > > Mike > > 98 TJ SE |
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