Hi all,

I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
dumbed down!

I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.

Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
repair? Can I do it myself?

Thanks!!

feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Hi Steve,
I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
exhaust of a cold engine.
You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
diagnostics page that may help:
http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> dumbed down!
>
> I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
>
> Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> repair? Can I do it myself?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Hi Steve,
I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
exhaust of a cold engine.
You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
diagnostics page that may help:
http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> dumbed down!
>
> I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
>
> Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> repair? Can I do it myself?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Hi Steve,
I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
exhaust of a cold engine.
You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
diagnostics page that may help:
http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> dumbed down!
>
> I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
>
> Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> repair? Can I do it myself?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.

Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!

Thanks!


L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<401DA227.119D1115@***.net>...
> Hi Steve,
> I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
> exhaust of a cold engine.
> You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
> have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
> which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
> you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
> the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
> diagnostics page that may help:
> http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Steve B wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> > dumbed down!
> >
> > I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> > of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> > when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> > out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
> >
> > Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> > repair? Can I do it myself?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.

Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!

Thanks!


L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<401DA227.119D1115@***.net>...
> Hi Steve,
> I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
> exhaust of a cold engine.
> You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
> have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
> which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
> you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
> the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
> diagnostics page that may help:
> http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Steve B wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> > dumbed down!
> >
> > I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> > of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> > when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> > out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
> >
> > Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> > repair? Can I do it myself?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.

Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!

Thanks!


L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<401DA227.119D1115@***.net>...
> Hi Steve,
> I wouldn't worry about water or white vapor, coming from the
> exhaust of a cold engine.
> You could be describing anything from a bad fuel pump which you
> have enough time on for it to fail. Or the Crankcase Position Sensor,
> which is very common on six cylinders and was a problem the year before
> you, 318" V8: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/04/930419DA.html Try to pull
> the codes: http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html Doug, here has a
> diagnostics page that may help:
> http://members.***.net/wilsond/Fixes/diagnostics.html
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Steve B wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm not a mechanic or mechanically inclined, so please keep this
> > dumbed down!
> >
> > I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee, V8. It's green and automatic. Out
> > of the blue, it stopped running. It turns over fine, falters, and
> > when I put it into gear, it dies. I also noticed some liquid coming
> > out of the tailpipe, and more exhaust than usual.
> >
> > Any ideas? Could this be a simple fix? How much should it be to
> > repair? Can I do it myself?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > feel free to email me directly with suggestions.

 

Cool.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
> be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.
>
> Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!
>
> Thanks!

 

Cool.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
> be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.
>
> Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!
>
> Thanks!

 

Cool.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve B wrote:
>
> Took it to a mechanic. Turns out the fuel injection system needed to
> be cleaned. $39 for parts, $68 for labor.
>
> Better than the 1 grand I was thinking it would be!!
>
> Thanks!