OK, so I won't get flamed for fixing a 4 cyl, I'll post it in here.
sorry if this turns out to be long...
I'd like to delay an engine swap for a while longer unless I absolutely can't get my engine to run.
Last December (of 2001) my engine crapped out on me. Loud bang, loss of power, wouldn't restart. Later figured out that the distributor gear stripped it's teeth and the timing got way off. I got a new timing set just to start over and got everything lined up and replaced the dist. gear and oil pump in the process. I didn't want to deal with any of this again, but it's almost a year and half later and I've only just gotten it to a rough idle.
In the process of trying to diagnose the original problem, I ended up pulling the head and getting it checked out, shop told me it was in perfect shape but they went ahead and cleaned it up for me just because. I checked cylinders and movement of lower end by pulling the oil pan and turning the engine with the crank bolt on the fron tof the engine - all appeared to be great, so back together with everything along with new parts listed above and almost all new sensors. While I was at it I went ahead and put in Bosch plugs and replaced plug wires, cap, and rotor.
I had the thought that maybe it was my fuel pump, but about 10 minutes ago I pulled the fuel rail and injectors and pointed them at a pile of shop towels about three feet away...the shop towels would make a nice fire now. This may not have been the most efficient/safe way, but it let me know that the fuel pump is doing it's job (as far as I can tell) and I cleaned everything up.
Does anyone have any ideas? My pobre TJ has been dead for a long ass time and I'm tired of not being able to wheel. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks...
sorry if this turns out to be long...
I'd like to delay an engine swap for a while longer unless I absolutely can't get my engine to run.
Last December (of 2001) my engine crapped out on me. Loud bang, loss of power, wouldn't restart. Later figured out that the distributor gear stripped it's teeth and the timing got way off. I got a new timing set just to start over and got everything lined up and replaced the dist. gear and oil pump in the process. I didn't want to deal with any of this again, but it's almost a year and half later and I've only just gotten it to a rough idle.
In the process of trying to diagnose the original problem, I ended up pulling the head and getting it checked out, shop told me it was in perfect shape but they went ahead and cleaned it up for me just because. I checked cylinders and movement of lower end by pulling the oil pan and turning the engine with the crank bolt on the fron tof the engine - all appeared to be great, so back together with everything along with new parts listed above and almost all new sensors. While I was at it I went ahead and put in Bosch plugs and replaced plug wires, cap, and rotor.
I had the thought that maybe it was my fuel pump, but about 10 minutes ago I pulled the fuel rail and injectors and pointed them at a pile of shop towels about three feet away...the shop towels would make a nice fire now. This may not have been the most efficient/safe way, but it let me know that the fuel pump is doing it's job (as far as I can tell) and I cleaned everything up.
Does anyone have any ideas? My pobre TJ has been dead for a long ass time and I'm tired of not being able to wheel. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks...