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Fuel problem?
Have something odd going on with my '99 TJ Sport. Just started in the
last couple of weeks... while driving, highway or city, any speed, the Jeep will sometimes hesitate/lurch as if it's not getting any fuel. Normally, I'd go right after the fuel filter *but*, here's the weird part... it only seems to happen when the tank is about 1/4 full or below. With a full tank, everything seems to be fine. Any thoughts/suggestions? Dave |
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i put my money on the fuel pump (101 %)
i had the fuel pump replaced on my 92 caddy because it exhibited THE SAME EXACT BEHAVIOR you are describing eventually, the problem evolved to a point where the engine would die unless the tank was full even then i had tremendous hesitation with the throttle half way down or more the car just wasn't drivable anymore had the mechanic replace the fuel pump, $300 parts and labor, eng runs like brand new don't worry about the inline fuel filter, would not make any difference in this case the only thing that bothers me is the presence of this problem on a recent car like yours (unless your mileage is in the 150k neighborhood) what's the matter with the quality of cars these days?! "David C. Moller" > wrote in message ... | Have something odd going on with my '99 TJ Sport. Just started in the | last couple of weeks... while driving, highway or city, any speed, the | Jeep will sometimes hesitate/lurch as if it's not getting any fuel. | Normally, I'd go right after the fuel filter *but*, here's the weird | part... it only seems to happen when the tank is about 1/4 full or | below. With a full tank, everything seems to be fine. Any | thoughts/suggestions? | | Dave |
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Have you tried cleaning the throttle body? I had an issue like you
described, but it was w/ the tank at any level, so it may not apply. Just throwing out some different ideas. Cleaned the throttle body and fixed the issue of the intermittent lurching/hesitating. Paul "David C. Moller" > wrote in message ... > Have something odd going on with my '99 TJ Sport. Just started in the > last couple of weeks... while driving, highway or city, any speed, the > Jeep will sometimes hesitate/lurch as if it's not getting any fuel. > Normally, I'd go right after the fuel filter *but*, here's the weird > part... it only seems to happen when the tank is about 1/4 full or > below. With a full tank, everything seems to be fine. Any > thoughts/suggestions? > > Dave |
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Thanks Peter (and Paul) for the responses. I'll monitor the situation,
see how it goes. My mileage is rather high, approaching 99K, so I guess it could be the fuel pump. Dave On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:13:03 -0500, "Peter D." > wrote: >i put my money on the fuel pump (101 %) >i had the fuel pump replaced on my 92 caddy because it exhibited THE SAME >EXACT BEHAVIOR >you are describing >eventually, the problem evolved to a point where the engine would die unless >the tank was full >even then i had tremendous hesitation with the throttle half way down or >more >the car just wasn't drivable anymore >had the mechanic replace the fuel pump, $300 parts and labor, eng runs like >brand new >don't worry about the inline fuel filter, would not make any difference in >this case > >the only thing that bothers me is the presence of this problem on a recent >car like yours >(unless your mileage is in the 150k neighborhood) >what's the matter with the quality of cars these days?! > >"David C. Moller" > wrote in message .. . >| Have something odd going on with my '99 TJ Sport. Just started in the >| last couple of weeks... while driving, highway or city, any speed, the >| Jeep will sometimes hesitate/lurch as if it's not getting any fuel. >| Normally, I'd go right after the fuel filter *but*, here's the weird >| part... it only seems to happen when the tank is about 1/4 full or >| below. With a full tank, everything seems to be fine. Any >| thoughts/suggestions? >| >| Dave > |
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David C. Moller did pass the time by typing:
> Thanks Peter (and Paul) for the responses. I'll monitor the situation, > see how it goes. My mileage is rather high, approaching 99K, so I > guess it could be the fuel pump. It isn't always the pump. Check the filter. http://members.cox.net/douglas.wilson/badgas/ If it's easy to get at just drop it out and drain it backwards. Give it a good shake and see what comes out. -- DougW |
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:47:55 -0600, "DougW"
> wrote: >David C. Moller did pass the time by typing: >> Thanks Peter (and Paul) for the responses. I'll monitor the situation, >> see how it goes. My mileage is rather high, approaching 99K, so I >> guess it could be the fuel pump. > >It isn't always the pump. Check the filter. >http://members.cox.net/douglas.wilson/badgas/ > >If it's easy to get at just drop it out and drain >it backwards. Give it a good shake and see what >comes out. Thanks Doug. Dave |
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