Here's a weird one - can you guess what it was?

Would have bet on a broken engine mount, but seeing where this is
headed, I'll put my money on a loose throttle cable connection on the
engine side.

Jon

On Mar 25, 7:48 pm, Jeff DeWitt > wrote:
> Nope, that was my first thought but not the problem. (And if I started
> this thread with something like that you guys would be ****ed!)
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Your drivers side floor mat and or carpeting was caught up under the
> > gas pedal.
>
> > Snow...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Some bent lever on the throttle body.

OK everyone, there were a lot of really good guesses (and most of them
have happened to me at one time or another!)but here is what happened
this time.

I took the big air intake hose off the top of the throttle body to spray
some cleaner on it and found a big, square chunk of foam on top of the
throttle plates. It turned out to be the filter from the inside of the
air box that filters air coming back from the valve cover.

Obviously it was interfering with the movement of the throttle plate.

A bit of cleaning and some glue and everything was OK again.

Thanks for all the great suggestions though!

Jeff DeWitt



Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> I was tinkering with the Jeep and debating whither I want to tackle the
> harmonic balancer today (no, I don't have a pusher and HATE messing with
> those things, I've had nightmare experiences with them on Studebakers),
> it will wait (I hope) until next weekend and the right tools.
>
> Anyway, the Jeeps been acting strangely lately, sometimes it seems like
> its down on power, the gas pedal has felt hard, and the idle has been
> weird, sometimes slow, (especially at startup, even with the engine
> hot)and sometimes fast, like about 1200 rpm.
>
> I couldn't believe it when I found the problem, and it was an easy fix.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Answer to be posted tomorrow or so, unless someone gets it first.
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Jeffrey DeWitt > wrote:

> OK everyone, there were a lot of really good guesses (and most of
> them have happened to me at one time or another!)but here is what
> happened this time.
>
> I took the big air intake hose off the top of the throttle body to
> spray some cleaner on it and found a big, square chunk of foam on
> top of the throttle plates. It turned out to be the filter from
> the inside of the air box that filters air coming back from the
> valve cover.
>
> Obviously it was interfering with the movement of the throttle
> plate.

Well, of course I knew that*, I was waiting for you to tell us you were
giving a new Grand Cherokee Limited 4x4 V8 to the first correct guess.
You might as well go ahead and send me the GC anyway.....


*If you believe that, I also have access to several million US dollars
stashed in a Nigerian bank and you can help me bring the money to this
country for a 15% cut! <GD&R>

I'll have the Grand Cherokee delivered as soon as the money from Nigeria
arrives <G>

Jeff DeWitt

XS11E wrote:
> Jeffrey DeWitt > wrote:
>
>> OK everyone, there were a lot of really good guesses (and most of
>> them have happened to me at one time or another!)but here is what
>> happened this time.
>>
>> I took the big air intake hose off the top of the throttle body to
>> spray some cleaner on it and found a big, square chunk of foam on
>> top of the throttle plates. It turned out to be the filter from
>> the inside of the air box that filters air coming back from the
>> valve cover.
>>
>> Obviously it was interfering with the movement of the throttle
>> plate.
>
> Well, of course I knew that*, I was waiting for you to tell us you were
> giving a new Grand Cherokee Limited 4x4 V8 to the first correct guess.
> You might as well go ahead and send me the GC anyway.....
>
>
> *If you believe that, I also have access to several million US dollars
> stashed in a Nigerian bank and you can help me bring the money to this
> country for a 15% cut! <GD&R>
>

Jeffrey DeWitt writes:

> I took the big air intake hose off the top of the throttle body to spray
> some cleaner on it and found a big, square chunk of foam on top of the
> throttle plates.

No doubt put there by rodents.

I want part credit!

Just FYI, but that air filter is to filter air going 'into' the valve
cover....

I would be checking out the CCV system expecting to find a blocked tube
from the rear of the valve cover to the intake. This is the other half
of the circuit that is supposed to provide the suction for this.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> OK everyone, there were a lot of really good guesses (and most of them
> have happened to me at one time or another!)but here is what happened
> this time.
>
> I took the big air intake hose off the top of the throttle body to spray
> some cleaner on it and found a big, square chunk of foam on top of the
> throttle plates. It turned out to be the filter from the inside of the
> air box that filters air coming back from the valve cover.
>
> Obviously it was interfering with the movement of the throttle plate.
>
> A bit of cleaning and some glue and everything was OK again.
>
> Thanks for all the great suggestions though!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>
>
> Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> I was tinkering with the Jeep and debating whither I want to tackle
>> the harmonic balancer today (no, I don't have a pusher and HATE
>> messing with those things, I've had nightmare experiences with them
>> on Studebakers), it will wait (I hope) until next weekend and the
>> right tools.
>>
>> Anyway, the Jeeps been acting strangely lately, sometimes it seems
>> like its down on power, the gas pedal has felt hard, and the idle has
>> been weird, sometimes slow, (especially at startup, even with the
>> engine hot)and sometimes fast, like about 1200 rpm.
>>
>> I couldn't believe it when I found the problem, and it was an easy fix.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Answer to be posted tomorrow or so, unless someone gets it first.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt