fuel pump?

ghostrider0076 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2003, 07:14 PM

So I was driving home from Cincinnati to Louisville the other day and stopped to fill up and everything was going fine. When i got to downtown Louisville and decelerated, my 1992 YJ started sputtering and shaking. I stopped to check it out and it sounded terrible while it was idling, but I took and chance and tried to get it across town and home. The oil was full and nothing appeared to be leaking and the engine looked OK. When I got about 5 miles farther and stopped at a light, it began to knock pretty loudly, then died. It will still turnover, but will not start (almost as if it is out of gas). Any ideas?

Thanks

graewulf · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2003, 08:46 PM

sounds like you got some bad gas... probably some water in it.... you can try some dry gas and see if it helps...

jeepin916 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2003, 11:02 PM

hmmm that happened to me i would drain the gass and fill up with the good stuff and some injector cleaner or carb cleaner

ghostrider0076 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-13-2003, 02:48 PM

Just got off the phone with the mechanic. He says that I am loosing pressure in my 3rd valve and that if it is not a seal leaking, then it is a hole in the valve or a piston problem. If this is what it is, then he says I will need to rebuild the engine.

So, would it be better just to buy a rebuilt engine and then sell this piece of crap for something dependable, or should i get a 2nd opinion?

Thanks

graewulf · #5 (**permalink**) 10-13-2003, 03:19 PM

the fact that you gassed up right before it happened says he may be wrong. i'd get a second opinion...

bryanjeep · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2003, 05:32 PM

NEVER NEVER NEVER take a jeep take a jeep to a mechanic. They will ALWAYS bull**** you.