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    90 4.0 idle good buf backfire/die on gas

    I will play with the timing some more, but I replaced the distributor thinking that the signal generator was bad and I still have the same problem... I am wondering if it could be electrical? It starts right up and will high idle when cold and pop as it gets close to 2000 rpm and drop to 1500 or...
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    90 4.0 idle good buf backfire/die on gas

    Not yet, I replaced the timing chain because it had some slack , the cps bacause I couldn't read it on the osc scope, the tps because the voltages were off. Now it runs great it idle, but still pops and won't rev. I started it before putting the drive belt asm back on and it reved up a little...
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    90 4.0 idle good buf backfire/die on gas

    update: ok I figured out my first answer trying to connect obd scanner... RENIX, who knew. second, I have good fuel pressure 35 at idle, 40 psi when I touch the throttle. third, I checked the tps, I have .8 v @ idle, 4.2 @ WOT. all those number are correct according to what I have read...
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    88 jeep cherokee

    Mag, thanks for the post of that web site, I will definately use it in testing sensors to fix my backfire/run like crap when I give it gas problem...
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    fuel deliver issues

    I had the same problem with my friends blazer. The "pulsator" the little thing that looks like a minature brake fluid resovior had a bad seal and it was allowing puel pressure to read high enough at idle, but not at any high rpms. found out when we took out the tank and the fuel pump was...
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    90 4.0 idle good buf backfire/die on gas

    Hello, I bought my first jeep today as a starter (to get around this winter and off road next summer). all i could afford for a toy for now... I am pretty mechannically inclined, (spart, plus fuel +air= go) etc, but I am not sure where to start with this project. So with that said, it is a...
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