This is a HUGE myth. The seals do not care. Besides 'conventional' oil is a blend anyway. The use of synthetic oil in today's engines is nothing but a marketing ploy by the manufactures and a waste of money. For older engines that run more towards the performance side (racing) there may be some...
Check out this thread. Sounds like a fuel problem.
http://www.jeepz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18915
Not sure on the '96's but on my '97 the fuel pump check valve is the cause for the hard cold starting. It has also done the rough idle a time or two. I let it die and restart and it ran fine...
I tried to pry the switch buttons off but they didn't want to cooperate and
I wound up breaking the pc board more. Stupid thing.
I asked the dealer about a recall and I got the blank look on their face. I think it is similar to the stock fog light switch burning out all the time. I went...
The true cause of the problem is a spot in the pc board in the control switch pad.
It is unsupported and cracks the trace for the locking switch.
If you are better at disassembly than I am you can just resolder the trace and be on your merry way. If you are like me and make things worse the...
600+ for installation???
WOW. I was expecting something more like 300 each.
Well let us know how the replacement goes and anything that one needs to know to make it easier.
john
I have the same problem and tried to get to the pc board in the controller switch.
I did not have the best of luck and could not get the thing apart. Actually I wound up breaking it even more and causing my side mirror control to stop working all together.
What is the trick to getting it apart...
Hi there - new here but i wanted to comment on the problem you are having.
I have a 97 Cherokee Country that is having the same issue. 155k miles on mine.
When cold you need to crank about 30-40 seconds and it will start and idle a bit rough for a bit. If you crank for about 10 secs and stop...