about to take a hammer to 2001 cherokee sport
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If the leak is:
past the rings you can hear air escaping out through the oil fill,
past the intake valve, through the intake manifold,
past an exhaust valve, through the tail pipe, etc.
Whereas "fast leakdown" of a compression gauge, sounds like a bad gauge assembly.
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Since it seems you have already replaced half the sensors, etc. and con formed that you don't have an exhaust blockage, I'm leaning toward a couple of things:
1) Have you replaced the CPS with an original Mopar unit? I don't recall seeing that in the thread, but I may have missed it.
2) Since changing none of the electrical thingamabobs has given an improvement, couldn't it be a wiring issue related to the ignition system or one of the Hall sensors (crankshaft position sensor / camshaft position sensor)? Have you checked for short, melted wires, corrosion, etc?
My '02 Wrangler had a failing camshaft position sensor and it had similar symptoms to what you describe.
Also, I've seen it fairly common where a failing CPS (Crankshaft) will cause a 4.0 to idle like crap, but give it some throttle and it will smooth out.
1) Have you replaced the CPS with an original Mopar unit? I don't recall seeing that in the thread, but I may have missed it.
2) Since changing none of the electrical thingamabobs has given an improvement, couldn't it be a wiring issue related to the ignition system or one of the Hall sensors (crankshaft position sensor / camshaft position sensor)? Have you checked for short, melted wires, corrosion, etc?
My '02 Wrangler had a failing camshaft position sensor and it had similar symptoms to what you describe.
Also, I've seen it fairly common where a failing CPS (Crankshaft) will cause a 4.0 to idle like crap, but give it some throttle and it will smooth out.
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Had the same issue with my 2001 xj. Mine had really hard starting though. Kept throwing parts at it with no result (same thing your doing). Compression good, exhaust flowing properly, etc. Finally took it to a 4.0 specialty shop here in Atlanta & turned out the electronic timing was way off. They re-flashed my ECU and all was good. Also checked the fuel system pressure while off and running and installed new injectors.
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Had the same issue with my 2001 xj. Mine had really hard starting though. Kept throwing parts at it with no result (same thing your doing). Compression good, exhaust flowing properly, etc. Finally took it to a 4.0 specialty shop here in Atlanta & turned out the electronic timing was way off. They re-flashed my ECU and all was good. Also checked the fuel system pressure while off and running and installed new injectors.
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well, tried the old trick of spraying stating fluid around where the intake manifold/exhaust bolts to the head,........found an intake/vacuum leak. #6 cylinder. when i spray the ether at the intake, it actually bogs the engine and tries to kill it, with a hard dieseling sound. still throwing the PO301 code, cylinder 1 misfire, so, i will replace the intake/exhaust gasket and go from there.....
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