HS00XJ

155000 miles it ran hot on me three times (with a/c) and no crack yet.fingers crossed. 2000 model

Hewittxj

I have an 01 175,000 miles cracked head I have tried everything to fix my 3rd cylinder misfire to find that it was a crack in between 3 and 4

77olds

I need to change my vote.

168,000+ miles.



I think I caught it early enough. No noticeable amount of coolant in the oil but a lifter was being washed out and collapsing, would tick bad for a second or two on first starts at times.

Put on a new head, everything seems to be fine as of right now.

lualchro

I picked a 2000 Cherokee Sport with 198000 on the clock and a bad auto tranny, I'm on the process of making it drivable again, already convert it to manual (I don't like autos) specially in my country with too many hills, the jeep is already starting and moving front and back, checked the head just to be sure and still looks fine!
will be on top of the cooling system to prevent the cracking.

Border Dave

I don't have an XJ, but I had about 100,000 miles on my 01 TJ when the head cracked. Unfortunately, I didn't figure out the problem until it had 123,000 miles. I ended up having to rebuild the entire motor, so I had it bored and stroked and used a new head from Alabama Cylinder Head.

Abominable01XJ

took another car to take out the Abominable01 286 on the dash motor still runs lol

Aljay

110k and going strong 01xj , im swapping motor tho 5.3 chevy .

cardinalgirl

2001 xj. 3 years ago a friend told me it smelled like ol blue was running hot. My car guy wanted to replace the thermostat and serpentine belt and so it was. That was at about 60k miles. I'm at 75k now with a new everyday car. My blue xj is the most awesome muddafudda machine to drive. Would you say I'm at the coolant checking every start point (lots of winter driving in StL)? nevermind... now I'm all scared about this 0331 thing so I found something new to obsess about. ha

HS00XJ

I changed mine with a tuppy reman. so I would quit worrying about when and if it would crack.

SeaVee

When you guys say "overheat" are you talking pegging the gauge at 260? My will creep up to 215ish when it’s 90+ and the a/c blasting in traffic. 01 XJ with 126k. Oil is on way to Blackstone now. No coolant loss, oil looks fine. Hope I don't have to change my vote!

HS00XJ

Mine pegged twice to 260 when stopped with the A/C on. Ive turned my A/C into on board air now.

centuryhouse

2000 XJ Sport, in Texas (high heat) and just passed 201,000 miles. No issues yet!

davev

Keep the rumor mill going about how bad the 2000/01's are. At least until I buy another one...

GaMike

249,800 miles. The head has still not cracked. I guess I got a good one.

ptaylor

I'm very sorry to say I'm now an owner of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport 2WD wagon that has a cracked camshaft. See pic below:


You can see the crack below the rear main bearing seal. I'm not sure how this happened. Very disappointed, I really liked my jeep. Unfortunately, I don't have the confidence, knowledge to rebuild.

Would be curious as to how this happened.