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Offline Moezer

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Re: cold weather killing my jeep :(
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2014, 12:33:31 PM »
Could be worn rings in that 3rd cylinder, which would explain the loss of oil to some extent.. The plug your concerned about on the far right looks like its firing correctly. They should not be wet. Troubleshoot a bit more, and dont bother reinstalling those fouled plugs. If you can get Champion 4412 truck plugs they run pretty well in a 4l. Otherwise ive had decent luck with the Autolite replacements as well. That 3rd plug could also be due to an incorrect mixture. How clean is your air filter? You did mention you smelled unburnt gas, it could be too rich... Computer controls all that, but you can check your air filter and make sure its not plugged. Id go have a shop check your compression on that cylinder as well, if your rings are shot that will lead to the oil loss and fouling. However it would be wise to find the cause of the problem before you throw new plugs in there, or do any more damage to your motor driving it.

I just got new plugs, going to do  a cleaning of the throttle body and change the oil back to what I use to put in to it  10w-30 my dad has a compression tester I will be doing that later,  im going to drop in the new plugs and change the oil and see what happens if it starts normal then that would be that.

Nott driving the jeep right now  I activated my summer car back on the road

Offline rangerdanger

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Re: cold weather killing my jeep :(
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2014, 03:30:30 PM »
Just a guess but do ypu still have the catalytic converter on the jeep? I had similar issues with the jeep being sluggish and the muffler puffing turned out that the brick inside the cat was loose and had plugged the exhaust. cut it out and straight piped it and now it runs like a champ.
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Offline Moezer

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Re: cold weather killing my jeep :(
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2014, 05:33:12 PM »