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What's Wrong with my 1995 Jeep Wrangler?
Problem: About once every 10-15 minutes while driving, the engine occasionally sputters, chokes, and loses power, but then it recovers. It seems to do it most while accelerating, and at 2200-3500 RPMs. Check engine light is on. It sounds like it's misfiring, choking, sputtering, but it is definitely losing power when these incidents occur.
Coincidence: This started happening around the same time I started towing my light fishing boat behind it.
What I've Done (with little positive affect):
- Replaced the fuel filter
- Replaced the fuel pump
- Replaced the spark plugs and spark plug wires
- Ran engine cleaner fluid through
Stats:
1995 Jeep Wrangler Rio Grande 4x4
4 CYL with 120,000 miles
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
this is caused by one or two things that it is dropping fuel psi or spark, in many cases the distributor will begin to fail with an intermediate problem as you are getting, most cases a short internally or as little as a problem as a rotter button under the cap, I would replace the cap and rotter first if that don't help then it will take a distributor.
Source(s): auto tech 15 years - Anonymous1 decade ago
When you decide that you want to stop playing around with it, you can take it to the auto parts store and get the OBD codes pull and find out why the Check Engine light is on
- 1 decade ago
you have got something braking down electricly, if it is not wires, spark plug, could be the coil or distributer . if you do have a distributer on this engine open it look for burn marks on rotor , and dist cap . moisture can also get traped in cap, if there is moisture in there spray wd 40 in wipe out and drive. when in dought replace cap and rotor. GoodLuck
- paul hLv 71 decade ago
The first thing to do is find out why the check engine light is on....parts stores like Autozone offer to check for codes for free but usually only on OBD II systems from 96 on up but some 95 models have the OBD II system. If not, you may have to have it checked by a mechanic.
Intermittent loss of power under load could be caused by a number of things...either fuel and electrical related and some causes may not be picked up by the closed loop computer system. Possible.... bad fuel pump relay, bad fuel pressure regulator, faulty injectors, bad wiring or ignition switch, faulty signals from computer-related devices, etc...
I would start with finding any trouble codes and go from there...then go with other tests like a fuel pressure test while driving....inspection of the ignition wiring and circuits, ignition module and coils...grounds...etc... if the trouble codes do not relate to driveability issues.
- scrubbagLv 71 decade ago
Could be a bad fuel injector, that works occasionally, and at the higher speeds, doesn't supply enough fuel. On a 4 banger, it makes a big difference, since one of four cylinders is not working right. If you have multiple injection, one to each cylinder, it could be hard to find which one. If your vehicle has throttle body, fuel injection in one area, it would be a bit easier.
There could be other things, like oxygen sensor, MAP sensor , TPS throttle position sensor and so on. I kind of lean towards the bad injector, since it seems to affect it on higher rpms, rather then on idling.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Not sure the starter is part of this equation...reading the code would tell a lot however. I wonder if some component isn't starting to fail...o2 sensor maybe...
- SarahLv 41 decade ago
I'm not sure if this will help, but check the starter. I had a problem with my 96 jeep and people were telling me the transmission. My grandfather checked it out and the wires that were supposed to start the engine when you turn the key came lose. My jeep had about 200,000+ miles on it though when this happened.
- Michael SLv 71 decade ago
When you decide that you want to stop playing around with it, you can take it to the auto parts store and get the OBD codes pull and find out why the Check Engine light is on.