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I unhooked the negative cable again -- for 15 minutes this time -- and the check engine light went off. :-)

My check engine light came on Friday morning for the first time ever. I guess I should be thankful, as it now has 174K on the odometer. LOL! Anyway, Autozone pulled the code, which was PO141, indicating the downstream O2 sensor. All of my underhood fuses are good, and a quick trace of the wires...

Well, the good news is that the XJ is back on the road. The bad news is that I'm not sure what fixed it. LOL! Tonight, I drove all the way to the next town where I bought the Optima battery four years ago. They hooked it up to some sort of device and told me that it is good, even after the guy...

Measure right on the battery posts?

It's been on there around 10,000 miles or so. I replaced it when I hit the deer two years ago, and I drive it 100 miles a week. The factory in-dash volt meter has always shown good, even with this "bad" battery. I have a digital volt meter. What would be the best method of testing?

Well, I took the Optima battery to Autozone for testing when I picked up the new IAC. Guess what? The battery is shot. Who would have guessed? The thing starts the Jeep just fine everyday, so that came as a shock. Tomorrow evening I'll be taking the battery back to where I bought it. Optima's...

One thing worth mentioning: For quite a long time now, if we have a rain overnight, or if the air is really heavy with mist/fog in the morning, the dash lights, headlights, etc. are really dim upon starting the XJ for the first time. Revving it up a couple of seconds results in the belt...

Just checked, and the battery is a little older than I thought. I bought it in 10/07, which makes it exactly 4 years old. So much for the 3-year free replacement. LOL! What strikes me as odd is that there have been no symptoms whatsoever before today. It has ran fine, idled fine, and started...

I pulled the throttle body off, and took the whole assembly to AutoZone. The only sensor on it that they could check was the TPS, and it checked out good. I went ahead and bought a new IAC, and when I went to reassemble everything, the IAC won't fit in my housing. These have a plastic "shaft"...

The battery is a red-top Optima and should be in very good shape. This XJ is my daily driver -- I drive it on the highway to work five days a week. It drove home from work yesterday afternoon just fine, and hasn't been acting the least bit funny. I'm thankful to God that it did this in the...

Woke up this morning to find that my '96 XJ will not idle at all. My wife woke me up to tell me that it wouldn't start, so I got up to check it out. Up until this morning, it has always started on the first crank. Today, it cranked a few times, then started right up. It revs up just fine, but...

No word from grandy. :(

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$50 The question is: is it worth a $15 savings to drive 150 miles round trip? :)

I have a new in box Old Man Emu Steering Stabilizer that I bought for my XJ, but never got around to installing it. I still have the receipt where I purchased it from Quadratec for $86.98 shipped. For 84-06 Jeep Cherokee XJ, Grand Cherokee ZJ, Wrangler YJ, Wrangler TJ & Unlimited. Part number...