brianv
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Haledon NJ
Last week I drove 11 hours to school from NJ to Michigan in my 01 xj. Jeep ran fine the entire way there. I parked outside my dorm, proceeded to unpack it entirely, and then went to move it. Here's where I ran into my problem. It started, but sounded like it was running on two or three cylinders, and was really rough. I turned it off and tried to start it again and the same thing happened. I wasn't happy, but was at least glad it happened after my trip, and not during. I left the jeep there and went to dinner. After dinner, I went to start it again and it started up just fine, and has since.
I only bought the jeep a month ago and am not sure what could be the problem. My only thought was a problem that the previous owner said he had around 67k miles. He didn't know much about cars but this is what he wrote down that the mechanic said was wrong with jeep - "Oil was leaking onto spark plug causing failure in the back of gasket area. He put glue to stop leak. This caused cylinders 3&4 to go bad. I need a hard cover gasket before 10,000 miles or it might happen again". This was roughly 5k miles ago, and thought it would be fine until I had the time to look at it. Any help with any thoughts on what could have possibly happened would be great. Thanks.
I only bought the jeep a month ago and am not sure what could be the problem. My only thought was a problem that the previous owner said he had around 67k miles. He didn't know much about cars but this is what he wrote down that the mechanic said was wrong with jeep - "Oil was leaking onto spark plug causing failure in the back of gasket area. He put glue to stop leak. This caused cylinders 3&4 to go bad. I need a hard cover gasket before 10,000 miles or it might happen again". This was roughly 5k miles ago, and thought it would be fine until I had the time to look at it. Any help with any thoughts on what could have possibly happened would be great. Thanks.