hello guys,
i have"nt posted here in some time, but i need some fellow jeepers opinions. my own Xj is a '97 SE 4dr 4.0 5spd 3:55 swap, pretty stock really. she is really clean has always ran wonderfully since ive owned it at 173k, she now has 219k, i run 10w30 castrol with hastings filters every 2500-3k miles. 2k miles ago she started a mild definate defined quite knock upon the first start up of the day while cold basically. a few months ago it started taking alot longer to go away upon cold start, it was louder at first and could still be heard for 5-10 min after hitting running temp, as well as also knocking upon other cold starts in the same day, not just upon the first cold start of the day like previous. well the last few weeks its been pretty cold in new york on and off and in its pretty damn loud in the morning and really does it all the way to work which is a half hour drive and does it every time i start it pretty much and really does"nt seem to ever totally go away at this point, it may get faint but you can always here it, ive heard sticky lifters in these 4.0"s, i've had flexplate bolts loosen up on me on my fiance"s '96 Xj country, ive had 6 xj"s i love them, they have all been great to me high mileage and all but i dunno, i think this one is about to blow up on me what does it sound like to you guys?
thanx for anyone's opinion
i have"nt posted here in some time, but i need some fellow jeepers opinions. my own Xj is a '97 SE 4dr 4.0 5spd 3:55 swap, pretty stock really. she is really clean has always ran wonderfully since ive owned it at 173k, she now has 219k, i run 10w30 castrol with hastings filters every 2500-3k miles. 2k miles ago she started a mild definate defined quite knock upon the first start up of the day while cold basically. a few months ago it started taking alot longer to go away upon cold start, it was louder at first and could still be heard for 5-10 min after hitting running temp, as well as also knocking upon other cold starts in the same day, not just upon the first cold start of the day like previous. well the last few weeks its been pretty cold in new york on and off and in its pretty damn loud in the morning and really does it all the way to work which is a half hour drive and does it every time i start it pretty much and really does"nt seem to ever totally go away at this point, it may get faint but you can always here it, ive heard sticky lifters in these 4.0"s, i've had flexplate bolts loosen up on me on my fiance"s '96 Xj country, ive had 6 xj"s i love them, they have all been great to me high mileage and all but i dunno, i think this one is about to blow up on me what does it sound like to you guys?
thanx for anyone's opinion