Hi again, folks. Welcome to this week's meeting of the XJ High Idle Club. It's been merely hours it seems since we last all met.
Started the 88 XJ yesterday am. Immediate 3000 RPM idle. Off & on 8-10 times did nothing. Left for work. Nothing like standing on the brake, BARELY (and I mean barely) being able to hold it back from hitting the guy in front of you crawling on the freeway (SoCal). If I got an open spot and could take my foot off the brake, it went nearly 55 MPH on it's own. Never touched the gas all the way there. Good times. Fought it for 30+ miles. End of day, crossed my fingers, and...no change. Fought it home 28 miles in the rain. Holding it back in the rain is a whole 'nother experience with the lack of good traction. It never came down from 3k all damn day. The brakes were straining and moaning, my right foot was aching from raising it 1/16" off the pedal, then pushing it thru the floor all day.
2 miles from home, on it's own, the RPMs dropped and it drove normally. This damn SOB. I pulled over, cut it off and on, and it was "fixed." However, I had no dash lights or rear tail lights. Checked all fuses, all good.
What fuse circuit are these lights on/which fuse? Any other ideas to try to get me my tail lights back? I need to try and fix it today @ lunch so I can drive it home tonight in the dark. Of course, if you have ideas to fix the high idle other than a bullet thru the block (and it may come to that) I'm all ears on that too.
I'm to the point with the high idle that I'm about to take it to the Jeep dealer and say "fix this SOB". I know it ain't gonna be cheap (if there is even a true fix) but I'm tired of it. So GD tired of it.
Started the 88 XJ yesterday am. Immediate 3000 RPM idle. Off & on 8-10 times did nothing. Left for work. Nothing like standing on the brake, BARELY (and I mean barely) being able to hold it back from hitting the guy in front of you crawling on the freeway (SoCal). If I got an open spot and could take my foot off the brake, it went nearly 55 MPH on it's own. Never touched the gas all the way there. Good times. Fought it for 30+ miles. End of day, crossed my fingers, and...no change. Fought it home 28 miles in the rain. Holding it back in the rain is a whole 'nother experience with the lack of good traction. It never came down from 3k all damn day. The brakes were straining and moaning, my right foot was aching from raising it 1/16" off the pedal, then pushing it thru the floor all day.
2 miles from home, on it's own, the RPMs dropped and it drove normally. This damn SOB. I pulled over, cut it off and on, and it was "fixed." However, I had no dash lights or rear tail lights. Checked all fuses, all good.
What fuse circuit are these lights on/which fuse? Any other ideas to try to get me my tail lights back? I need to try and fix it today @ lunch so I can drive it home tonight in the dark. Of course, if you have ideas to fix the high idle other than a bullet thru the block (and it may come to that) I'm all ears on that too.
I'm to the point with the high idle that I'm about to take it to the Jeep dealer and say "fix this SOB". I know it ain't gonna be cheap (if there is even a true fix) but I'm tired of it. So GD tired of it.