towmyvws
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- louisville ky
bought a 90 xj and love it. couple issues with it though. the p.o. was all about shady mechanics and butchered a couple things up. 193k auto. starts every time, no problems out of it yet. i wish it wasn't renix so i could pull some codes and do this the easy way.
horrible gas mileage. this thing is stock and gets 7-8mpg (using trip meter to compute). it's killing me, im broke as it is.
1. it has an exhaust leak, but not bad. at the head. you can hear it, but it's not very loud i guess.
2. not sure if the vacuum lines are hooked up right. all the lines under the hood are going somewhere, but i dont know if they're the right places. the line for valve cover is cracked and leaks, i know that for sure.
3. it runs rich as hell, my shirt smells like fuel if i have the windows down.
are either of these two problems related to the gas mileage im getting? im broke as hell and don't want to replace any of this stuff if it won't help my gas mileage. very recent thermostat, plugs, cap/rotor, wires, air filter, fuel filter, and cleaning of throttlebody/iac sensor.
pulled the plugs, and they're super black and have crap caked on them.
any help would be appreciated.
horrible gas mileage. this thing is stock and gets 7-8mpg (using trip meter to compute). it's killing me, im broke as it is.
1. it has an exhaust leak, but not bad. at the head. you can hear it, but it's not very loud i guess.
2. not sure if the vacuum lines are hooked up right. all the lines under the hood are going somewhere, but i dont know if they're the right places. the line for valve cover is cracked and leaks, i know that for sure.
3. it runs rich as hell, my shirt smells like fuel if i have the windows down.
are either of these two problems related to the gas mileage im getting? im broke as hell and don't want to replace any of this stuff if it won't help my gas mileage. very recent thermostat, plugs, cap/rotor, wires, air filter, fuel filter, and cleaning of throttlebody/iac sensor.
pulled the plugs, and they're super black and have crap caked on them.
any help would be appreciated.