rokjeep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardnerville, Nv
I am having issues with my starter. Its a 98' 4.0L. I got the jeep about 6 months ago and when I got it the owner told me he sometimes had to jump the starter to get it to fire. He said he's replaced the starter before and it still does it. I put in the key and get all the lights gauges etc to work, go to turn it over and nothing. I have to go down and jump the solonoid on the starter with a screwdriver. When I do that it fires right up and stays running just fine. It will start every once in a while. I don't want to spend the cash on a starter if I don't have to. I'm thinking its possibly a bad ground on the motor or a bad power wire to the starter. Any other idea's?
Oh and to make things even better, today the jeep won't idle it just dies. The battery died the other day and I had to jump it. I guess the battery is still bad. I searched on here and found that if the battery doesn't have enough juice that it will screw with the computer and it will not let it idle. I will be getting a new battery tomorrow. If that doesn't fix it then I'll try a TPS first then I guess a CPS next. Hopefully the battery will fix that issue.
Oh and to make things even better, today the jeep won't idle it just dies. The battery died the other day and I had to jump it. I guess the battery is still bad. I searched on here and found that if the battery doesn't have enough juice that it will screw with the computer and it will not let it idle. I will be getting a new battery tomorrow. If that doesn't fix it then I'll try a TPS first then I guess a CPS next. Hopefully the battery will fix that issue.
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