Camo-5
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Shelby Township, MI
For the first 5000 miles of my ownership, my XJ ran flawlessly. All of sudden, I started having problems with it missing and sputtering while I'm cruising down the road, both highway and city speeds. I can stomp the gas, and it accelerates fine, but when I back off, it starts to sputter again. I also hear a 'pop' from under the hood like back pressure into the airbox or something. It only lasts 10 seconds or less, then runs great for an indeterminate amount of time and does it again. I went to start it the other day and had to pull the battery cables and clean everything up to get it to start. Shortly after, it sputtered again. It wouldn't start again today and I had to move the connections on the battery again to get it to run and it sputtered 2 or 3 times just driving to lunch and back.
Could my battery or connections be bad causing an improper spark? Before I dive into all sorts of other ideas, this could be a simple fix. I have no idea how old the battery is, so I'll probably stop on the way home and buy a new battery and connections. Any hope this is my only issue?
Thanks!
Could my battery or connections be bad causing an improper spark? Before I dive into all sorts of other ideas, this could be a simple fix. I have no idea how old the battery is, so I'll probably stop on the way home and buy a new battery and connections. Any hope this is my only issue?
Thanks!