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[KCUnited]

2001 XJ, won't turn over. Electric works. Took it to a shop I thought I trusted yesterday who said the starter was bad and replaced it. Picked it up and brought it home last night. Just went out to run some errands and it won't turnover, same thing, electric fine just won't start.

Any thoughts on what's wrong with it? This thing has been stolen a few times in the past, ignition maybe?

Did I totally get jobbed on replacing the starter yesterday?

***it's an aids thing, I completely understand***
***off road through an antifreeze puddle***

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

No, I don't race motocross, my inlaws do. They're all cool, would club a mother****er within an inch then help his buddy get his truck started to drive him to the ER. Their idea that not pulling out somehow makes you manlier is odd to me though. That, and the need to mix up corn in everything on the plate.

"mama, he ain't mixin' that corn up in the taters!"

I like my ovaries like I like my corn... creamed!

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Ahhh... Just wondered because there was a few models of Jeeps that were prone to the head cracking.

Nothing new under the sun my friend, all cars and trucks can have the same problems, it's basically the same design. Poor casting or just lack of maintenance, pretty sure mine is the latter.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Nothing new under the sun my friend, all cars and trucks can have the same problems, it's basically the same design. Poor casting or just lack of maintenance, pretty sure mine is the latter.

... there was a series of heads for the I6 in the 2000 and 2001 Cherokees and Wranglers that had serious issues with the head cracking,

[Archie F. Swin]

Its a shame all those stupid switches and sensors were often the downfall of those otherwise fantastic 4.0L engines.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Going through some issues myself, I may have a leaking head gasket. I drove home from work last night and to work this morning and was getting temperature spikes, truck was wanting to overheat (only on the highway).

Checked at lunch today and my coolant was low so I added a couple of bottles of water and drove towards home tonight with no problems. Stopped at AutoZone and topped the coolant off.

I'm getting excess moisture out of the tail pipe so I may not be out of the woods yet.

im betting you just have a leak and havent gotten it totally full...

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin

Its a shame all those stupid switches and sensors were often the downfall of those otherwise fantastic 4.0L engines.

352,000 miles on mine and still running strong.

[kaplin42]

Going to post my own question here rather than a new thread since it looks like OP's got answered.

I have a 2013 JKR. My front differential keeps leaking. I have had the dealer and a 3rd party re-seal it several times. This is a 4x4 used for crawling and I do have some armor on my diffs for protection, but what do I need to do to keep the diff oil in the actual diff?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

Going to post my own question here rather than a new thread since it looks like OP's got answered.

I have a 2013 JKR. My front differential keeps leaking. I have had the dealer and a 3rd party re-seal it several times. This is a 4x4 used for crawling and I do have some armor on my diffs for protection, but what do I need to do to keep the diff oil in the actual diff?

Cool. Rubicon model?
Regardless, where is your diff leaking from?

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Cool. Rubicon model?
Regardless, where is your diff leaking from?

Yes its a Rubicon. And the leak is coming from the seam of the diff cover at the bottom. I can take a picture tonight if needed.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

Going to post my own question here rather than a new thread since it looks like OP's got answered.

I have a 2013 JKR. My front differential keeps leaking. I have had the dealer and a 3rd party re-seal it several times. This is a 4x4 used for crawling and I do have some armor on my diffs for protection, but what do I need to do to keep the diff oil in the actual diff?

Are they just using RTV or an actual gasket?

If just RTV then the cover could be shifting and then leaking. You might try something like http://www.quadratec.com/products/52416_101.htm

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

Yes its a Rubicon. And the leak is coming from the seam of the diff cover at the bottom. I can take a picture tonight if needed.

Yes. You need to post pictures of your Rubicon in the Gear Head topic, Pictures forum.
Otherwise, penguinz already has your problem covered. Only other thing I could think of is if the bolts are shaking loose, then some Stage 8 fasteners might be called for.

http://www.stage8.com/

[stevieray]

just saw the 2015 Renegade Trailhawk....not a bad looking vehicle...better looking than the new Cherokee, IMO.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Yes. You need to post pictures of your Rubicon in the Gear Head topic, Pictures forum.
Otherwise, penguinz already has your problem covered. Only other thing I could think of is if the bolts are shaking loose, then some Stage 8 fasteners might be called for.

http://www.stage8.com/

Just posted pics in Gear Head thread. But for purposes of this convo here is a pic where you can kind of see the glide plate over the differential that I have.

[kaplin42]

Yeah Im looking at getting the new Renegade Trail-Hawk for the Mrs.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

Thank you for the help, I will look into getting one of those and hopefully that will stop the leaking.

yes use one of these gaskets. AND make sure no oil is on the sealing surface. stick a rag in the bottom of the diff and soak up everything you can.


guarantee there was always fluid at the bottom on the sealing surface when they re sealed it and that will make them leak every time.