MrFreeze5
04-27-2009, 02:49 PM
About a year and a half ago my jeep started acting really wierd. It would start and idle just fine, but when I would pull out to leave, Id make it about a block, stop at a stop sign. As soon as I pressed the gas, it would splutter and try to die. Id rev it up a bit and power brake at the next light, then I got on the highway and it was fine. It did this for a few weeks until one da it started doing it every time I stopped and not want to start again. I would have to powerbrake and rev to 2k+ rpms otherwise it would splutter and die. then I would try to restart and it would crank and crank and crank, and i could slightly smell gas and eventually it would fire up. After it died in the middle of an intersection, I pulled it int he back yard, said F U! and drove the company van for the next year and a half.
As it turns out, my less than a year old optima yellow top had taken a shit and that was the primary culprit. I hooked my jeep up to my buddies battery and the thing fired first try after sitting for so long. Then we jumpered the truck with my battery back in it and I kept it running for a while to charge it. As soon as I let of the gas, the truck died. You could watch the voltage drop on the meter about .1v every second. The battery did not hold any charge and was completely dead in 2-3 minutes. So about a month ago, I bought a new red top. Ill never buy a yellow top again, plus the warranty sucks. Truck fired right up and ran like a champ. No problems whatsoever. Ive noticed, though, maybe 3 or 4 times, after I start the truck my VIC resets like the battery was unhooked. It fires up just fine, no noticeable load on the system. And lately, over the last week or so, when I first put it in gear and start to drive off, it stumbles for a second, then runs fine.
Then on top of that, it has diesled twice in the last week. The engien would splutter a little after I shut the truck off. And last night, I started it, got one good crank<pause>... ...crank...start! Like there was a major load on it. Voltage looks good, alternator is within spec. Code scan came up clean. Ive never had it diesel on my before in the 7 years Ive owned it. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, also checked fuel pressure ok, fuel filter has less than 100 miles on it, and Ive run injector cleaner through it as well as cleaned the throttle body, air tube, and K&N filter recently, along with new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. I did a full tune up and oil change before firing the thing back up after it sat so long.
As it turns out, my less than a year old optima yellow top had taken a shit and that was the primary culprit. I hooked my jeep up to my buddies battery and the thing fired first try after sitting for so long. Then we jumpered the truck with my battery back in it and I kept it running for a while to charge it. As soon as I let of the gas, the truck died. You could watch the voltage drop on the meter about .1v every second. The battery did not hold any charge and was completely dead in 2-3 minutes. So about a month ago, I bought a new red top. Ill never buy a yellow top again, plus the warranty sucks. Truck fired right up and ran like a champ. No problems whatsoever. Ive noticed, though, maybe 3 or 4 times, after I start the truck my VIC resets like the battery was unhooked. It fires up just fine, no noticeable load on the system. And lately, over the last week or so, when I first put it in gear and start to drive off, it stumbles for a second, then runs fine.
Then on top of that, it has diesled twice in the last week. The engien would splutter a little after I shut the truck off. And last night, I started it, got one good crank<pause>... ...crank...start! Like there was a major load on it. Voltage looks good, alternator is within spec. Code scan came up clean. Ive never had it diesel on my before in the 7 years Ive owned it. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, also checked fuel pressure ok, fuel filter has less than 100 miles on it, and Ive run injector cleaner through it as well as cleaned the throttle body, air tube, and K&N filter recently, along with new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. I did a full tune up and oil change before firing the thing back up after it sat so long.