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Well bad news, boys. My engine blew up. i was certain the problem earlier discussed was from the a/c compressor. I hadn't used it since earlier, and haven't had any more problems. I haven't even been doing much off roading lately. I was driving to the bank last week when I heard a long pop and a...

I really appreciate all of your help, both Greg and Carnuck. We did some trail riding last night, (about 4 hours worth). While driving into the trails, I lost my my power again, the engine started running real rough, and acted like it wanted to stall. This was before I went through any mud...

I haven't had a chance to go through mud holes again (maybe tonight), but I just finished a basic tune up, and afterwards I cranked her up with the a/c and blower off. Oil psi was about 60, and after a couple minutes I turned the a/c and blower on. There was immediately a squeal from the...

Yes, I realized that was the clutch this morning. I thought I had the blower on without the a/c, but I'm not sure.Back to square one...

I just drove through the same trail I did on Thursday, and after going through the deep mud holes at the end my power bogged down again, so I took out the volt meter and started checking the power. Power was good, (about 14v), and as I was testing the voltage I was watching the pulleys. When...

Thanks again for the all the great info Greg. I, too, enjoy wrenching, and problem solving. I've been doing it practically my whole life, so you think I'd know more! You are correct in thinking I did not need to change the oil pump. Oil pressure seems sufficient as is. When I took the...

I just got back from 2 hours of pretty serious rock crawling in low gear. She did really well, and had tons of power, maintaining a steady oil pressure around 55psi. On the last stretch before the gravel road I went through some real deep mud holes, and the battery idiot light came on, lights...

Great, thanks Greg. I hooked up the oil pressure gauge today, and it's reading 50-65psi. I didn't drive it more than 10 minutes with the gauge, so maybe it'll drop lower once it's warmer. I think maybe the sending unit was loose or going bad, and screwing with the idiot light. I've got the...

I read oil pressure should be anywhere from 10 to 80, with about 30 normal. So, when I hook up the oil pressure gauge, what sort of patterns am i looking for? I would guess that when the oil light comes on the gauge will fluctuate with it.

Thanks for the thorough response, Greg! -The idle is pretty stable, there is no knocking or rattle. -That's a great suggestion about the oil pressure gauge. I think I'll work on that today. -The noise definitely seems to be coming from the alternator side, but it seems higher up. It sounds...

Also, if the oil pump were going bad wouldn't the engine overheat?

I don't know. It sounds a lot like faulty power steering pump. If it's coming from inside the engine would it sound the same? Is there a way to test the oil pump?

Hello, I am new to this forum, but have heard good things about it so here goes: I have a 97 Jeep Cherokee Sport, and the oil light recently started coming off and on. There's not a lot of pattern as to when it comes on, but it seems to come on more when going around a curve or up or down a...