mud4feet
New member
Ok, I posted something about this a while ago, but didn't really get much response. I just went up North (Mich., Ohio) and on the way back, the Jeep started doing the same thing I posted about before. Basically, she's runnin' on 3 right now and has been for the last 400 miles or so (straight thru drivin'). Poppin', sputterin', malfunction light on, malfunction light flashing.............
My questions:
What would cause her to do this?
And, most importantly, what damage have I done? O2 sensors, Cat, computer???? I have driven her many miles with the malfunction light flashing (yes, I know I shouldn't have, but I wanted to get home) Definitely didn't make it run any WORSE!!! All gauges are reading fine........... Bounty? You mentioned to me something about it before.
My questions:
What would cause her to do this?
And, most importantly, what damage have I done? O2 sensors, Cat, computer???? I have driven her many miles with the malfunction light flashing (yes, I know I shouldn't have, but I wanted to get home) Definitely didn't make it run any WORSE!!! All gauges are reading fine........... Bounty? You mentioned to me something about it before.
). She runs fine now. I guess I'm old school.....when I popped the hood and found no distributor, and saw that I would have to pull the throttle body to get to one of the plugs (and not really thinking that was the problem), I surrendered and took it in. I'm ashamed of myself, but I won't let it happen again (unless, of course, it's 10 degrees out and snowing and me without a garage :lol: ). But basically I have learned that it's not necessarily true that your doing terrible damage to your Jeep if you drive while that stinkin' "malfunction" light is flashing. I drove it from Ohio to North Carolina with that light periodically flashing all the way, and evidently (according to the "machine"), I have done no detectable damage to my emissions systems. Time will tell, I suppose. Lesson learned, humility recharged.
