Help me get my Jeep fixed!!!

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pokeyYJ

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My check engine light came on this morning, I was going downhill in gear and noticed a slight misfire and the engine light came on. So I pulled over and turned the motor off, and started it back up and the light went off.

After driving for about 20 min., the light came back on, so I pulled over and turned it of again, this time it took along time to start and the light didn't go off.

Now I notice a real drop in power until 2500 rpm and a heavy misfire at 3500 rpm. There is also a hesitation when the gas gets pushed.

My jeep is a 95 with the 2.5 and about 76000 miles, the air filter and fuel filter are new the plug wires look ok and the plugs were replaced about 20K ago.

Any ideas? I can't figure it out.
 

Greg

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Something like that will be pretty hard to diagnose, without knowing why the engine light is on.

Do you have a Chiltons or Haynes Manual? Look in it for how to pull Codes, that would show you specifically whats wrong.

If you want to just clear the Computer, reset all the Sensors and see if the problem goes away, disconnect the Negative battery terminal for 5 minutes. Reconnect, fire it up and drive it. See if it fixes it. It probably won't, but its easy and quick.

More than likely, you'll have to pull the Codes to see what's happening.
 

Greg

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This may help-

"With the new Mopar MPI fuel injection system comes a new computerized emissions control system. This system, as with all 1991 and later models, is equipped with a self-diagnosis function that stores codes in the computer that can later be retrieved. The codes will direct you toward an area, or function, in the motor's system that is "reporting" a problem. The report will come to you via the Check Engine light that you should install with your Mopar MPI system. Some Jeeps (that came from the factory with their fuel injection system) will have a POWER LOSS light on the dash, this is the same thing as the "check engine" light.

To retrieve the "trouble codes" from the Check Engine light, the manual recommends first cycling through most of the functions in your system. By this, you should start the Jeep and put the transmission in Park (automatic) or Neutral (manual). Next, raise the engine speed to around 2500 RPM and slowly let the engine speed drop down to idle. If your Jeep is so equipped, turn on your air conditioning briefly then shut it off. Last, if you have an automatic transmission, with your foot on the brake, select each position on the transmission and bring the shifter back to park. Then turn the motor off.

To display the codes, turn the ignition key ON, OFF, ON, OFF, and finally ON. Don't turn the key to the START position, just switch it to the ON position! The codes will begin to flash on the Check Engine light or the Power Loss light. The codes are always two digits, and the last code always displayed is a 55. So if you follow this procedure and you only get a 55, that means there are no codes being reported. The Check Engine light will blink the number of the first digit then pause, and then blink the second digit. There is about a 2-second delay between the first and second digits. If there is more than one set of codes being displayed, the pause between codes will be about 4 or 5 seconds."



Code ----------- Probable Cause

11 Ignition
12 Battery or computer recently disconnected
13 Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor vacuum
14 Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor electrical
15 Distance sensor or circuit
16 Loss of battery voltage detected with engine running
17 Engine running too cool
21 Oxygen sensor or circuit
22 Coolant temperature sensor or circuit
23 MAT sensor or circuit
24 Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) sensor or circuit
25 Automatic Idle Speed (AIS) circuit
26 Peak injector circuit voltage has not been reached (need to check computer signals, voltage reg, injectors)
27 Fuel injector control
33 Air conditioning clutch relay
41 Alternator field
42 Automatic shutdown relay
44 Battery temperature sensor
46 Battery over voltage
47 Battery under voltage
51 Oxygen sensor - lean condition indicated
52 Oxygen sensor - rich condition indicated
53 Internal engine controller fault
54 Distributor sync pickup
55 End of Code Output
62 Emissions Maintenance Reminder (EMR) mileage accumulator
63 Controller failure EEPROM write denied
 

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It sounds like the o2 censor that is what the wifes jeep did
or it could be the map did you just wash it (the engine ) hers did that after playing in the lake
 
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pokeyYJ

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Yeah actually I did just wash down the motor, a couple of days ago. BTW Greg were did you get all that info? I would like to have info like that around for myself
 

Greg

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MAP Sensor, TPS, etc......... there's alot that could have gotten water in it. Pull the codes to findout.

Where did I get that? The article above says that all this info is in the repair manual. I searched Google for '1995 Jeep Wrangler + Engine Codes' and came up with this-

Codes
 
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pokeyYJ

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YEEEEE HAAAAAA!!!!!:D :D :D You know that feeling when you just figured out whats wrong with you rig. Well thats the relief that I am going through right now. According to the code list my motor is running too cool, air conditioning clutch relay(which is wierd cause I dont have A/C), something wrong with throttle Posistion Sensor or circuit, and my battery was recently disconnected. Greg thanx
 
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pokeyYJ

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O.K. I got my jeep hooked up to a scan tool at work and the TPS voltage is way too high at idle, its at like 4.67 when it should be down around .5. So I am going to get a new TPS and see if that works.
 
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