20 Most Recent 1987 Jeep Cherokee Questions & Answers

5/8" also known as 10/16". Yours is 3/16" too small. https://www.google.com/search?q=jeep+cherokee+spark+plug+socket+size

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Firing order doesn't change on its own and then cause misfires. Did you change something? Most likely cause is spark plugs. https://www.google.com/search?q=1987+Jeep+Cherokee+2.5l+2x4.+Firing+order ..

Probably a broken wire feeding the dash from the light switch.

check to see if you have current at the pump conections when you turn your key to on, if not check if relay is working fine , but before all this, check for blown fuse !!

check under the steering wheel or http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=726151

Even though the battery is new, it may have been drained by a draw in tbe Jeep. Did you try a jump start? Do It Yourself Diagnosis and Repair

Does the distributor turn when you crank the motor? I had an old Chevy I had no spark I replaced all those things still no spark found out finally that my timing chain had snapped so nothing was turning the distributor fixed that still no spark drove me crazy turned out the pick up coils in the distributor itself were no good

Misfires and backfiring through the intake is usually caused by incorrect ignition timing. Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/dave_fb2c45146b845cea

if not fixed yet ,you will need a mecanic

1.7 to 1.9 quarts. Fill it till it starts coming back out of the fill hole.

ever consider it's telling the truth, (an IR pyro gun (tool) answers that in 1sec flat. if it is truthing ,then that means the thermostat is missing, or stuck open or it has one of those abominations, a failsafe Stat. or air pockets below the stat causing it to go nuts, and the coolant sender too, goes double nuts, because of stat and because the coolant sender don't work in AIR. see? FULL IS KING> is it. of when dead cold is the Rad FULL>????? cap off? if not, BINGO>? then does the rad hose get fully hot with a hot engine. hand touches top rad tube and hand flies off, bam, 180F+ that be hot. is it? (look ma, no tools?) if the coolant is at 180f , rad full and the gauge reads wrong, it might be a bad gauge or wires to it. but that 180f thing is #1 , is it?

check for a loose vacuum hose , pcv valve faulty, loose cracked vacuum hoses ( transfer case actuators), faulty brake booster, loose intake manifold, carby (if it has one)

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alldata.com has it ever day. (posted 1000 times) state the symptoms, can take you to the fault fast.

Your engine is running "too rich" meaning more gas is going into the chamber than is supposed to. If it is a late model, to need to see your mechanic. FYI , blue smoke is oil, black too much gas, white, antifreeze, (really bad).

Any exhaust shop will have the correct size converter for your vehicle as they vary car to car

YES, the PLASTIC Bushing stays, you just pop the Linkage out from the Inside and it presses back in