Just an update on the delayed start problem with my '95 YJ. I just got a new computer installed and it solved the problem. Now the check engine light and fuel pump turn on right away when the key is turned to run, the jeep seems to have a bit more power, and the idle is a bit lower and more stable. It took a while but it sure is good to have it running well again.
Four banger, FI.
Cheers,
Earle
computer,
I think that bypass works for the carburated early YJs. I'm stuck with a computer! It bothers me because on the off road trip where the computer went bad there was a '75 CJ5 with a lot of problems but nothing that could not be worked around. First it was hard to start, then it blew a radiator hose and then would not start unless pushed but it was able to keep going somehow. Mine was dead with the computer failure and there was no way to work around it. IMHO, computers should not be in off road vehicles.
True. The more gizmos something has the more likely it is to leave you stranded. Of course, that's why you never wheel alone. :)
I used to believe this, but the thirteen year old computer I have in my thirteen year old Jeep has never left me stranded. I have not so fond memories of replacing an ignition condenser more than once that stubbornly refused to produce spark, usually in sub-zero weather in a bad part of town. I think I would rather have been in the woods where you could have started a fire.
Cheers,
Earle
Well, my 13 year old computer just failed all of a sudden, before that it had been 100% reliable, so you never know...maybe I should start carrying a spare.
13 year old _frames_ have been known to fail, all of a sudden. Maybe you should just tow a spare vehicle if you're that worried about it.
Yup, that's true. Whenever you wheel with other vehicles you in essence have a spare vehicle with you.
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