I recently bought a 79 Cj-5. I am having 2 problems that are beginning to concern me. The first is that the engine is smoking exessively. It is not oil, but rather gas. Sometimes it won't smoke at all and other times I can't see behind me theres so much smoke. My other problem is that the engine has a very rough idle. When it idles, it shakes exessively. Any ideas to what the problem may be?
Rough Idle and exessive smoke
Oct 21, 2004
5 Replies
Which engine?
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJeepCjBoy wrote:
Its the 258 I6.
I would be first checking the contact on the electric choke. It is on the valve cover side of the carb and likely has 2 wires on it. They get ratty and the choke tries to close sometimes.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJeepCjBoy wrote:
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