So, I could be over-thinking things but I've noticed that the car seems ever so slightly slow/struggling to crank as of late. This is also accompanied by a mild vibration+noise (i can look at my passenger seat and see it vibrate slightly) at idle until I've driven a few feet: Today it happened as i left work and by the time I reached the stop sign of the parking lot, it was fine. I did feel a shudder or two on a slight to moderate incline that I haven't felt before, but this didn't occur again over several other inclines I experience on my drive home, including a steep one I drove up to get to the grocery store. Power seemed just as plentiful as usual.
The slight slow crank/vibration happens even if i start the truck in Neutral and whether it's cold or warmed up from a drive. Temps seem fine- the needle staying at or slightly below the center 210 mark...at some points I've noticed it fall in between the center mark and the mark to the left of it but it never really deviates from this except when the car's been sitting off and it's warming up to 210 as I drive.
When it happened as I left work today, the tach didn't move past 0 RPM. Clearly the engine was running though and a tap of the gas caused the needle to move up and stay at around 1k RPM. Both times that I started the engine after this event today, the tach moved to ~1k per usual. The vibes/noise remained though until I started moving - by the time I reached the stop sign in the grocery store or convenience store parking lot to idle again...they were gone.
Here's some short videos I made today: note that for some reason, my phone has a slightly underwater sound to it or something. There's a definite roughness though. You may need to turn up your volume.
Rumble/vibration + 0 RPM on tach. I tried to capture the shifter moving but I don't know if I did a good job.
After tapping the accelerator once - gauge rises to 1k per normal and stays there but I don't notice a difference in engine note/vibes:
Startup after returning to the car in the grocery store parking lot (was out of the car for maybe 20 min max...just came from convenience store across street + this was taken after my commute home which was about 30 min):
And trying to capture the vibration after this startup:
I wasn't intentionally shaky, that was the vibration doing that.
I've done some forum reading and I plan on trying the "prime" test described here:
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/...fter-installing-catback-3010105/#post28288737 tomorrow morning to see if that helps identify the issue.
And here's a general video of the engine running after returning home (the washer bottle cap was off because I was adding fluid):
The sound for this one is completely jacked - it sounded totally "normal" IRL and vibration in idle was non-existent...I'd ignore the sound completely here.
And photos, for CrzRsn and others:
I know you do, but man if my Mazda's shifter didn't feel delicate and fingerlight when thinking of that behemoth :lol:
I guess I just have big hands.
:lol:
UNFORTUNATELY it is actually sitting on a 1 or 2 inch rear lift. Towing.
Rick, grab your VIN and email Jeep customer service asking for the original build sheet. Let's find out what this thing was born as. Chrysler has all those on record and has always been happy to provide.
Also, on the shifter throw.... It's quite lengthy. Starting off our of the guy's development, Rick went for 2nd gear (from 1st) and got as far as the neutral position. I looked over and I'm just like "Truck. Long throw. Down there."
And you should replace that torn shifter boot. It would have driven me insane by now.
I forgot that. I'll definitely email Chrysler with my VIN and post the results here. :lol: at my shifting fail...I did that again today, thought I broke something haha!
Awesome, thanks man!
Thank ya!