Time to trade it in. . .

[rckymntn05]

If it sounds fine, id bet it is fine. from what i know from all the time ive been driving my TJ, is that the guages are full of shit. haha

Yea, well 4.0's and electronics were never meant to go together. It is a loud, obnoxious, run forever pissing oil and smoke motor, and I'd prefer not to see everything going on via all the electronics! It scares the shit out of you when the oil pressure gauge suddenly goes to 0, but it is running nice and smooth. I still want to bitch out the dealership tomorrow just to let off some steam

[CumminsJeep]

damn dude that sucks to hear, and as phil said, that why we avoid mud around here. broken shafts and u joints can be fixed. mud likes to leave permanent damage or cause many problems down the road. sorry to hear man.......oh and got any pics?

[ctchevy]

Hey if they dont fix it for you let me know i will give you 50 bucks for it with out the thornbirds and the wheels.

Oh and good luck with gettin it covered i work at a jeep dealership and once they see the tires and all the mud caked on everything your done, they ant goin to cover shit, so i will get my 50 bucks ready

[bucketokarma]

This thread was a good read, thanks.

Hope it all works out for you.

[Arundlemcbrundle]

Yea, well 4.0's and electronics were never meant to go together. It is a loud, obnoxious, run forever pissing oil and smoke motor, and I'd prefer not to see everything going on via all the electronics! It scares the shit out of you when the oil pressure gauge suddenly goes to 0, but it is running nice and smooth. I still want to bitch out the dealership tomorrow just to let off some steam

getting pissed at the dealership isnt going to get you anywhere 1 and stupid considering what happened. its not their fault.

that said i hope you really cleaned it with a fine tooth comb because if theres still mud in the airbox and all over it there's a good chance they'll say f you this isn't due to manufacturer defect but because of driver error and you'll get shit. its a new car yes but swamping it in a goupy mud hole and things not working afterwards is not the manufacturers fault. its a jeep, not a tank.

i feel your pain tho dude. i went through 5 transmissions in my old jeep because i liked seeing water go splashing everywhere i dont really do it with my new one

[Tom]

I have worked on cars since I was 16, and changed my fair share of engines, and honestly, I just hate it now. I know I shouldn't be wheeling if I don't like to work on a vehicle....it's not that I can't fix it, it's that I'm so damn lazy now that all I want to do is drive it and wheel it. I get so depressed whenever I have to fix something. :

times fucking 2

[Pedro]

If everyone is done pointing fingers between driver and manufacturing error, and wouldnt mind pulling scrunched panties outta their asses, I might make a suggestion.

Just drive the fucker.

I got money that says its still just wet. ask me how i know.


After i sunk mine, the engine didnt run right for a while after, codes started popping up all over the place, the clutch had a shitload of mud inside, making it stick in the engaged or disengaged positions only, and i couldnt get the thing driving faster than 35mph or 3500 RPM the whole way home from RC.

within the last hour of the trip the engine cleared out a bit and speed and rpm went up a bit. then, after a week of driving was perfectly fine.

Tom is right tho, I would take off the cat/muffler and knock them around a bit and get the mud out. mine had clay that baked. i was pulling fucking dinner plates outta them. also change fluids and clean all the sensors that seem like they could use it. I guarentee that with driving/drying out that this problem will sort itself out. as mine did, and I know that i was getting that muddy water into the cylinders a bit before cutting the engine. i could hear/feel it. Im lucky i didnt blow my motor.

however, if it is busted, and youre as mechanically inclined as you seem to be. please recall that you drive a jeep. rather than crying about how you broke on the trail, get your ass into a junkyard, pull another 4.0 for the $100 and change they cost, and swap the fucker.

no need to get rid of a vehicle that any one of us on this board (well, maybe not Riot ) could probably fix in a weekend.

I say good luck.
and I think your jeep is gonna make it.

Well said, Fred (hey that rhymes) and I wont give you any shit about it either. We all do stupid stuff. Just give it time and clean it like crazy and baby it for a few weeks. Im sorry to hear this tho I really like your jeep and would hate to see it go. and believe me just cuz one thing went wrong doesnt mean you will be out of the wheeling game. When I backed into the tree and messed up my tailgate I said I was never wheeling again cuz i was so pissed (ask andrew, I really said it). The next day, I was at Alexs wheeling and laughing about how I had a stupid piece of plastic over my tailgate where the glass used to be. Now, im just a little more weary about where the trees are. Shit happens dude. keep your head up and dont let one bad day ruin what could be a great life of that jeep. Just learn from your lessons and dont do it again.

[grundlepunch]

x10000 of what HitItWithSomeSpeed said.

and you have some balls wheeling a $15000 vehicle... especially in mud!

[ctchevy]

x10000 of what HitItWithSomeSpeed said.

and you have some balls wheeling a $15000 vehicle... especially in mud!

wheelin a 15000 dollar rig is fine is you own it and its out of war. but when you are goin to bring it to the dealer to get it fixed for free it doesnt really work to well



Hey my 50 dollar offer is still there if you are goin to part with it, if you want the thornbirds and the procomp wheels to go with it the price drops to 25 bucks

[BOX]

i bet if your control arms were solid this wouldn't of happened

i bet if he had a unibody jeep this wouldn't of happened

[Saharicon]

DAMN IT! I should of should of just traded my jeep in when I blew the tranny! what the hell was I thinking, damn jeep and building shitty trannys

[HitItWithSomeSpeed]

i bet if he had a unibody jeep this wouldn't of happened

Nope, im pretty sure they dont float either...

case in point:

[Buffalo Phil]

OH MAN.

First thing Hawk said: I'm not doing any more mud.

First things Hawk does when he goes to the trail: Sinks in Mud.

WE NEVER LEARN.

[Even]

WE NEVER LEARN.

Hey Phil, i think parts of Canada are still iced over. Wanna go wheeling

[Ktmracer419]

dan is on his like 9th 4.0

fix that shit

and when submerged with a standard, you really don't wanna push in the clutch for whatever reason. shit gets between thurr and fucks yo shit up