- Location
- Riverton, UT
I have used Tera Flex and Millers in Sandy. Right now I think I have a noise from the right hand exhaust manifold or tappet noise with hearing aids not sure which. Any suggestions for a place to take it in South Jordan?
JEEP ZJ engine repair in South Jordan
- Thread starter jackjoh
- Start date
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
Probably a cracked manifold/header, pretty common issue. Year and engine of the Jeep?
- Location
- Riverton, UT
1995 with the 5.2 V8. Had to have the right exhaust manifold buttoned down three times before 80k miles but none to 159K until now.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
This is getting weird, now the sound is intermittent or non-existent.
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
So the noise goes away when the engine warms up?
- Location
- Riverton, UT
Yes
RockChucker
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Highland
Paul's 4x4 in sandy is great. The lead tech, Matt is a wizard.
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
I'm still thinking, can you smell exhaust or unburned fuel in the engine bay?
- Location
- Riverton, UT
Sound has gone away entirely. Took it to LHM in Sandy and they told me what I knew, engine is old probably a temporary blockage of oil to lifter, don't worry about it unless it does not go away after short period of time. This sounds reasonable to me, how about you. I did not smell exhaust or unburned fuel.
gertsch
Well-Known Member
- Location
- West Bountiful
Run some seafoam through the crankcase to clean out any gunk and such. It did wonders for my zj.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
The clickity-clack sound is back and it is coming from the transmission. Goes away after warm up. Had transmission rebuilt after 80k miles so at 159K it may be due. Fluid is full and red. Is there any miracle fix or maybe just an adjustment? If it needs work is there a rebuild that makes it better or more fuel efficient?
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
More commonly the converter bolts will start to back out and make contact, remove inspection/dust cover and take a look at the bolts as you rotate the flex plate. If they used the correct Atf+4 fluid it should not need replacing after 60k miles unless you tow a lot with it and the fluid gets hot often, but replacing the filter and cleaning the magnet couldn't hurt though.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
Thanks, will try it tomorrow.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
This really surprised me, it was the catalytic converter. I saw Todd at AAMCO. 90th and the I 15, and he did a complete check on the transmission and it was good. The noise was coming from the CC. It looks like I will wait until the next smog check and have it replaced
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
If the catalyst is breaking up inside it can have very negative side effects if a chunk decides to block exhaust flow while accelerating.
- Location
- Riverton, UT
Sounds reasonable to me, I have also noticed my gas mileage has dropped to 13 MPG. Does $400 sound like a good price for a new one?