Problem #1- 4 liter inline 6 wont fit in a 2011 GC-engine bay too short
Problem #2-4.0 wasnt offered in 2011 so retrofitting the ecm would be cost prohibitive even to DIY
stick a good used motor in it and be done
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What would you do about a blown engine
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Problem #1- 4 liter inline 6 wont fit in a 2011 GC-engine bay too short
Problem #2-4.0 wasnt offered in 2011 so retrofitting the ecm would be cost prohibitive even to DIY
stick a good used motor in it and be done
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
No kidding, a 'Compass', whatever that is.
Had a 3.0 Cherokee Sport back in 96, great car, wish we still had it. About the only jeep I'd go for.
Cherokees were great. Those were indestructible little cracker boxes.. They sure screwed the pooch when they made the Grand Cherokee though.
What kinda miles are showing? Is it 4 wheel or 2? How does it look inside and out? Lots of things to consider here.
If you wanted to buy it and fix it to keep and drive I would say buy a reman engine from a company like Jasper Engines. If you wanna do it on the cheap then look up your engine on Car Part.com. Click on the search results that say Used Auto Parts Market. It shows you all the salvage yards that have your engine along with price distance from you and supposed mileage. But I can tell you from first hand auto salvage experience if the engine is already out of the vehicle and on a rack then they ARE lying about the mileage.
Aside from that check the value of the running Cherokee on NADA and make your best judgment from there.
My older daughter has an 04 with the 4.0 inline 6 that has more problems than a math book. And just like you mentioned, it's the damn electronics. I don't know about newer models but the 04 still has Mitsubishi electronics and engine computer. And Mitsubishi aint never made anything worth a damn with the possible exception of projection screen TVs in the 80s and 90s.
Yeah, all the different in the world. I once sold a plain 99 Cherokee in 2 wheel drive to the first person that answered the Craigslist ad. It might have been 3 hours at the most between me posting the ad and those folks leaving my driveway in Fort Valley in the white boxy Cherokke Sport. The lady was a rural route mail carrier so it made sense. But as for the Grand Cherokee... not for me unless its very cheap.
I don't have space for it. 108k on it. Interior has some wear, exterior's ok, good tyres. I posted some pics. I'd go for something less than Jasper, they want around 5k, think you can get an acceptable reman long block ~3k.
The same people make the CVT transmission for Nissan. NEVER
Buy a CVT transmission. Under the best of circumstances it will last 200k and require replacement. The basic design of the CVT has a band or chain as the internal power transfer element
