Hello, I have been going through lots of posts here.. We just inherited a 2000 TJ from my late father in law. I unfortunately do not know the full history of the vehicle. He was going to give it to my son when he turned 16 and then he passed away a year ago.
My son just started driving it a few weeks ago. Loves it.. I think it has about 140km on it. The Jeep body is in good shape. not really any rust except on the front fenders that my father in law had replaced with new a few years ago.. not sure what happened there.
So far it seems that we have low oil pressure as the light comes on a lot (he had a piece of tape over the light) hehe.. and it uses coolant. So we had it safetied and they did an oil flush, new oil pump and new pressure sensor... still does he same thing for the oil pressure. It does not seem to make a lot of noise when the pressure is sitting at 0.. so that is strange. We are in Canada and its winter so the pressure is up when the engine is cold and then as it warms up it drops.
Next i remembered something about coolant and the Jeep and my father in law had a bunch of coolant bottles. So i got to watching the coolant levels. and they go down for sure. I am trying to understand just how fast it is going down. Its winter so no over heating issues. I do not see any leaks.
I assume the coolant is a head gasket or head.. I will work out what head it has. probably original.
The oil pressure... bearings maybe? not sure.
So my question is what would be a good course of action with this engine? I tinker with stuff and do all my own renovations etc. but not really into vehicles. Do i ask around about someone rebuilding it for me? What kind of rebuild would cover these symptoms?
Thanks for any help people are willing to give.
My son just started driving it a few weeks ago. Loves it.. I think it has about 140km on it. The Jeep body is in good shape. not really any rust except on the front fenders that my father in law had replaced with new a few years ago.. not sure what happened there.
So far it seems that we have low oil pressure as the light comes on a lot (he had a piece of tape over the light) hehe.. and it uses coolant. So we had it safetied and they did an oil flush, new oil pump and new pressure sensor... still does he same thing for the oil pressure. It does not seem to make a lot of noise when the pressure is sitting at 0.. so that is strange. We are in Canada and its winter so the pressure is up when the engine is cold and then as it warms up it drops.
Next i remembered something about coolant and the Jeep and my father in law had a bunch of coolant bottles. So i got to watching the coolant levels. and they go down for sure. I am trying to understand just how fast it is going down. Its winter so no over heating issues. I do not see any leaks.
I assume the coolant is a head gasket or head.. I will work out what head it has. probably original.
The oil pressure... bearings maybe? not sure.
So my question is what would be a good course of action with this engine? I tinker with stuff and do all my own renovations etc. but not really into vehicles. Do i ask around about someone rebuilding it for me? What kind of rebuild would cover these symptoms?
Thanks for any help people are willing to give.