Aloha,
My new to me 2005 Jeep LJ had some power loss issues going up hill and at highway speeds the other day. After reading through the various posts regarding my symptoms I concluded a clogged CAT. I did a temp test on all 3 CATs and the rear had a temp drop that was pretty clear. I removed the CAT and didn't notice anything unusual about. Light shown through, it wasn't broken, and didn't appear to be clogged.
Did I mention I checked my codes and there are none. Test drove the jeep same route that I experienced the issue and I felt it was better but still seemed to lack uphill power. Basically I had to floor it to get it going uphill. And at highway speeds it didn't seem to want to go either.
Another bad CAT? the only thing I have done to the Jeep recently is replace the Transfer case shift mechanism with the Stienjager cable. Could this not being adjusted properly cause some shifting issues in my automatic? I can shift easily to 4 hi but 4 lo still tough to get it in gear.
I need to adjust the cable tension some more to get it to shift to 4 lo properly. Ive ordered new y pipe with CATs from Amazon and new NKT o2 sensors as well. Any thoughts? Am I headed the right direction with replacing the CATs or is the cable shifter for the transfer case potentially my problem? Thanks for the help...trying to figure this out and maybe save some money on expensive parts. Mahalo!
My new to me 2005 Jeep LJ had some power loss issues going up hill and at highway speeds the other day. After reading through the various posts regarding my symptoms I concluded a clogged CAT. I did a temp test on all 3 CATs and the rear had a temp drop that was pretty clear. I removed the CAT and didn't notice anything unusual about. Light shown through, it wasn't broken, and didn't appear to be clogged.
Did I mention I checked my codes and there are none. Test drove the jeep same route that I experienced the issue and I felt it was better but still seemed to lack uphill power. Basically I had to floor it to get it going uphill. And at highway speeds it didn't seem to want to go either.
Another bad CAT? the only thing I have done to the Jeep recently is replace the Transfer case shift mechanism with the Stienjager cable. Could this not being adjusted properly cause some shifting issues in my automatic? I can shift easily to 4 hi but 4 lo still tough to get it in gear.
I need to adjust the cable tension some more to get it to shift to 4 lo properly. Ive ordered new y pipe with CATs from Amazon and new NKT o2 sensors as well. Any thoughts? Am I headed the right direction with replacing the CATs or is the cable shifter for the transfer case potentially my problem? Thanks for the help...trying to figure this out and maybe save some money on expensive parts. Mahalo!
