Just a bump on this thread. How have things been with the new motor? Anything you would do different?
TJ 2.5 engine replacement
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Got a 2.5 and have had the same idea about throwing in another stock 2.5 when this one’s decides to go. Stock gears and 33s it does 70 so it’s really not bad considering I’ve driven across the country 5 times in it. How long was the process to take the old out? How long did it take to put the new one in? How many miles do you have on it now?
Motor runs really good. No issues so far. Nothing I would do different either, biggest thing I’m glad I did is do a new clutch assembly and fly wheel while I was in there. I daily drive it to work, and it’s going strong
It’s a considerably easy job. I had it out in a half days work same with the new one. The time consuming part was cleaning all the parts I wasn’t replacing like the valve cover, engine bay etc. and swapping parts from the old to the new, like studs, dizzy, oil pan, mounts, and brackets. That did take me the longest.
My whole thing replacing the engine was it had a lot of blow by, and I couldn’t go above 60 on the highway, although it’s much better now I get very bad gas mileage compared to my 4.0 and still doesn’t go very fast on the highway. I do have a vibration issue I cannot for the life of me figure out and I think it’s causing a lot of drag causing my issues
We purchased a 2.5L from S&J a year ago and had a friend do the work to certify the warranty. It’s been running fantastically for the past year. As a reference, my 2.5L has 113,500 and is still running very strong. While neither of them will do 0-60 in under 10 seconds going downhill, I can easily tell the difference in power and performance of the new motor in my son's TJ.
gseeale
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Hey, Bbrayden85 I'm looking to swap out my 2.4. My 2006 TJ 2.4 has 156k miles and leaks oil from the thrust bearing and the mechanic is saying @ 3k to fix. Their first attempt ($2000,.00 later) lasted 500 miles. At that price, why not swap out a crate engine? S&J lists the 2.4 @ $3100.00 (plus core and shipping @ 900.00). What other parts did you have to buy to make the swap? I saw clutch plates and plugs in your post, but what other parts did you buy?
S&J engines come with a seal kit, they install all of them except obviously the valve cover, timing cover, and oil pan and a few others. They will also send you break in oil that you run for like 500 miles. Only thing I bought was my clutch, and the usual tune up stuff like spark plugs, spark plug wires, and some sensors I felt I wanted to replace while I had it apart. I also replaced the motor mounts while I had the motor out. Everything else I just swapped from the old motor to the new motor. Oh and lastly I did have to get a new dip stick tube because the one on my motor was seized pretty good in there.
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