jimmiethekid2000
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I have a 92 Cherokee sport 6 cyl automatic trans.
I don't have many problems with it besides electrical nature starting problems.
Over 5 year period I have replaced 3 batteries and 3 starters. The last battery that I had to replace was from very cold weather seemed to kill the battery and it would no longer take a charge.
The starter problems would begin with a no start but just clicking sound.
I was not having any issues for a while since I replaced the last battery a few months ago but one time when I got gas I had a strange problem. After putting gas in the tank and then trying to start the vehicle it would not start. There was no clicking sound like a starter solenoid but I did notice that the temp gauge went all the way up to the max. I waited a bit and tried again and it made the sound like trying to start slow then the next try it turned over fine. The temp gauge acted normal again.
I had no problems for months as I noticed in the past when a starter we going bad with similar symptoms as above it would just get worse until I could not start it at all. But after that time at the gas pump the starting acted fine.
Just the other day I got gas and when I went to start it I had the same thing happen as last time at the gas pump where it acted strange. A second try and it started right up.
I got home and the next day when I tried to start it I got a one click sound coming from down around the starter. The next day I tried tapping on the starter/solenoid with a board and then tried starting and again click sound or nothing. I tried a 3rd time and it seemed to want to turn over slow. The next try it started right up normally.
I got the vehicle to a friends house to work on and have not tried it since. Before we do anything else I wanted to see if someone can shed some light on this subject.
Your help is very much appreciated.
Jim
I don't have many problems with it besides electrical nature starting problems.
Over 5 year period I have replaced 3 batteries and 3 starters. The last battery that I had to replace was from very cold weather seemed to kill the battery and it would no longer take a charge.
The starter problems would begin with a no start but just clicking sound.
I was not having any issues for a while since I replaced the last battery a few months ago but one time when I got gas I had a strange problem. After putting gas in the tank and then trying to start the vehicle it would not start. There was no clicking sound like a starter solenoid but I did notice that the temp gauge went all the way up to the max. I waited a bit and tried again and it made the sound like trying to start slow then the next try it turned over fine. The temp gauge acted normal again.
I had no problems for months as I noticed in the past when a starter we going bad with similar symptoms as above it would just get worse until I could not start it at all. But after that time at the gas pump the starting acted fine.
Just the other day I got gas and when I went to start it I had the same thing happen as last time at the gas pump where it acted strange. A second try and it started right up.
I got home and the next day when I tried to start it I got a one click sound coming from down around the starter. The next day I tried tapping on the starter/solenoid with a board and then tried starting and again click sound or nothing. I tried a 3rd time and it seemed to want to turn over slow. The next try it started right up normally.
I got the vehicle to a friends house to work on and have not tried it since. Before we do anything else I wanted to see if someone can shed some light on this subject.
Your help is very much appreciated.
Jim
