Recent content by KelLogan

It doesn't look like a meltdown. Everything else is in place. Everything spins freely. I even charged the battery and it fired right up. I only let it run for a few seconds but there was no knocking and it runs smoothly. There is no water in the oil but there was some smoke when it first fired...

I just picked up this '04 3.7l Liberty from a friend of a friend. They told me that the engine was bad and so they needed it gone. I loaded it on the trailer and brought it home. I noticed that the belt was off and it was obvious that it had overheated. Then I noticed that the power steering...

Bolt holes were cleaned out. New bolts were well coated with fresh oil. Initial 20 ft. lbs was spot on. Everything was good until the second +90. That's when things felt a little off. It could have been my imagination but in the words of Han Solo. "I've got a bad feeling about this". Nothing...

I am replacing the heads on a 2003 Jeep Liberty 3.7L. I used Fel-Pro gasket 26229 PT and new Fel-Pro head bolts ES 71129-1. The FSM calls for the following process: Step 1: Tighten bolts 1–8, 27 N·m (20 ft. lbs.). Step 2: Verify that bolts 1–8, all reached 27 N·m (20 ft. lbs.), by repeating...