idle problem

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GoldBug

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So I went on a trail ride w/ a group of wranglers and cherokees today from the JeepinWV club. Had a blast and impressed them all and myself. I guess at one point i had my air set to the "blow on my feet" position. I'm sure the a/c is on in the position and after much mud and so on my KJ would idle funny. It'd rev like it does when the ac's on then drop like usual then stall. Was fine for the rest of the trail as long as the a/c wasn't on. After the ride a few of us met back up where we met to begin and she was fine until i put the a/c on again. idle rev then drop hang and stall. I've washed her up well and hope maybe once she dries she'll go back to normal. Anyone else have this problem after wheeling? maybe my compressor is now screwed??? :-s :-({|=


Oh and BTW I called in "sick" today... the best sick day i've had.
 

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Hmm, thats crazy. Its under warranty so you dont need to worry about that. Ive seen cars die before when they had WAY to much refrigerant in them, but I would say thats not your problem. Have you popped the hood and watch it engage and disengage? If its making the jeep die then i wouldnt turn it on anymore till I took it to the dealership. Clean it up really good so they wont know you went offroad.
 

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jeepjeepster said:
Clean it up really good so they wont know you went offroad.

you read my mind... gonna spend a lil time w/ rubbing compound tomorrow to fix up the tree and rhododendron encounters. Any suggestions on what's the best for pinstriping?

Oh I'll have pics in the next day or two. There were others there taking pics and i hope they got some good shots of me in action.
 

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when I saw idle problem, I wanted to post something about what I have been experiencing, when idling OR with transmission in Drive, jeep tends to tremble forward and back. It is like stop? or go? because the rpm is low it does this. It does the same thing at higher rpm and I am applying little brake, not enough to stop it, it does the same thing, trembling...
 

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Well she stopped stalling and cutting off after i turned the selector to off but she still will stall and cut off while at a stop if the a/c is on or the selector is in the feet or defrost option. she seems to be idling at a high rpm now than she was when i first got back home so maybe a night of sitting will help. (whistle)
 

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