Jeep won't Fire

Asked by GuruTTXMP Jun 19, 2018 at 08:28 PM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 98 Jeep Cherokee Sport, it was running
grt8. Next day went to start it, would not fire. It was
getting gas. So narrowed things down, changed
Ignition Coil, ECM, Crankshaft censor an it still
won't  fire. Confused...

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Brianator answered 5 years ago

The pickup coil (cam sensor) within the distributor may have given up and they won't always give you warning.

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