Classy Comanche

No I don't know when it was serviced. However I did order 2 brand new ones. Its hard to tell. I'll have to look when I get home tomorrow. Family gave me a ride. It appeared to be leaking towards the end cylinder like pointing towards the gas tank. I don't know if the hose went bad, clamp messed up or what. It does seem to stop leaking upon driving. Very hesitant to do so. Reason I know it doesn't leak while driving is because I backed it up the driveway and drove back down and did not see any droplets of gas. Especially on pavement. Would have been dark spots. But when I stopped and put it in park it started dripping again. If I had to estimate the drip time I would estimate its about a 1 second per drip. I let it idle for about 10 minutes then saw and really smelled it first. The whole cylinder was drenched in gas. From what I looked at and being in a hurry it looks to be factory

This morning I cranked my truck up to heat up before going to a family get together. I went back inside to get gifts situated then came back out and smelled a nauseating amount of gas around my truck. I looked and looked then I spotted a puddle right at my driver side door that was ever so growing. Dragged me hand through it. Lo and behold it was gas. It was also dripping from a cylinder hooked up to various hoses? And it was a steady drip. My cars radiator froze up due to having water in it from summer time. Had to improvise during summer from a situation using water. So the back of the motor was scorching hot and the front was coldish/barely warm. Also had a "hot engine cooling" red light turn on. I also do not have photos of the cylinder that was leaking gas. I was so frustrated. My question is is that is it normal or heard of of the fuel filter leaking gas?

I am. I was just showing the high pitched squeak I've been talking about and missing for you fellas to listen to. I thank yall! I'll have it all tightened up in no time!

Lol yes I'll certainly tighten the belt. I do believe that is the reason it's doing what it is doing as so you guys, and thank you! However. I did manage to capture the sound on my way home. I was driving, phone was positioned right above my radio. It was also raining and I had the wipers on. So I do apologize for those sounds but I did capture the squeaking sound! It sounds like baby birds. The heat was on the setting max and the level was low. 20221221_191140.mp4

Maybe to much load is being put on the battery from the plow? I know some vehicles when to much load is applied or say if you put to much of a electricity load on one circuit of a house it will shut off and flip a breaker to keep from overloading and blowing up/shorting out. I'm not extremely knowledgeable about this kind of stuff I will admit. But you mentioned you moved your ground and it fired right back up. Maybe it's not keeping a stable connection?

That is fairly odd for sure. My battery in my '88 Comanche is over 9 years old and pushing strong. Is your connections clean and tight/refreshed? How old is the battery?

I've been trying to get it on video but when I fumble for my phone while driving it stops or it'll do it for a split second and stop. It's a very high pitched squeak sound. Definitely does it when it makes a full engine rotation. I'll have it tightened up and go from there. The belt is new after all. Once again this morning it did it and no I couldn't catch it on video because I fumbled for my phone and fell in the floorboard. Great. So I did just turn the heat off and once again immediately stopped. But this go around I'll have said camera ready so all I have to do is press record

I'll record the noise best I can when I can. I'll mess with it and check around as you guys suggested. I also need to take it by the shop for a new exhaust anyway so I'll have them check the compressor and such

So I can confirm 100% with no doubt in my mind that there is no squeak when the heat is off. It's quiet as can be. When I got to close to work I turned the heat on low and it squeaked for roughly 2 seconds and quit. I turned the heat up and it was quiet for a while. Then it started doing it again. So when it started again I immediately turned the heat off and when I did the squeak immediately stopped. My AC does work to my knowledge. I had it recharged this summer. So it specifically squeaks when the heat is on. I don't think it's my blower motor because it's not a high pitched whirr like a constant wheeze sound. This almost sounds like every full rotation of the engine it squeaks then does eventually stop. Heat blows hot and good. This here does have me scratching my head. I'll take a peek and see if there's oily residue on my belt and such. I'll also have the mechanic take a look at my tensioner when I go back for a personal inspection soon.

I'll have to do that on one of my days off. I did crank it up, put the heat on mid and let it idle in park and I was giving it gas and as I gave it gas 2 out of the 14 times I feathered it it would begin to squeal and stop or I would be going up rpms about 1100-1200 and it would squeal for half a second then quit. Definitely not saying it's not the blower motor but that is my observation. Tomorrow morning I'll drive to work with no heat, and be freezing admittedly. But for science! I'll see if it does it then.

Hey guys so this is one of those things that has started happening out of the blue. When I turn my heat on. Low, mid or high I will occasionally get squeaking noises that cease. It'll do it sometime later and cease again. I can't pinpoint it because it mainly does it when driving. I'm about 99.99% sure it's not the serpentine belt because it doesn't squeal when doing a cold start and its like 2 months old. I don't really know since I drove to work this morning scratching my head. Heat blows nice and hot. Make you sweat if you ain't careful. I didn't know if you guys had a idea or had this happen? Thanks!

The guy that works on my truck said my truck started making a whistle sound when warm/hot and he looked into it while I was having somthing else done. And I quote "Several people chimed in about possible loose intake manifold bolts. I sprayed some brake cleaner in that area and sure enough, a leak at the manifold to cylinder head surface. Both guys said they just tightened the bolts and they were fine again, going on two years for one of the guys. I checked yours, and found a few loose, tightened them, and no more leak or noise. Idle has also been better." Maybe that is it? He said that silenced the whistle immediately

I checked kbb, scoured the web and Facebook marketplace. I can't even pinpoint a good price since I see running ones or barely running ones start at $500 and jump to almost 16k. I saw some similar ones to mine in terms of condition. Faded paint, like new interior and runs like a top, those I saw all over the place price wise. I guess it's "highest bid takes all" sort of thing with these trucks. I would say ask a dealer there opinion. Made that mistake. He looked me right in the eyes and didn't skip a beat and said "$1200". May as well slap me in face and grin with that insult of a price. My conclusion since I sat here on the web for about 2 hours I think it's worth what you think it is. These jeeps are very nice, reliable, rare, fun to drive and very town friendly. Me? I don't have a price on my truck personally. Especially now with the super recent passing of my great grandfather. Personally. Me. Seeing your truck as nice as it is even with the huge dent. I'd be a happy buyer with $13,500/$14,000

Yeah they can fetch quite a bit. Speaking of I have no idea what mine would even be worth. I've basically redone the whole cooling components and tuned it up a bit while leaving it as original as possible. It's rust free and mechanically sound for a truck with 178k miles. Paid 3. Been babied since. No idea what these trucks actually go for now I think on it.

Wait. Does it whistle? Or make any sound other than the "suck" sound like air intake?

No fender bender is pretty. And that is a very clean looking, nice truck! The rear collision area isn't actually as bad as I thought. Lucky man your tail light didn't bust. Me personally. I look at rarity and of course milage and condition. Your looks amazing! The fender bender is bad yes but looks to be still operational. Have you looked into body shops? I'm sure they could fix you right up!

Have pictures? I bought my 2WD Pioneer for 3k on the penny in 2020. That's faded paint as is. And a leaking gas line at that time. Then the other problems revealed themselves as I drove it. So if yours is in good condition minus the accident it's definitely a keeper. The 90 models are fairly hard to find vs say the 88 year. That's where they produced the most. I mean yours sounds pretty much restored and new. Maybe 5-7k? I genuinely have no idea. Assuming it has no rust definitely adds to the price. But pics do help tremendously so we know what we're looking at

Yeah cruisers tips are a life saver. The guy that works on my truck is on here and uses them, and used them on my truck. If I may ask what are you idling around? When I first started having issues it was borderline screaming at me [I also had 2 vac hoses loose] then after that is went down dramatically BUT still had high cranks. It would rev about 1000-1100 then go back down. I would drive it. Totally fine then park it. Then it idles back up. And I should also note reverse would jerk...hard. So hard the truck would lurch backwards. Afterwards I had said fix. Doesn't do anything of that nature. Half the time you can't tell it's shifting unless your listening for engine pitch. Reverse you can feel when shifting back to it. But doesn't jerk and lurch. I also wonder if maybe your MAP is possibly off? Because the way I'm thinking about this is that if it was a vac hose it'd be screaming at you like mine was at me. Then again it could be a tiny pinhole leak. It's hard to say. These are just the things that come to mind. Maybe your butterfly valve is dirty causing it to stick open?

Oh I had high idle when in park with my truck! That sounds like your TPS is off. My money is on that or IAC. If your opening and dropping the hood and it "corrects" it then it may be jarring the sensor back to where it should be position wise. When I had the high idle issue I got impatient and upset and I just bought a new O2 sensor, air filter, IAC and TPS and had them all installed at once. Idles smooth as butter now. I can't confirm for sure but it sounds like you may be running very lean for it to stall

Ah gotcha. Yeah it was only this one time. I was just being cautious. I'll still keep an eye on it. No gas smell in cabin. So I'm monitoring that. Thank you so much.

Well I cleaned it up. Where exactly is the vapor canister? I kept looking online and I gave no idea where it's located. I looked near the fuel tank and never saw anything like it. I saw a fuel filter but that's it

Alright so I left work and went to go get gas. Paid 35 inside and then went to pump. At about 33 it shut off and I kept clicking the handle. Well that made gas overflow out l. So I panicked, hung the nozzle up and cleaned the side up. It ran good on the way home. I've done this only once and scared me when I did it. I didn't know if that would damage a component of some sort or anything with these trucks?

I mean lifters do tick. The truck is 34 years old. Mines a 1988 Pioneer too. The little 4.0's are a tad noisy anyway. I'm not saying you don't have anything going on but majority of 4.0's do slap and tick. And the ticking silences when throttle is applied. As long as it isn't like grinding, whining or knocking it in theory isn't anything catastrophic. I know Cruiser and Pete here can definitely fill you in on that a lot more with a lot more knowledge. There's actually a thread made if you scroll a bit that talks about noises. You can hear mine and the other guys truck in question. It was around August 16th I think? Here's the title of the thread for you. Oil also is a fantastic question. Has your oil been changed or is it still running the old 15 year old oil? If so that very well could be your issue Is that knocking I hear, or just "Jeep noises"?

Yeah I got a straight piped civic that lives on my road. I think he works 3rd shift. Leaves about 12AM every night. I feel you there @Pete MI really do. So I think i may overall consider my neighbors and hearing safety since I'm "that guy that has cool truck down the road, ride by and you'll see it". Rather not be the "annoying guy with a cool truck and obnoxiously loud exhaust". It's so tempting as said. But I'll consider the neighborhood and my hearing protection. Already work in a loud facility, this wouldn't help matters lol. Nonetheless I love to hear feedback and your guy's experiences with the 2.5 and especially the 4.0 straight pipe or muffler delete. After all its a grocery getter. If I did a straight pipe it'd be like a bear with no teeth or claws. "Oh God you hear that! That sounds like a race car!" Then out turns a little faded red jeep truck. In terms we use modern-day "all bark no bite"

Very true. Been listening to 4.0 straight pipe XJ and MJ's. They have a really mean tone to them. Sounds almost as good as a V8. Almost. If I do it I'll be excited to try a cold start in this 20°-35° weather. My neighbors for sure will hate me