Two Door, 4Wd, Turbo Diesel Cherokee

[Alexia]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/4072419299.html

 

Turbo Diesel, 4WD, Two Door - That is one hell of a rare combination.

[onlyinajeep726]

That's pretty rad!  You or Automan should get it!

[kolton]

Why does that have to be in Seattle... Good luck finding one of those down here! I'd grab it in a heartbeat!

[neohic]

It is, in fact, very real, and you want it, very badly.

 

I do!

[johnj92131]

Interesting toy for somebody with an 86 Comanche body in good shape.  Wonder if it would drive 1200 miles home on Interstate 5?

[johnny quest]

what kind of MPG do those get? either in the XJ or in the MJ

[johnj92131]

what kind of MPG do those get? either in the XJ or in the MJ

 

EPA said 25 city and 26 highway for the 1985 Jeep Cherokee 2.1 Diesel     Here is the link:

 

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/1985_Jeep_CherokeeWagoneer.shtml

 

By comparison the 2.5 gas Cherokee was rated at 18 city and 24 highway

 

Not much of a highway improvement, but a good city improvement.  But, remember the 2.1 diesel is hard to find parts for and poorly understood in this country.

[johnj92131]

Jeepcomj and Rob could give more info on mpg in the MJ

[Automan2164]

30 MPG in the MJ all day long... Straight highway with the right driver I bet you could be in the 35-40 range.

Rob

[JeepcoMJ]

safe assumption the xj would get better mpg than the mj for simple aerodynamic efficiency....it doesn't have a bed and tailgate to produce extra vacuum and drag going down the road.

 

 

That said, there is always a careful consideration to be made when purchasing an older diesel:

 

Are parts available? Not really

Are they "easy" to work on? Considering that a pretty low percentage of America's mechanics know how to work on diesels in the first place, much less a backwards french diesel with cylinder one being the firewall side....that's a big No. You can learn easily, but that learning curve could be an expensive process

 

Finally, Has it been messed with? The answer with this jeep is twofold; Yes, it has been, at least in-as-much-as the vehicle having been lifted (a detriment to efficiency) and, while it should have 4.10 gears, the owner has effectly moved it to a stage of requiring a removal of the lift to get that efficiency back, or an xj 44 rear and a set of 4.88 gears to offset. These things are a pooch on takeoff compared to a 4.0, and I'm sure that one is about as quick as a gm 2.8l MJ with the tire size. But, it looks as though the engine bay is pretty much stock.

 

 

The big problem I have with it is that, knowing it's lifted, did the owner mess with the injection timing like most yahoos with lifted diesels to "roll coal" or "get power back". The Renault 2.1l TD is a motor better left at stock ratio for the fact that there is no saving grace in parts availability.