Thoughts on 08 Diesel WK 4x4

[Blue88Comanche]

What are your thoughts on the 3.0L turbo Diesel equipped WK Jeeps?  I found one at a dealership and i want to trade in my Ford for it.  everywhere i have read says they love it and would not give it up. anyone here have and experience with the Jeep Diesels?

[Pete M]

not quite the same, but we have a 2.8 KJ and love it :D

[Incommando]

IIRC it is a Mercedes engine and is widely used in their vehicles particularly in Europe.

[Blue88Comanche]

I'm driving out today to take a look at it after work.  I really liked my 05 2wd 4.7L WK, so I'd imagine ill love a 4x4 Diesel WK.

[Jackrabbit41]

What's a wk and a kj? Never heard of thise

[Pete M]

KJ  (02-07 Liberty)

 

 

 

WK  (05-10 grand cherokee)

 

[AMCJeepMJ]

So what happened with the diesel WK?

 

The WKs have the same engine as in my 07 W211 Bluetec, and puts out about 400 lb. ft. of torque.

[johnj92131]

So what happened with the diesel WK?

 

The WKs have the same engine as in my 07 W211 Bluetec, and puts out about 400 lb. ft. of torque.

 

Stock:  205 hp 368 lb/ft torque.

 

Get it chip tuned:   235 hp & 415 lb/ft torque

[AMCJeepMJ]

 

So what happened with the diesel WK?

 

The WKs have the same engine as in my 07 W211 Bluetec, and puts out about 400 lb. ft. of torque.

 

Stock:  205 hp 368 lb/ft torque.

 

Get it chip tuned:   235 hp & 415 lb/ft torque

 

I stand corrected on the WK diesel; the W211 is rated at 400 on the same engine.

[Blue88Comanche]

So what happened with the diesel WK?

 

I was not able to get it sadly, looks like I'm stuck with my hybrid a while longer lol... :wall:

[cruiser54]

IIRC it is a Mercedes engine and is widely used in their vehicles particularly in Europe.

Nope. It's Italian. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM_Motori

[HOrnbrod]

Nope, looks like It's German. The WK has the Benz 3.0 L V6 diesel. The early WJ had the Motori diesel.

[cruiser54]

Nope, looks like It's German. The WK has the Benz 3.0 L V6 diesel. The early WJ had the Motori diesel.

The new Grands have the VM though, right?

[teamsmith]

 

Nope, looks like It's German. The WK has the Benz 3.0 L V6 diesel. The early WJ had the Motori diesel.

The new Grands have the VM though, right?

 

 

I read quite a bit on the WK motor. It is apparently long lived and dependable if you can keep the EGR/DPF (diesel particulate filter) from clogging or remove it all together using a tune from Green Diesel Engineering. This motor is a mercedes, made in Germany. I understand this motor was discontinued due to emissions restrictions that went in around 2008 or 2009.

Here's a good write up on the model 

https://conflictedracer.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/2007-2008-5-wk2-crd-faq-jeep-grand-cherokee-diesel/

 

 

I have a WK2 diesel made by VM Motori. It's the same engine that Maserati has in their diesel sports sedan Ghibli (ooh la la :brows: ) except with one turbo instead of two. It is a pretty fancy motor with a lot of bells but I do not look forward to the day when they stop ringing. My engine has the DPF and DEF (diesel water) injectors that sprays a fine mist of fancy water into the exhaust to cut down on emissions soot- or at least that's how it was explained to me. There are tunes that delete all of this but it voids the warranty. In fact, my truck came with a card that stated they have special monitoring software that will record any changes made to the ECU or air/fuel mix parameter changes. Any detected change will void all warranty coverage. 

 

If you can find a low mileage WK diesel or one with good service records showing that it used the correct spec oil I would strongly consider it and factor in about $400 for a GDE tune and DPF delete.