8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$100
Average Mileage:
220,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. head gasket is cracked (1 reports)
1990 Jeep Cherokee engine problems

engine problem

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1990 Jeep Cherokee Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 212009

Cherokee 4.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 220,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

most of the times my car would always overheat. replaced water pump radiator and overflow tank. turns out the problem is most likely your headgasket is either craked or blow, a big problem with the straight 6 models is because of all the torque the head usually will warp causing the head gasket to go out. head gasket set only cost $75 from autoparts store. a shop would problem charge a couple hundred to replace. it was my first time doing something this big and oly took me about 6 hours of wrenchiing to have it totally fixed and now it runs alot better. no problems wth overheating so far.

- Michael O., Hayward, CA, US

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