06-17-2014, 11:17 PM
I have this 95 SK JLX I've had almost since new. It was garaged for most of its life and the body and interior are perfect. I gave it to my daughter for college 7 years ago when it had 90k on it and I had done all maintenance, including the timing belt. Fast forward to today, I got it back, it now has 170k on it and NO maintenance has been done. I'm guessing the timing belt has 110k on it now (ouch?) Also, the car idles very low and when the AC or a big electrical load comes on the RPM drops down to a few hundred RPM and shakes if in gear, so perhaps the ECU is in fallback mode although it's throwing no codes. Gas mileage is probably around 15 or so (EGR?)
I'm leaning toward checking the compression and if that's ok, doing the timing belt and going after why the car is in fallback -- However, is it worth it on a 170k engine? Am I on borrowed time with the 16V head and the auto tranny at this mileage?
Should I mention that I really like this car and it's the only one I have with four seats.
Dennis
I'm leaning toward checking the compression and if that's ok, doing the timing belt and going after why the car is in fallback -- However, is it worth it on a 170k engine? Am I on borrowed time with the 16V head and the auto tranny at this mileage?
Should I mention that I really like this car and it's the only one I have with four seats.
Dennis