In this video I have a look at an older 1991 Jeep Cherokee with the big 4.0l I-6 under the hood. The customer drove all the way from British Columbia so I could have a look at it. For the past several years he has been having a very, very long crank time before the vehicle would start. Doesn't take long to put our finger on this one and get it all straightened out. -Enjoy!
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47 thoughts on “Jeep cherokee: really extended crank”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Glenn Recker says:

    Wish I lived closer, you’d be my main mechanic. Love you’re channel.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars shadymaint1 says:

    I have come across this same problem on a few different older vehicles.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Unique Horn says:

    This guy is sharp on his diagnostics.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Aponte's Da Guy Channel says:

    Great job awesome video. Trouble shooting at it's best. Wish I could bring ya my jeep to help me find my no bus 🚌 issue.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bradley says:

    Just watched some of your videos and what a great job you doing troubleshooting and talking about why and what your doing, just saying, intern helped me in finding my f150 truck problem. You have to be one of the best out there in a repair shop, thanks for what you ,Bradley n.n. va.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jon Hall says:

    Who's Marie?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars slikballa says:

    Great vid

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Neal Couture says:

    You have the patience of a saint you are very thorough gummy phone mechanic myself

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Randy Vise says:

    Great info Thanks

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bit Goblin says:

    You give that thing 90s alternative music and she'll be running 9's in the quarter mile with a stock engine !!

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Ninedorf says:

    I have this very same problem.
    Fuel pumps were replaced years ago. Wiring was rolled as they tried to get gas gauge to work right, Engine only ran thru 1/2 of 10 gallon tank.
    Starter motor was replaced.
    Now to get right hose and replace it.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Terry Williams says:

    Hat was all right I’ve got an 2002 Jeep Laredo that when cold starts drive 4.5miles chokes dies will not start for 4.5 hours then starts dines it all over again ,I’ll have a pressure gauge tomorrow dec31,2021thank for your help with video

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wayne Horton says:

    How much did this job cost him

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    normal female mouth never shuts

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    good repair man bad singer

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    good job eric

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    with half ass repairs

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    is proff there many bad repair shops out there

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    if you primed them they started right up

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Powell says:

    i seen two chevys do that it wad a bad oil pressure switch

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fred Thompson says:

    You two are hilarious and very good also. Thanks !

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Baker says:

    Great job troubleshooting.. wish my Jeep's fuel pump were that easy to get to.. have to drop the tank first.

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shade Tree Mech says:

    "This is where we find out how accurate the gas gauge is." A dealership burned down near me a few years ago for just such a mistake.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Larry Koziol says:

    I like that Marie! Long denim skirt, but some grease & grime on it shows she has style, is feminine, but not afraid to get dirty. Oh & on the troubleshooting that was a hell of a job troubleshooting that.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars notrut says:

    Renew the Petrol filter too …?

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Suitor says:

    I did a fuel pump in an 88 Cherokee. Siphoned a full tank out. Couldn’t get the pump out without dropping the tank a little. Got the new pump put in, and I hooked the wires up backwards… 😣

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ExtremeWeather247 says:

    Marie is jerk a not in that tail there Eric

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Knight says:

    That chick is such a flirt, but great video. 👏👌👍

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars AngryDINGUS says:

    Im not about to spend good money on a "submersible" hose when I have free drinking straws from mccdonalds and duct tape! 😉 lmao

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kasual Skeptik says:

    Hose has NAPA hose clamps on it, then for sure the pump did NOT get changed.. But the poor customer got charged for a new pump…!! RIPOFF !!!
    Ya don't have one of those expensive circular pump ring tools from SnapOn ?? Nothing like brass & hammer….

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Esquivel says:

    “It’s in the Bible!” Love it

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tim Graham says:

    Had the same problem with my XJ. Sock fell off the pump.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars UOttawaScotty says:

    Canadian viewer right hur. "I don't want to hear it Marie" lol ! I died.

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Star Gazer says:

    Great job on the video!👍🏻

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars EDDIE LEAL says:

    Forewarned is forearmed 😉

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve Wheatley says:

    Whoever put the fuel pump in before ain't much of a mechanic.

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dennis Gibson says:

    Another great lesson

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MTZ SkunkWorks says:

    MY 93 INLINE 6 CHEROKEE DID THE SAME FRIGGIN THING IN REALLY COLD WEATHER UP IN tAHOE. FRIGGIN SUCKED,

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Beilman says:

    That must be a common problem I have heard several old Jeep’s crank like that

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andrew Bramwell says:

    Great video…and I learned something about fuel hose types too.. thanks Eric.

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dennis Knackstedt says:

    Give yourself credit, you now have marie confused as to yes doesn't always mean yes and no doesn't always mean no.

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars G Kotten says:

    It's about time for "NAPPER" to be a sponsor, you say their name enuf

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars G Kotten says:

    My dads brother had a dodge van he used for his flooring business, the pcm was bad and he had to turn the key and just let it sit until the computer would send voltage to the fuel pump circuit. He did that for years and then one day had enough and broke down and ordered another pcm

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter Levy says:

    My God you are good, love your diagnostic skills.

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Christian Mowers says:

    You really give a Guy hope that buying a nice relatively rust free used vehicle can be maintained and kept in like new condition as long as you care for and maintain/repair it promptly and properly! Thanks man

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars luke codere says:

    90s alternative music shud do the trick👨🏼‍🎤

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thomas Kearney says:

    The look he gave when it fired right up😎

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