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Hey - I have a 2008 with 155K and it does not burn oil (yet). I think that may depend a lot on whether the maintenance got done and how it was treated.

what was wrong with the old engine? i would think any small block 6 would work - but what about all the CANBUS stuff and getting the computers to work?

I also added some LEDs. Nice change.

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OK - home at last. Sorry for delay. I bought the Sunpie LED headlights and fog lights with white halo's. I stayed away from the multicolored ones you program with a phone app - too much complication and too much to go wrong. Here is the link...

When I get home I will! Limited internet until later today.

made a radiator key...

I just changed the coolant that came in my jeep (orange, that is all I know) and replaced with Zerex G-05. I drained, filled with distilled water, run engine, drain, repeat - five times. I was only able to add about 7/8 gallon of water each time, and the fluid that drained got lighter and...

I don't have the pad under the hood of my 2008 JK. I also don't have the underhood utility light. Anyone else have them? was the pad supposed to be there or is it optional? worth it? what light do you have - LED? incandescent? Was the MOPAR one incandescent? best aftermarket option...

I bought a 2008 with 150K - $10,500 in New Hampshire. I have had a great time going through it and doing some mechanical maintenance, but I had a mechanic check it out "stem to stern" and he said it was mechanically sound. I replaced the worn upholstery, cleaned the carpets, added weathertech...

A weird thing happened. the belt i bought is a wee bit longer than the one I had. It does not fit in the same path/pattern that the old one did. see photos. When I looked online for confirmation, I saw at least three different routing schemes for the belt on various 2007-2011 JK's - but they...

the idler pulley was in fact incorrect - should have been the one with the fatter bearing - they are not the same! replaced both and the belt and it's super quiet now! I also put new flexible cable guard sleeving on all the exposed wires around the intake and it looks much better. The damn...

that is kind of why I wanted to do this even though the coolant seems OK - I have no idea what the maintenance history of the vehicle actually is, but now I will have a baseline - new coolant, oil, brakes, plugs, wires. I shoudl also check the diff fluids - I'll get to that eventually, but my...

I picked up a new belt and one of each of the belt tensioner and idler pulleys. I'll change it out and see what happens. The two pulleys are not (supposed to be) the same. the idler pulley has a shallower offset/thicker bearing. I think that my idler pulley must be the same as the tensioner...

Update - there is conflicting info on the interwebs about the petcock. Some videos and sites say turn 90 and some say 180. you have to turn 180 to get it to open. the first 90 is easy and then there is some kind of stop, then you have to try harder to go another 90 (counterclockwise) to open...

More info. I am changing the radiator fluid so I have to do many cycles of drain, refill, run car to warm up, cool down, drain, refill... During one of these repetitions last night, I sprayed a tiny amount of belt dressing on the ribbed side of the belt. Now instead of chirping once in a...

the belt chirps. Squeals if I spray a little belt conditioner on it. I am guessing time for new tensioner pulley. But, look at middle pulley in photo. Belt overhangs outboard edge by about 1/32”. Pulley misaligned?

Trying to drain rad o 2008 JK. Turned the petcock and it won’t drain. Now I can’t even tell which way is closed. You’d expect closed to be with the lever horizontal but I think closed might be vertical? Do you have to turn and pull? How to fix if clogged? Thx.

I actually bought the silver stars and then returned them. the snow thing is def a trade off...

the previous owner might be looking for it? or maybe he lost one and that is why this one is an orphan just hanging around.