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Thank you for the great suggestions on this. I will get over to my mechanic (not son :) this time) and see what his assessment is. Also I think I will pull off the Sprintex supercharger and sell it. I don't even need it because my off roading is mostly pleasure rides. We will see how it comes...

The starter trail was some bad advice from a couple of junior mechanics with my son being one of them. Unfortunately, I am not much of a mechanic myself although I have now many years of experience owning cars Tried to turn the crankshaft pulley with a large 1/2 inch ratchet. Could not get it...

Run into some bad luck with by 2008 Jeep Wrangler X. The oil pressure light came on and I drove it 1 mile further to get it home. Hoped it was a starter but not that and all pulleys can be moved except crankcase pulley. My worry is a seized engine but what is weird is that nothing catastrophic...

Took it in to my mechanic. Lucky I have a good, honest one. It appears to be an exhaust leak on passenger/bank 1 side. They are going to smoke test it on Friday to see the exact location of exhaust leak and go ahead and repair. Thanks for the advice and my son and I learned some tips for sure...

Thanks all. I will hope it is nothing to do with the catalytic converter. One possible easy cause of P0171 code is a bad fuel filter although I would have thought Rory would really be running bad, losing power, etc. if it was related to the fuel filter. All that is happening is throwing off...

I should tell all a little about my Jeep. Rory is a 2008 Jeep JK, 2 door manual transmission equipped with a nice Sprintex super charger. I keep getting a P0171 code and it smells a little like exhaust in the cab. I cleaned my mass air flow, cleaned air filter, and replaced upstream bank 1 O2...