Blaze
The Jeeper Reaper
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2005
- Location
- Wake Forest, NC
So I'm thinking the ECM might be going south in this thing, but wanted to get some opinions.
05 TB, has the I6 in it, 225k miles. It is my wife's DD and we've had it since it was almost new.
For the last 6 months or more, the thing has been acting weird. It will start fine in the morning and start fine when it is cold, but if you turn it off hot and then try and restart it a lot of the time it won't start. It smells like fuel and seems flooded. Let it sit for a few minutes and it will restart, although rough. Recently it blows some grayish smoke when it does this.
Today my wife turned it off, and tried to restart it a few mintues later and it started really rough and was running terrible and blowing gray smoke out. She turned it off, immediately restarted it and it ran fine, no smoke, and she drove it an hour to visit her parents. Once it is running, it runs awesome, no smoke, etc. Doesn't burn any oil or coolant, nothing. The only thing I can think of is fuel, which judging by the fuel smell when it does this makes me think of an injection problem.
I'm thinking it might be the ECM going south. I can get a used one flashed to my VIN for $100, but want to get some other thoughts before I throw any money at it. I am going to try and clean the throttle body this week, I know it is really dirty and maybe the TPS or something is causing issues.
Thoughts?
05 TB, has the I6 in it, 225k miles. It is my wife's DD and we've had it since it was almost new.
For the last 6 months or more, the thing has been acting weird. It will start fine in the morning and start fine when it is cold, but if you turn it off hot and then try and restart it a lot of the time it won't start. It smells like fuel and seems flooded. Let it sit for a few minutes and it will restart, although rough. Recently it blows some grayish smoke when it does this.
Today my wife turned it off, and tried to restart it a few mintues later and it started really rough and was running terrible and blowing gray smoke out. She turned it off, immediately restarted it and it ran fine, no smoke, and she drove it an hour to visit her parents. Once it is running, it runs awesome, no smoke, etc. Doesn't burn any oil or coolant, nothing. The only thing I can think of is fuel, which judging by the fuel smell when it does this makes me think of an injection problem.
I'm thinking it might be the ECM going south. I can get a used one flashed to my VIN for $100, but want to get some other thoughts before I throw any money at it. I am going to try and clean the throttle body this week, I know it is really dirty and maybe the TPS or something is causing issues.
Thoughts?
