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Jeep Wrangler Death wobble is a problem many modified Jeeps face. There is a number of possible causes for this or in many cases the issue is a compounding effect of one or more of the following issues. When troubleshooting this death wobble issue, we advise following this guide in order as jumping to a fault further down the line is counterproductive if your facing mechanical issues in the suspension. Bushes ball joints and tie rods. Before sinking a heap of time and money i

Own a HEMI and it's developed a tick? The HEMI pushrod V8s are known for lifter failure, which presents itself as a ticking noise. If left unattended, this can turn far worse, resulting in cam lobe wear, misfires, and metal through the engine. However, it's not always a lifter. If your tick is worse cold and goes away once the engine warms up, you may only need some exhaust work. The HEMI V8s are also common for snapping exhaust manifold studs, giving a similar audible sound

If you have a Mopar Vehicle that is newer than 2018 your vehicle will require the Stellantis bypass in order to access the computers to do any diagnostic code reading, programing and fault code erasing. These cars still have the conventional OBD2 plug under the driver side of the dash however most diagnostic scan tools excluding the factory Wii Tech will not access the vehicle through this port. In order for after market scan tools to access these systems you will need the St

There is an Australian government website that lists all active recalls on vehicles sold in Australia. It is not a very user-friendly platform and requires you to download an excel spread sheet listing all applicable vin number and then requires you to find your vin int he lists. Then you need to do this over and over for every Recall applicable to your Make and Model. If you wanted to bother the applicable website can be found by clicking the link below. Recall look up Austr

Green Leaking from under your WK2 is nearly never coolant leaking. Unless someone in the past has used the wrong coolant on your vehicle, the WK2 cooling system runs a red coolant. So what does it mean if you have green leaking from the front of your Jeep? assuming your Jeep is still running the factory recommended coolant Green can only be a leak from the air conditioning system. The air conditioning systems have a Ultraviolet dye added to them, this dye assists with diagnos

If your reading this you have likely done your home work. In the interest of not boring you with a bunch of mechanical basics this little article has assumed you know and understand how diff gears works as a concept and have done the research around the advantages of changing them or the need for it. However assuming this is your first time or your still learning about these modifications, here is a brief run down. The need or desire to change diff ratios is normally due to t

Buying a new or Second hand Ram 1500? There are a few common repairs we advise addressing immediately as preventative maintenance. MDS Delete: Assuming you are walking away with a shinny Hemi V8 engine in your Ram. The first thing we advise is an MDS Delete. The is prevents the camshaft from catastrophic premature failure and risking the complete destruction of your Hemi engine. This issue apply to many of the Hemi engines across the MOPAR Range of vehicles. We have covered

Don’t Read This. Watch the Video. What Are You Doing? This is one of those builds you’re meant to hear, not read about. Go hit play on the video first. Way better than me trying to describe it. Still here? Alright, let’s talk about it. This one turned out unreal. Ash dropped off his 5.7L V8 Overland with us right as they were welcoming a new baby, timing couldn’t have been better. Congrats again Ash. While he was busy with the important stuff, we got to work on the Jeep. The

If you own a JK Wrangler, this is something you need to know. Unlike most vehicles that run rear disc brakes with internal handbrake shoes, the JK Wrangler does things a bit differently. There’s no adjustment at the handbrake lever. That means you can’t just tighten the cable from inside the car when it starts to stretch, which is what a lot of people expect. If your handbrake is sitting too high or not holding properly, the first place to start is the handbrake shoes inside

If you’ve got a WK2 Grand Cherokee and you’re noticing leaks or air conditioning issues, this is something you need to know. At GDL Automotive, we regularly see failures in the combined air conditioning condenser and transmission cooler unit, and it can cause more problems than most people expect. How the System Works On the WK2, the A/C condenser and transmission cooler are built into one unit. This means a failure on either side can affect multiple systems in the vehicle. T

There are only three main reasons we see a Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2 need to be towed to us. Ther are obviously some outliers to this data but based on what we see in our workshop week on week there are only three main reasons for these cars to leave you completely abandoned on the side of the road. Tone Wheel failure: This little ring is located on the back of the crank shaft and is what the crank angle sensor uses as a reference point to tell the ECU Where the engine is at i

Straight up lets be clear. When you request a mechanic to fit your part, you are effectively taking a steak you purchased at Woolworths into a restaurant and asking the chef to cook it for you, oh and you want the pay less for the privilege. You would never do it. its outrageously rude and entitled, and yet it seems to be ok for people to request this of their mechanic. There are a number of factors at play here which we unpack here. Liability: Regardless of what ever the pap

Axle Seals The Front axle seals are the most common repair carried out on the JK Wrangler. The seals sit inbound near the diff centre and require the remove of the complete axle and diff centre to carry out this repair correctly. Be sure to clean the diff housing extensively before putting the seals and axles back in. Oil Cooler 3.6 V6 The cooler leaks out the back of the engine and gives the symptoms of a leaking rear main oil seal. Its highly unlikely to be a rear main on

The Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2 is common for developing suspension noise in the Front. If you have a Jeep with a knock in the front suspension or a jeep with noisy suspension there is a high probability the sway bar links are your problem. We have a diagnostic guide for this which you can find by clicking the link below. Diagnosing Suspension noise in a Jeep Grand Cherokee The trap with the parts for these is as of 2018 jeep revised the design for the Front swap bar link. This

The 3.6 Pentastar Engine has a number of variations fitted to a variety of Jeep and other Stellantis products. This platform is used in the WK2 Jeep Grand Cherokee, JK Wranglers, JL Wranglers JT Gladiators and we have even seen them in a few Chrysler voyagers and dodge products too. Equally so, the KL Cherokee runs a 3.2 v6 which is very similar and prone to the same failures. All of these engine platforms regardless of the age or series are susceptible to this unique issue

The WK2 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a VM 3.0 diesel engine fitted does not have a coolant drain plug in the block. This makes doing a complete cooling system flush on the vehicle challenging at best. The most effiecent way to do this flush is using a coolant flush machine but not all workshops have these and almost and DIY repairers will not. If you cant get a coolant flush machine the best way to do the flush is to remove the thermostat housing on the front of the engine and re

Many of the Ram vehicles run air suspension. This is a system that Mopar has featured on a variety of its vehicles across several brands and is often referred to a as Quadra lift suspension system. The Problem: The system operates with air springs, a small air compressor and a plastic valve block. This system can be problematic resulting in hefty repair invoices for a system that in our opinion was never going to last the life of the vehicle. This forces many owner to look fo

If you’ve recently had a new thermostat installed on your Grand Cherokee, you might have noticed that your engine’s operating temperature sits slightly higher than before. Don’t worry this is a common situation. In many cases, the replacement thermostat supplied through the parts department is designed to run a little hotter than the original factory unit. Everything may look perfectly fine no fault codes, no leaks but that temperature gauge might just sit a bit higher than y

Did you know that depending on the year of your WK2, your Grand Cherokee uses a different tone wheel? It’s not a one size fits all part even though they look identical and getting it wrong can cause serious headaches. EcoDiesel Tone Wheel Differences by Series Series 1 WK2 (5-speed transmission) Part number: 0046326647 Series 2 WK2 (8-speed transmission) Part number: 0046352974 Using the wrong tone wheel can lead to misdiagnosed faults, engine running issues, or unnecessary p

If your WK2 Grand Cherokee is sitting on its guts or slow to raise, the issue is often linked to the Quadra Lift air suspension system. Most people think the compressor has failed on its own. In reality, the compressor is usually not the root cause. The most common cause is an air leak somewhere in the system. This can be: Air struts Air lines Valve block Seals or fittings When there is a leak, the system loses pressure. The compressor then works harder to maintain ride heigh

We recently had a customer come into the workshop that wanted verification his Z46 recall had been done properly due to slightly worse fuel economy, while there is no way of checking its been timed previously we took it off and ensured it was correct. Here’s a breakdown of the correct process straight from stellantis themselves, some people and even dealerships believe this is a nonsense procedure. Check out the video below and at the end of the blog We will provide all the p

Healthy people do not go to hospital. You only go if something is wrong. This analogy comes up a lot when people comment on our social media and say our content looks like it is ragging on the product. They see posts on YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram pointing out common issues and assume we do not like the vehicles we work on. That is not the case at all. We love the Product and We Tell the Truth We genuinely love Jeep. Many of our staff own them, myself included. If you hav

This vehicle has 134,000km on it, and it’s a perfect real world case study for what we’re talking about here. Spun bearing failure in a diesel. Based on what we see every week in the workshop, we believe this particular failure is linked to towing in Drive instead of using Sport mode but this blog isn’t about why it failed. There’s already plenty of content on our website and social channels covering that. This is about something far more important: How you handle the convers

this is going to be a rare one. This is arguably the only time you’ll ever hear us recommend going genuine over aftermarket altenators. If you’re dealing with the well-known EcoDiesel issue that causes these units to fail, and you’re weighing up your replacement options, our advice is simple: Buy the genuine Jeep part. Why We’re Saying This (And Why It Matters) Normally, we send people straight to aftermarket. It’s cheaper, it works, and in most cases it makes far more sense