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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Tony, I do still have mine and use it all the time. We take the dogs out in the desert almost every week for a run and a little 4x4 action. During hunting season I put a couple thousand miles on it. It has around 117,000 miles on it currently and running great.
Your rig is looking good. Tough luck on the engine. I recall the 2000's having some reliability issues due to Chrysler and emissions.
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the 00-01 had weak head castings... most will eventually crack and let antifreeze mix with the oil and take out the bearings. Mine was knocking.. I thought it was valve chatter. I hammered it one day and it just blew. It's all good now, I got a replacement head with a beefed up casting.. it runs like a top, pulls 20mpg hwy and I know all the ins/outs of it now. I do love this rig and dont regret an XJ at all. Yours has pretty low miles. Mine has 158k now with only 3k on the engine.
Next up I'm swapping on some rear disc brakes from a ZJ.