XJ v8
I am a self confessed new to the flock Jeep nut. magazines, models, Jamboriees, owned four in the last four years, etc.
I have a question I hope someone can answer. SORRY for the long story in advance)
I have a pet '98 XJ, bought her in december (from a reputable Jeep dealer in Brisbane) lastyear to be my daily driver as my 89 Grand Wagoneer has become just too too nice to abuse.
I owned the XJ for two whole weeks when it lost oil pressure and all the lights in the dash lit up. A hundred bucks later (tow truck) it is back where I bought it getting the crankshaft replaced. ok ya get that.
I stuff around with trains and taxi's for a while and get the XJ back and find it has a leaking rear main seal. ok so back it goes again.
This time it doesn't leak oil it pisses oil out while the engine is running.
Back it goes again..........
Rear main seal replaced once again.
Then I get the job transfer from QLD to Western Australia.
XJ goes from workshop in Brisbane to truck and shipped to Perth.
Hey guess what.... leaking rear main.
XJ goes to Jeep Dealership in Perth who charge me $500 to diagnose the rear main seal was put in BACkWARDS? and oh by the way the crankshaft is scored and NEEDS REPLACING...............now hang about, the XJ has done almost 2000k since the last crankshaft was replaced.... does anyone smell fish?
I get the Brissy worshop to fax me the work they had done to this car and they ACCIDENTLY send me a fax from THREE WEEKS before I bought it (from the reputable dealer) and the invoice states :ENGINE SIEZED, COOKED, REPLACED HEAD, RaDIATOR, THREE PISTONS ETC ETC.
The reputable dealer from Brisbane tells me the car is out of Statutory warranty. I have had it for six months. but if I return it to Brisbane they will happily replace the rear main seal............... (which has been replaced three times and the damaged second hand crank they fitted chews out in just a handful of Kilometeres)
The Perth Guys (nicest people you would want to meet) tell me it is $2400 to repair the damaged crank #2.
so my question is this,
as far as after sales service goes is it standard to walk (or crawl) away from a (reputable dealer) bleeding from the ********??
I KNOW MY POST HERE WILL GET THE STANDARD "IT'S A JEEP THING, GET USED TO IT" ETC..... but I feel beter for having vented a little.
and my question I actually need answered is has anyone successfully put a 350 chev into a later model XJ?
yes you may detect a slight degree of sinicism.......
yours faithfully (and soon to be Toyota driver if I can't get a decent drive train)
Fairlane
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