# 1988 Jeep Cherokee **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-jeep-cherokee/30591 "2009-05-17T16:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stairbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Stairbender](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Stairbender)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-jeep-cherokee/30591/1 "2009-05-17T16:50:16Z")
I’ve got a Jeep Cherokee, when I got it, it wouldn’t crank (it was free) I got it to crank and tuned it up, even drove for a while. After it sat for 8 months, it’ll crank up and run for about 2-3 miles then shut down like it’s hot, crank back after a while and run another 2-3 miles and shut down again. Put in new thermostat and even radiator and purged the cooling system, with no help. Any ideas? Also, I want to use it for a deer camp vehicle (used only once in a while) what would be involved in changing from injectors to a carb? It’s a ford inline-6, 4-0 litre. ---
**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-jeep-cherokee/30591/2 "2009-05-17T22:21:11Z")
Try spraying some starter fluid into the intake when this trouble happens. If the engine fires up then you most likely have a fuel delivery problem. Perhaps a bad fuel pump relay. If the engine still doesn’t try to start then check for an ignition problem. ---
**Author:** ![Stairbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Stairbender](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Stairbender)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-jeep-cherokee/30591/3 "2009-05-17T22:56:12Z")
Hadn’t thought of that, it would let me know if it’s fuel related, Thanks