Originally Posted by bigstacks95 (Post 2747365)

I worked on one for a gal many years ago. Its a cool little engine but horribly designed. You need to buy (or make) special tools to do the timing belt. Also the timing gears are not keyed onto the camshafts they are just held on by a bolt and the tightness of the bolt is what keeps them from spinning. Also very common for the rockers/lifters to break, they are overhead cam and lifters are part of the valve cover gasket. Overall once you do the lifters, timing belt, water pump, Fubar the EGR, re-route the crankcase vent, put a decent fuel filter setup on them, and tune them, they are good reliable little engines. I defiantly wouldn't rely on it for long distances until you at least get most of that stuff done though.

Originally Posted by Valair1 (Post 2747433)

I have an 05 with 102k on it, just did the timing belt, idlers, water pump, studs, rocker arms, egr delete, turbo, all new hoses etc..... not to mention the whole front end was worn out so new upper and lower control arms, cv joints, center axel, hub bearings, shock mounts, and really a whole bunch of other shit. Its been a great investment I'm almost 14 K into it in 2 years.

Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747407)

They seem like pretty neat little engines. I have heard and read that timing belts are a big thing, but also that the rocker stands are made to be weak so if the timing slips, the rocker stands break instead of breaking a valve off in the combustion chamber.

I do plan o putting a timing belt on it before putting to many miles on it. For what I will use this for, a new timing belt will last me a LONG time.

I do need to address the crank case vent though. I had the charge air piping off it yesterday and noticed a lot of oil. So my first thought was to check the turbo. When taking the piping off I noticed the crank case was vented into the intake tube of the turbo. Think I'll just run a hose to the ground, like every other diesel engine I know of.

Originally Posted by Valair1 (Post 2747433)

I have an 05 with 102k on it, just did the timing belt, idlers, water pump, studs, rocker arms, egr delete, turbo, all new hoses etc..... not to mention the whole front end was worn out so new upper and lower control arms, cv joints, center axel, hub bearings, shock mounts, and really a whole bunch of other shit. Its been a great investment I'm almost 14 K into it in 2 years.

Originally Posted by Archnemesis (Post 2747436)

To the ground on mine and does just dandy.







I found a daystar 1.5" leveling kit and bilsteins on it as it was going to gun range/ fuck around vehicle and ended up putting on lug conversion spacers to run some OEM pull off JK wheels. Has 31" Wrangler Duratracs on it now and had to do a bit of trimming for clearance which wasn't ideal. Wouldn't run the 31" again, but the spacers with conversion really opens alot more options for wheels.

We did have a balljoint snap which wiped out the CV thankfully it let go when my buddy came off the free way to a parking lot.

Paid $5k for the car with 115k miles
$40 for leveling kit
$500 for bilsteins
$1100 for Wranglers
$250 for oem jk wheels and tires
$800 for Balljoint and CV
$40 Spetre air filter
$270 JK bumper with custom mounts

So basically $8k into mine. I ran one storm season with it criss crossing from North Houston to South basically 100miles a day. I let it idle its ass off, 15hrs sometimes running never turning it off. They're reliable as hell, just need to be maintained. They're actually used it many taxis in Europe and are easily capable of 400k miles plus.

My buddy uses it now as a daily commuter doing 80miles a day and it runs like a top.

This was from the Texas Freeze.....

https://i.ibb.co/rcMnnjW/Resized-20210216-101117-1.jpg

Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747438)

What size tires are the Wranglers? On stock suspension, just a leveling kit?

$1,100 seems quite steep for tires. $800 for ball joints and CV seems quite steep. I think I have about $800 in one new CV, 2 new wheel bearings, 2 new ball joints, sway bar end links and lower A-arm bushings.


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Originally Posted by Archnemesis (Post 2747439)

All those prices were someone else doing the work as I don't have time.

Originally Posted by Valair1 (Post 2747433)

I have an 05 with 102k on it, just did the timing belt, idlers, water pump, studs, rocker arms, egr delete, turbo, all new hoses etc..... not to mention the whole front end was worn out so new upper and lower control arms, cv joints, center axel, hub bearings, shock mounts, and really a whole bunch of other shit. Its been a great investment I'm almost 14 K into it in 2 years.

Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747434)

What did you do for the EGR delete? Kit and tune?

This one has 189,000 miles on it. It had the timing belt done at 100k so it’s time.

I am currently going though the front end, mainly to put on a lift. Not to mention who knows what all got tweaked when the ball joint broke. I will have rebuilt the whole front end when I’m done with it. But I’m ok with that as I don’t plan on driving it daily. Hoping for more of a trail rig.

I got this thing for a ham sandwich, but I do have a bit invested this far. Just want to get it put back together and driving before I start on the next project.


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Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747407)

They seem like pretty neat little engines. I have heard and read that timing belts are a big thing, but also that the rocker stands are made to be weak so if the timing slips, the rocker stands break instead of breaking a valve off in the combustion chamber.

I do plan o putting a timing belt on it before putting to many miles on it. For what I will use this for, a new timing belt will last me a LONG time.

I do need to address the crank case vent though. I had the charge air piping off it yesterday and noticed a lot of oil. So my first thought was to check the turbo. When taking the piping off I noticed the crank case was vented into the intake tube of the turbo. Think I'll just run a hose to the ground, like every other diesel engine I know of.

Originally Posted by bateman (Post 2747462)

I might have missed it, but what kind of fuel mileage do these things get?

Originally Posted by BIG PHIL (Post 2747467)

Sasquatch makes a catch can kit that I put on Valair1's jeep. eliminates the oil in the intake. Check out the lostjeeps.com forum. There is a lot of helpful info for these jeeps there. Including a thread on how to put tunes on it for $30. I have it permanently up on my computer since Dan bought his. If you haven't done the timing belt, this article was invaluable when I did it...
How To Guide: Jeep Liberty 2.8 CRD Timing Belt Replacement:

Originally Posted by BIG PHIL (Post 2747468)

We've seen up to 27 mpg

Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747471)

I am disappointed with LOST Jeeps. I’ve tried registering a few times but it doesn’t seem to work.


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Originally Posted by RockinRam96 (Post 2747471)

I am disappointed with LOST Jeeps. I’ve tried registering a few times but it doesn’t seem to work.


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