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Feb 23, 2009 | 11:06 PM

Efrain Arizpe

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87 xj6 floods and stalls

My 87 xj6 has 34000 miles, it starts of running fine and then will start to flood and stall. Help

Feb 24, 2009 | 12:08 AM

Doug

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Originally Posted by Efrain Arizpe

My 87 xj6 has 34000 miles, it starts of running fine and then will start to flood and stall. Help

Most likely a coolant temp sensor for the fuel injection. Here's some more info:

http://www.jag-lovers.org/xjlovers/xjfaq/efirich.html

This assume you have a 1987 Ser III XJ6 with a 4.2. If you have a 1987 "XJ40" XJ6 with a 2.9 or 3.6 engine the details are different....as its a different car....but the fundmental ideas apply

Cheers
DD