Jeep WJ Grand Cherokee.

[John Locke]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 09 August 2021 at 17:11

[Jonmx]

Looks great. Nice work saving it.

I had a black 98 plate Cherokee Orvis with the 4ltr petrol lump. Awesome car but the mpg killed me.

[tobinen]

/pedant mode: it's a WG (Euro model)

/end pedant mode

[samj2014]

Nice, I picked up a wj earlier this year with the 4.0 inline 6. It's unbelievably comfy and very nice to drive on canadian (straight) roads. Which engine does yours have?

[samj2014]

John Locke said:

Thanks, it has the 4.7 High Output. I haven’t bothered to measure the fuel consumption, but it sounds typical V8 good, and goes well enough for what it is.

Edited by John Locke on Friday 27th November 04:45

Nice. Fuel consumption is terrible for both petrol engines and only moderately terrible on the diesel. You don't buy a Jeep for its fuel consumption...

[tr7v8]

I had a WJ(G) 4L 2000 which I sold around 4 years. Mine was bought as a fill in from EBay & stayed for 6 years. Aside from an appetite for radiators, rear axles seals & brake calipers it was fantastic. I did around 12K a year for the 6 years. Petrol was around 16MPG no matter how it was driven. Compared to Land Rovers of the period they are A. much nicer to drive & B. far, far less rust. I loved mine and although a Porsche Cayenne replaced it I still miss the old girl. Oh & there is a great FaceBook WJ group who are a wealth of info on them.

[tr7v8]

John Locke said:

tobinen said:

/pedant mode: it's a WG (Euro model)

/end pedant mode

There's nothing wrong with being pedantic, it's just an epithet for accurate, so thanks for the correction; I will be able to annoy many people with that information.

They also aren't American being a WG it is is built in Graz, Austria. I would guess with much better rust proofing as they seem to live longer than the USA ones do.

[imagineifyeswill]

We had a 99 Grand Cherokee 4.0 , had to get rid of it due to the fuel consumption. Round town where it was used mostly it was doing 4-5 mpg

[EthanSmale]

tobinen said:

/pedant mode: it's a WG (Euro model)

/end pedant mode

Only if built in Graz, I believe. As a right hand drive petrol, it would've been built in Detroit so is a WJ.

All left hand drive European ones were built in Graz and all diesels. Right hand drive petrol stayed at Jefferson North

As far as I remember

[EthanSmale]

tr7v8 said:

They also aren't American being a WG it is is built in Graz, Austria. I would guess with much better rust proofing as they seem to live longer than the USA ones do.

It's a WJ, built at Jefferson North in Detroit. I've spent way too much time around these!

[Tommie38]

So it’s a WJ after all?