Jeep WK MK2's Diesel question

[pcn1]

Ive been considering chopping in my WJ 2.7crd for a 2012 WK 3.0 diesel in the near future.

Correct me if Im wrong, but do these more modern Jeeps have that "thing" in the exhaust to clean up the emmisions ? And you really have to give the engine a good "run" every week or so to heat that thing up and clean it out or they start to block ?
I heard it really effects people who do short runs all the time.

I tend to do a bit of a mixed bag of driving. 7 miles commute in rush hour so its a bit slow, but the occasional 10 min or 30 min spin up the motorway at 70mph every 2 weeks or so.

Do you think I'd get problems ?

Cheers

[pcn1]

Thanks for the feedback.

My current thoughts are to keep the WJ, Ive really looked after it well and its still reliable even at 13 years and 100,000 miles.
Its not worth much, so no deperication to think about now !

Plus the way diesels are now unloved I cant see the point in spending big on a newer one for the sort of driving I do.

[KevinCamaroSS]

As a balance, my wife had a 2.7 58K mile WJ and had to spend hundreds fixing a fault that kept put it into limp mode. Turned out to be a sensor totally unrelated to the apparent fault. I recently had a WK 3.0CRD and sold it with 113K miles. During the time I had it (6K miles) no issues at all. Just replaced it with a 76K mile WK Overland CRD. Done 2K miles and no issues.

Build quality appears similar on both types given ours have all been over 10 years old. Performance is in another league in the WK, fuel consumption very similar for both types (27.5 - 28.5 mpg overall). Boot space is better in the WJ with a longer load platform.

[pcn1]

I understood the WK MK1 was known for its cheap plastic interior, and the MK2 was an improvment ?

[scrw.]

Currently sat in my 07 WK overland, and build quality interior wise is on a par with my 02 v8 WJ. Underbody protection is less on the wk, however I have sorted out undersealing again myself. Electrics can be hit and miss, however after 13 years of WJ ownership they are on a par. Only downside on the newer jeep is the seats, no where near as comfy or hard wearing. Engine wise the v6 is better than anything in a wj, although my 4l one hit 260k miles without fault which would suprise me if the wk did.

To be honest I wish I had moved from the WJ to WK ages ago, its all round a much better vehicle.

[scrw.]

Good. Had some surface rust on the non body tinware around the spare wheel but I waxoiled all that. Bodywork wise it is spotless. Plan to remove the arch liners and stonechip inside the arches when I am off over xmas.

[scrw.]

Before & after

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IMG_20171015_155012240 by Old_Chad, on Flickr


Shiny & muddy

07 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

2017-12-02_05-16-21 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

Edited by scrw. on Saturday 2nd December 19:42

[scrw.]

Took me a while to find it, saw some shocking 05/06 ones, so decided to up my budget to get this one. Not sure how they come off, will be some info over on jeepforum.com I expect. Debating if I leave this one standard or play a bit with it like my WJ's. Its such a clean one though I don't want to abuse it off road. I must say I was suprised at the front end design, there isn't much in the way of inner wings, they rely on the plastic liners for inner arches.