94 XJ VERY slow cranking

[94XJ]

Please help!!!

Starting has gotten more and more difficult over the past few weeks (sounds like the oil is REALLY thick). Battery replaced today -- no help. Oil changed -- no help (it's leaking but then the mechanic stripped the threads on the drain screw -- Argh). It was a quart low which bothers me because I check it regularly.

I read something about bad oil senders? Could mine be out and there's no oil getting to parts of the engine and I'm slowing burning it up? I do get a wierd awful buring smell most of the time now that smells like burning rubber or burning oily gaskets.

Someone said check the starter but would that cause the ultra-slow craking (like no more that one full turn over per 10 sec.?).

Anyone able to assist?

Cheers

[Dale Aeppli]

Originally Posted by 94XJ

Please help!!!

Starting has gotten more and more difficult over the past few weeks (sounds like the oil is REALLY thick). Battery replaced today -- no help. Oil changed -- no help (it's leaking but then the mechanic stripped the threads on the drain screw -- Argh). It was a quart low which bothers me because I check it regularly.

I read something about bad oil senders? Could mine be out and there's no oil getting to parts of the engine and I'm slowing burning it up? I do get a wierd awful buring smell most of the time now that smells like burning rubber or burning oily gaskets.

Someone said check the starter but would that cause the ultra-slow craking (like no more that one full turn over per 10 sec.?).

Anyone able to assist?

Cheers

HI, IT SOUNDSLIKE YOU MAY HAVE A STARTER GOING BAD, PROBABLY THE END BUSHINGS ARE BAD MAKING THE STARTER DRAG, IF THAT IS IT REPLACEMENT IS DUE DALE [email protected]