3.6l Engine Skipping?

[HeavyUser]

Ever since I bought the Jeep I get this intermittent issue where I am holding the gas pedal steady cruising then out of no where it feels like the engine skips a beat. The engine is humming along and then for a brief second it almost feels like a pause in the rhythm of the engine. It happens extremely fast, no loss of power from what I can tell. It's a hard feeling to accurately describe.

Anyone else experiencing anything like this?

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[ChimpanZed]

Try tightening your battery clamps. My jk did the exact same thing and was cured by simply making the battery clamps snug on the terminals.

 

[HeavyUser]

Also, this doesn't happen when I apply the gas heavily, it only happens when I'm at cruising speeds, usually in 4th gear.

I'll check the battery terminals, thank you.

 

[maguro]

Engine skipping? As in a misfire?

Are you driving a 6spd? If so, what happens if you gear down and maintain the same speed as before?

 

[dsgrey]

Seems like the engine skipping/misfire would quickly throw a code. My other vehicles would and most before it got that bad.

 

[HeavyUser]

Engine skipping? As in a misfire?

Are you driving a 6spd? If so, what happens if you gear down and maintain the same speed as before?

Yes, six speed. No, not a misfire. I had those already with this engine. The misfires pretty much instantly felt like loss of power and rough idle. This feels like a hiccup, almost like the tires lost traction for a brief second. I don't think it has to do what gear I am in, but I don't remember specifically changing gears and it going away. The "skipping" is so random and happens so quickly that if it happened once and I changed gears it probably wouldn't happen again.

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