Engine clarification

[CorvZ061]

As said this is etorque. Tell tale sign is one battery cable going to the negative terminal.

The lack of an alternator mounted up high is another tell, at least on the 3.6

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[Stuckinthesand]

The lack of an alternator mounted up high is another tell, at least on the 3.6

Yes this also. Actually now that I think about it should look for that first since a lot of us have disabled the ess by disconnecting that second cable.

 

[SmokyMtnsJeepGirl]

As said this is etorque. Tell tale sign is one battery cable going to the negative terminal.

Thanks so much for yours, Ironjaw's and other replies! Since this is new to me, if anyone sees anything that looks odd or needs to be look at on my engine please let me know! As always, thanks so much everyone's help!

 

[SmokyMtnsJeepGirl]

Yes this also. Actually now that I think about it should look for that first since a lot of us have disabled the ess by disconnecting that second cable.

I can't decide what I'm going to do about the ESS - disconnect or leave as is. It bugs me and from what ive read here on the forum it seems like it causes more trouble for folks than its worth. I'm coming from a roll-up your windows, no fancy electronics '08 JK Sahara (she was totaled in a hit-and-run ) to what feels like a spaceship - lol.
I'd prefer just one battery to deal with, so I may have answered my own question, just not sure of the cons in disconnecting and if I need to pull the fuse AND disconnect the second cable. I have so much to learn

 

[Ironjaw]

I can't decide what I'm going to do about the ESS - disconnect or leave as is. It bugs me and from what ive read here on the forum it seems like it causes more trouble for folks than its worth. I'm coming from a roll-up your windows, no fancy electronics '08 JK Sahara (she was totaled in a hit-and-run ) to what feels like a spaceship - lol.
I'd prefer just one battery to deal with, so I may have answered my own question, just not sure of the cons in disconnecting and if I need to pull the fuse AND disconnect the second cable. I have so much to learn

You can't delete the second battery when you have e-torque. It is a much larger battery located under the passenger side of the jeep and you need it to start the engine.

 

[Stuckinthesand]

I pulled the fuse and second battery along time ago. Went to the bigger H7 battery and have had no issues. Here’s a thread with all the info you need to make a decision

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/3-6l-ess-dual-battery-consolidated-information.25377/

 

[Stuckinthesand]

You can't delete the second battery when you have e-torque. It is a much larger battery located under the passenger side of the jeep and you need it to start the engine.

This is correct. My fault I got you mixed up with original OP.

 

[CorvZ061]

I pulled the fuse and second battery along time ago. Went to the bigger H7 battery and have had no issues. Here’s a thread with all the info you need to make a decision

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/3-6l-ess-dual-battery-consolidated-information.25377/

You’re confusing the etorque Jeeps for the ESS only ones. Etorque you can’t delete the secondary battery.

 

[Stuckinthesand]

You’re confusing the etorque Jeeps for the ESS only ones. Etorque you can’t delete the secondary battery.

Yep I got posters mixed up. lol

 

[SmokyMtnsJeepGirl]

You can't delete the second battery when you have e-torque. It is a much larger battery located under the passenger side of the jeep and you need it to start the engine.

Well, that answers that question - lol! I've been disabling ESS when once I get in and after starting the engine. Do you think this will eventually cause me problems? I don't know much about engines, but it would seem that ESS would need to be engaged to keep the aux battery charged. Is my thought process going in the right direction or does it matter at all related to the aux battery charging if I continue to manually disengage ESS?

 

[CorvZ061]

Well, that answers that question - lol! I've been disabling ESS when once I get in and after starting the engine. Do you think this will eventually cause me problems? I don't know much about engines, but it would seem that ESS would need to be engaged to keep the aux battery charged. Is my thought process going in the right direction or does it matter at all related to the aux battery charging if I continue to manually disengage ESS?

Yours works on a totally different system than the others. Yours is an etorque jeep, you can disable ess by the button with no ill affects. Yours is essentially a mild hybrid.

 

[Ironjaw]

Well, that answers that question - lol! I've been disabling ESS when once I get in and after starting the engine. Do you think this will eventually cause me problems? I don't know much about engines, but it would seem that ESS would need to be engaged to keep the aux battery charged. Is my thought process going in the right direction or does it matter at all related to the aux battery charging if I continue to manually disengage ESS?

The ESS button will have nothing to do with charging batteries. You won't have any problems pushing the button to turn it off beside burning a bit more gas at the stop lights.

 

[HydroBlueJax]

Thanks for the information. Part of my confusion was that I read several times in the forum that the v6 with an automatic was only available with the etorque motor

 

[Tin_Man]

Thanks for the information. Part of my confusion was that I read several times in the forum that the v6 with an automatic was only available with the etorque motor

Yeah man. No clue. I just googled it twice. The first time this came up. The second time in regards to the etorque another code came up. I got flamed over the second google search share because it’s wrong I guess. lol. The internet…….

Hope you get it straightened out.

 

[tk1700]

Well, that answers that question - lol! I've been disabling ESS when once I get in and after starting the engine. Do you think this will eventually cause me problems? I don't know much about engines, but it would seem that ESS would need to be engaged to keep the aux battery charged. Is my thought process going in the right direction or does it matter at all related to the aux battery charging if I continue to manually disengage ESS?

There are several methods to disable the ESS, actually the remember the last position of the on/off button. TAZER and JSCAN are probably the 2 most used ones. Do a forum search for the and there's pages of info available. I use TAZER on both my JLs and like all the extra features it has.

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