My 93 Grand Cherokee has been acting strange lately. Sometimes I smell a gas smell around my jeep and lately I have noticed black residue on my rear bumper by the exhaust pipe. The engine is my main concern, it is a pain lately. Most days it starts up just fine, other times it does not want to start. It rotates, just doesn't catch. Eventually, on 3rd try usually, if I push down on the accel then try to start it, it will run. Another note, once in awhile, the check engine light will come on when started. Then I shut it off, restart the motor, and it doesn't light up. This occured around the same time as the fuel problem. Also, recently when I tried to fire the engine just after shutting it down, the starter was dead. No click, nothing! Let engine cool down then worked.

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lets start with the fuel issue, i'd say either bad pump or there's a small hose on top that may be cracked, check that b4 you buy a pump. starter issue may be loose wire bad solenoid or starter itself. let us know.

I was wondering on someones opinion if leaking injectors could be causing the problem. The starter seems to be good and the injectors itself are firing okay, maybe a leak? Someone also told me that my coolant sensor could be wrecked and that would tell the computer to send more gas to engine.

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