KJ engine swap

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HoppyKJ

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I have s 2006 KJ Liberty/Cherokee here in Oz.
Monumental head gasket failure for second time, so looked for another used motor.
Bought a Dodge Nitro 2011 motor from a wrecker.
Changed the exhaust manifolds over as the EGR system is different.
Then swapped the inlet manifold complete with throttle body, ignition coils (as Jeep uses 6 and the Dodge 3, plus the injectors for completeness.
This essentially “retro-specified” the later Dodge motor to earlier Jeep standards.
The only hiccup was that I had to make a blanking plate to block off the EGR entry point to one cylinder head inlet chamber as it wasn’t needed on the earlier motor system. 10 minute job.

If runs fine.
 

KJowner

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Sounds good.
I thought Australian jeeps were mainly diesel?
 
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