1997 Jeep Cherokee My enigine keeps dying.

ZACHARY_3641

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1997 JEEP CHEROKEE
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
150,000 MILES

Over the past couple of weeks my Jeep keeps feeling like it is going to die on me but doesn't. Then last night on my way home it started sputtering a little bit then died. I started it back up and made it home. This morning I woke up and drove it around the block. It was going good at first, but while I was driving I slowed down to make a turn and it started to sputter and then it died. I had a somewhat of hard time getting it started, but after a few tries I got it going. I don't know if it's a fuel pump or the moisture because it has been raining recently. I also added some stop leak to my radiator and some Berrymans chemtool to my gas tank. Besides that nothing else is new. Please help me figure this out.

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ANIMALFARM

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Does it only do this when it's raining?

Sounds like one of the 2 gremlins of "Jeep No Go" - Fuel or Electrical. Fuel side, could be as SIMPLE as changing the fuel filter (Last time you changed it was?), And could get more complex from there. Do you have pressure at the fuel rail after it dies? Does your electric fuel pump still put out with the engine off and key on? (Can be checked at fuel rail, has a fitting with cap that looks like a "valve stem" on car tire - remove cap, depress center button - don't get gas in your eyes!).
Electrically, could mean loss of spark (many causes), some easy like crapped-out/cracked distributor cap, rotor, bad wire to distrib, and gets more complex again. Not impossible to diagnose, but will require more information.