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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: NY_SIDEKICKER on January 16, 2004, 01:45:27 PM

Title: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: NY_SIDEKICKER on January 16, 2004, 01:45:27 PM
ZUKES FEELING BETTER ...HAD SOME WATER IN THE GAS TYPE BLUES ..ADDED DRY GAS AND CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER AND SHE WAS RUNNING GOOD AGAIN....OR ATLEAST I THOUGHT....MY NEIGHBOR WHO'S A MECHANIC WAS HELPING ME..ONCE WE GOT RUNNING AGAIN HE SAYS SOUNDS AS IF YOUR RUNNING ON THREE CYLINDERS...HMMM. SOUNDED AS NORMAL TO ME..AWW BUT WHAT DO I KNOW, I'M JUST A BOX CARRIER  ;) SO HE PULLS PLUG WIRES FRONT TO BACK...1ST 3 MAKES ENGINE STUMBLE LAST ONE PRETTY MUCH NO CHANGE WHEN PULLED...I THINK WOW HE'S RIGHT WHAT AN EAR..CAUSE IT SURE RAN FINE PLENTY OF POWER  :-[ SO I RUN AND GET NEW WIRES AND PLUGS...PULL OUT THE PLUGS WHAT DO YOU KNOW SOME MORON PUT CHEVY AC DELCO PLUGS IN IT.....ALL GAPPED 3 TIMES WHAT THEY OUTTA BE....SO HE GETS THEM ALL IN AND WALLA...PURRING LIKE A KITTEN, A LITTLE MORE POWER THEN ITS EVER HAD...AND I GOT TO TURN THE IDLE BACK DOWN ( TURNED IT UP CAUSE IT KEPT IDLING DOWN ABOUT 400 AT STOP LIGHTS) ....NOW SHE SITS AT ABOUT 950/1000 RPM'S AT IDLE ALL THE TIME....ITS TOUGH BEING MECHANICLLY CHALLENGED BUT I ALLWAYS SEEM TO FIND THE HELP I NEED  ;)  NOW I GOTTA CHANGE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS......
Title: Re: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: mrfuelish on January 16, 2004, 02:54:48 PM
How did ya turn the idle down ??? Don't ya have a 16 valve?
Title: Re: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: NY_SIDEKICKER on January 16, 2004, 10:55:41 PM
YES IT IS..... HEATHER YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE LOCATION....COLD YOU POST IT AGAIN.... ITS RIGHT ON  TOP OF MOTOR MORE TOWARDS THE LEFT AND BACK ...HAS OR MAY NOT HAVE A LITTLE RUBBER PLUG COVERING IT...TURN SLOWLY TIL YOU GET YOUR IDLE WHERE YOU WANT IT....STAND ON THE THROTTLE A BIT ...THEN LET IDLE DOWN TO SEE HOW IT STAYS...
Title: Re: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: hcgalvin on January 17, 2004, 04:28:33 PM
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YES IT IS..... HEATHER YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE LOCATION....COLD YOU POST IT AGAIN.... ITS RIGHT ON  TOP OF MOTOR MORE TOWARDS THE LEFT AND BACK ...HAS OR MAY NOT HAVE A LITTLE RUBBER PLUG COVERING IT...TURN SLOWLY TIL YOU GET YOUR IDLE WHERE YOU WANT IT....STAND ON THE THROTTLE A BIT ...THEN LET IDLE DOWN TO SEE HOW IT STAYS...



Yep.. here you go:

(http://www.whitepineclub.com/members/kd7hcg/pictures/otherpics/DCP_2135.jpg)

Heather
Title: Re: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: Maiden Hell on January 17, 2004, 04:48:28 PM
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PURRING LIKE A KITTEN, A LITTLE MORE POWER THEN ITS EVER HAD


That's what mine is going to sound and feel like as soon as I get a new muffler!!!  ;D
Title: Re: ZUKES FEELING BETTER !
Post by: NY_SIDEKICKER on January 20, 2004, 12:47:44 PM
THANKS HEATHER