Bex

Car is running really well, and I've just bitten the bullet and bought a small welder, to teach myself to do the body work. And yes, this has become a much more pleasant place recently. Glad you're back...you were missed!! Hope all is well.

It seems to have calmed down here again. I've been doing a lot of GV stuff lately but I'm doing some work on the old Vit again now. How is your car going?

Hey bud see robtracker recent alternator posts, some advice,please!

I have a 98 sidekick 2wd 1.6 liter .the car starts but dont idle up and down andont go faster than 55mph .i have a service engine soon light on .take to autozone and is throwin p0400 code said the ECM has detected too littleflow on the egr system. Cleaned egr valve still the same .could you have a sugestion to solve the problem

HI Bex,



I have a suzuki sidekick sport that I recently bought. It came without a thermostat so I decided to install one. After installing it, the car began to overheat. The lower hose was not even hot after I ran the car, but the temperature on my gauge read almost HOT.
Please note also: I have just remove the thermostat from my suzuki, and it does not get hot, it stays above the "C" reading.
IT only gets hot when there is a thermostat. I bought a thermostat that opens at 190 F but I dont know if i should get one that opens at 160 F.

My car is a suzuki sidekick 1997 sport, 1.8 Automatic. Please help



Thanks.

The valve cover on the 16v will normally say 16v right on it. On one of your posts, I posted a photo of the 8v engine - on the 8v engine, the spark plugs come up at an angle, on the 16v, the plugs come straight up. Look at the photo in the post on the forum - that's the 8v engine.

Hey, Bex. How do I know which engine I have?

The label on the hood indicates:

SSK1.675GAGA
Engine Displacement 1.6
Idle Speed 800
(Plus other stuff)

But is it 8v or 16V? Do I have to look elsewhere for that?

Thanks!

Ah, no, it was a photo I found on the internet of a crashed Tracker. Mine actually looks worse...

Bex is the vehicle pictured by your name a parts vehicle or were you in that accident? It looks pretty bad.

Thanks a lot!