Easy Fix

Oil In The Spark Plug Tubz Is From Old O Rings.
Replace The Valve Cover Gasketz, The New One Comes With All That Is Needed To Reseal The Valve Cover.
Also On The Extreem Side,,,Piston Rings Worn SLAP OUT, Blowby Is OverPresuring The Engine, Oil Dip Stick Pops Out On Its Own, Oil Smike From Tail Pipe, Oil Dripping From Every Crack or Seal......Replace ENGINE.

Yourz Is The Valve Cover Gasket...Bet,,,,,,2 Picks Of What Im Workin On Verses 2 Picks Of What Your Workin On.

 

Yes what he said .Is the engine noisy ?May be a great time to do the chains too as the whole top of the engine needs to be removed just to change the valve cover gaskets .I live in ohio too and just did the chains and v covers myself .

 

Japanese quality?

Will anyone who thinks that Japanese is better than American made explain to me why anyone would put the fuel filter where it is located on my Tracker (Grand Vitara). This is the first Japanese car I've ever owned and probably the last because I don't see what all the hoopla is all about. I've never owned a car that I couldn't change the fuel filter in half an hour, this is going to be a three day (two days waiting for the filter from Rockauto because no one else sells one with a new bracket) job because some fool engineer put the fuel filter where it is.

 

You do realise your griping about a GM vehicle built in a GM plant in North America - right?

And replacing the fuel filter IS a thirty minute job, for those of us who take the time to get our stuff together before starting the job, and some of us can pick up those filters at the nearest parts store (in my case, less than a mile away) - I know this because that's where I got the filter on my truck - or at the dealer - just a little further away.

By the way - I have a Suzuki - built in Japan

 

I'm almost embarrassed to say it, but I haven't bought a new "American" car since 1972 (and still have it)!

I went "Honda" in 81' (after testing the then Chevy Vega and Citation. YUK!) and have acquired four more new Honda's since. My 2nd cars have been the Zuk, VW bugs and a bus, and my 53' Chevy truck.

Yeah I know what you are thinking... most Honda's are made in America now (but with Japanese technology, plant equipment, training criteria and overseas parts).

There's a reason that I don't buy new American vehicles I guess. Lack of quality and value although Detroit offerings have improved in recent years IMO.

And for what it's worth...I wouldn't today buy a new Suzuki, given what the current offerings consist of and viewing the forum posts on the later model problems and plummeting (US) dealer support in general.

I think I just hit it lucky with my current 99' GV platform / package from Suzuki's best and most prominent years of manufacturing. I love the thing as it is!

 

Here in Guyana, I'd buy another Suzuki in a heartbeat - all we get are Japanese - in the US maybe not - but the reasons has nothing to do with quality, it's all about the support -
I live less than two miles from the local Suzuki dealer, and can get almost anything I need there.

My last daughter, who is studying in the US, asked me if I would buy a Suzuki there, and was surprised when I said probably not - I also doubt that I would buy "domestic", Japanese usually has way better fuel economy - within the past few years I've rented quite a variety of cars - Chrysler, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Pontiac, Toyota - the Ford was the absolute worst for fuel consumption (I will never rent another Explorer), followed by Chrysler - the Kia was the all around best.

 

I stand by my previous post. That is a stupid way and place to mount a fuel filter. Yes I know it is a GM vehicle assembled in Canada, but it is a clone of the Grand Vitara, designed by Japanese. I had a Fram fuel filter ready to put on it. I don't think it unreasonable to assume that Suzuki had entered the 21st century and used the system of plastic clips to hold the fuel lines to the filter that the Big 3 use. When I took off the old filter the bracket crumbled in my hands along with the clamps holding it, sure I could go to a dealer and pay $50 for a filter and bracket but I can get a fuel filter and new bracket for less than $20 from Rockauto and I'm willing to wait a couple of days to save that much money.

 

I had a Fram fuel filter ready to put on it.

Ahh - now I understand - the real reason for your gripe is that you bought a filter that you assumed would fit, and then realised that you'd screwed up.

I hope you don't mind if I ask - was it just the fuel filter you were changing? Maybe you were doing a full service, changed the oil & filter, maybe the air filter, maybe the plugs?

How many of those items would you have bought without first checking that you were getting the correct part?

I don't think Suzuki is at fault here at all.

 

The Oil Is Coming In From The O Ring At The Top Of The Tube,
Buy A Valve Cover Gasket, It Comes With NEW O Rings.

 

The valve cover gasket if you buy from Suzuki does NOT come with the o-rings.
They need to be bought separately..