RE: 2001 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 4X4
Greetings. I’m new here, looking for help in a high $takes poker game. No, make that “$ensor Roulette.”
First things: I am not the owner of the car. My nephew is. I am in California, he and the car are in Oregon. The check engine light is on. The car has been shuddering and stalling.
The car has been seen visited by a mechanic who, with the aid of a computer, diagnosed 1st, the Idle Control Valve. ($$$) A slight improvement. Slight. Still stalls. Different mechanic, same shop: Add MASS AIR SENSOR. ($$$)(No improvement. Add OXYGEN SENSOR. No improvement. (No charge for that yet.)
All of these ‘add ons’ were the result of computer codes one assumes. And that’s where we are.
Everything about this reminds me of an experience I had with an 87 Chrysler LeBaron. All the symptoms were the same. The mechanic changed various parts. No improvement. So he refunded my money and said, “Don’t come back.” The car was towed to the Chrysler dealer and there, one guy turned the ignition switch while another guy got under the gas tank and banged it with rubber
mallet. Started right up. Correct diagnosis: Fuel Pump.
Could it be?
Thank you for your insights.
Greetings. I’m new here, looking for help in a high $takes poker game. No, make that “$ensor Roulette.”
First things: I am not the owner of the car. My nephew is. I am in California, he and the car are in Oregon. The check engine light is on. The car has been shuddering and stalling.
The car has been seen visited by a mechanic who, with the aid of a computer, diagnosed 1st, the Idle Control Valve. ($$$) A slight improvement. Slight. Still stalls. Different mechanic, same shop: Add MASS AIR SENSOR. ($$$)(No improvement. Add OXYGEN SENSOR. No improvement. (No charge for that yet.)
All of these ‘add ons’ were the result of computer codes one assumes. And that’s where we are.
Everything about this reminds me of an experience I had with an 87 Chrysler LeBaron. All the symptoms were the same. The mechanic changed various parts. No improvement. So he refunded my money and said, “Don’t come back.” The car was towed to the Chrysler dealer and there, one guy turned the ignition switch while another guy got under the gas tank and banged it with rubber
mallet. Started right up. Correct diagnosis: Fuel Pump.
Could it be?
Thank you for your insights.