In Need of Mechanical Advice

pachey100

I have a Suzuki sj 1.3 she has been going grand for ages now suddenly yesterday I got into it and the gearbox felt all tight and stiff. Now I tried to start her and she revs then stalls I tried upping the tick over but it did not work.

Any advice welcome.

biko

So there's 2 issues?
Gearbox and it stalls?

Try cleaning the MAF and throttle body.

pachey100

Sorry not that mechanical MAF?

pie-man

best bet is to leave it into a garage mate

-Chris-

You could say that about all the DIY Maintenance & Repair threads tbh. It wouldn't be much of a forum at that stage though....

frank gooding

The OP's admission of non mechanical does not go well with the notion of a DIY repair.

I suspect OP is looking for ideas of whats wrong and possible costs.

pie-man

i understand what you saying chris. but if he doesnt know what maf means then my best advice to him is to leave it into a garage. however if he demonstrated abit of knowledge i and other members could probably help alot more.

anywho heres helping abit more. what year is she. what do you mean when say you upped the tickover(was this an adjustment under the bonnet or did you just press the accelerator a bit more). this problem could be caused by a number of things. id connect a scan tool. check for fault codes. look at live data.

the gearbox feeling all tight and stiff could be a problem with the selectors.

-Chris-

Fair point.

@OP - if you're not intending to get out the spanners and give this a go, we'd be better off moving this to the main forum.

Owen

Nearly every thread in this forum isn't DIY related. Could we have a sticky like the feedback forum spammer thread where we can put links to the offending threads - that way you guys get a heads up without the reporting nonsense.

pachey100

When I say not that mechanical I mean in terms of not getting the whole mechanical jargon. She is a 91 I increased the tick over at the carb but no joy then found out when I leave the choke open she runs well. I would amagine its something to do with a fuel block or the fuel pump.

Through any advice me way.

pie-man

check the fuel pressure with a fuel pressure gauge shoud be between 0.25-0.35bar

also check ignition timing with a timing light shoud be approx 10 degrees btdc at approx 850 rpm(vaccum disconnected)

aswell ideally any fuel adjustments should be done connected to a emissions machine

Plug

When the engine is off, see is it easy to select the gears.

pachey100

I got the stalling sorted just a bit of fiddling with the timing and the carb and all is well.

PLUG.
the gears are easier to shift when the engine is off.