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hi All, I purchased a suzuki Vitara (1995) JLX model SWb hardtop with advice from some blokes down the road with big 4X4's. So far I love it to death (The hole 4 times i have driven it anyway). but i hit a big bump today and it stopped working straight away.

I checked it over, can't find anything disconnected etc, checked the fuses, the fuse that reads "FI" was blown, so replaced it, it keeps blowing fuses. I now have the tank out, the pump out and it all looks fine, anyone have any ideas as to why my zook wont run?... the wiring all seems to be wrapped up fine so I would thing it is not a bad earth etc. but i'm open to any and all suggestions. i want it going again asap. i'm hoping to play with it way more before going back to work...

cheers in advance.

Nice work Macbear :roll:

Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection.

Fatzook wrote:

Nice work Macbear :roll:

Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection.

No wonder i couldnt find an F1, its FI, they look very similar in this small type... :roll:

MacBear wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

Nice work Macbear :roll:

Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection.

No wonder i couldnt find an F1, its FI, they look very similar in this small type... :roll:

Bet you wish you hadn't consulted 2 different manuals looking for it :lol:

Found it, After pulling the fuel pump from the tank for the 3rd time (total install and uninstall) there was one of the internal wires where the outer coating had come away, that was leaving it exposed to the metal housing. bout $8 worth of heat shrink and put it back in. now its running like a charm. so after a quick wedding rehearsal this afternoon I'm hitting the beach once again!! HAHA

Yeah I love it being cheap...

I took it straight down the beach, rolled a tyre off the rim and then realised i left the jack back in the shed from when i was working on it! haha.

treay81 wrote:

Yeah I love it being cheap...

I took it straight down the beach, rolled a tyre off the rim and then realised i left the jack back in the shed from when i was working on it! haha.

Ohh Shit... what pressure did you have in your tyres ?
How did you fix it and get out of there ?

Author:	treay81 [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:32 am ]
Post subject:	New zook already having troubles...
hi All, I purchased a suzuki Vitara (1995) JLX model SWb hardtop with advice from some blokes down the road with big 4X4's. So far I love it to death (The hole 4 times i have driven it anyway). but i hit a big bump today and it stopped working straight away. I checked it over, can't find anything disconnected etc, checked the fuses, the fuse that reads "FI" was blown, so replaced it, it keeps blowing fuses. I now have the tank out, the pump out and it all looks fine, anyone have any ideas as to why my zook wont run?... the wiring all seems to be wrapped up fine so I would thing it is not a bad earth etc. but i'm open to any and all suggestions. i want it going again asap. i'm hoping to play with it way more before going back to work... cheers in advance.

Author:	treay81 [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:39 am ]
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I just pulled the tank and pump out. fitted a new fuse, then hit the ignition, it turned the pump on straight away without blowing the fuse. so i bolted the tank and everything back in and tried it again, it blew the fuse again!!!. Now I'm really buggered. think i'll go to bed and catch up with it all tomoz...

Author:	MacDaddy [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:50 am ]
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treay81 wrote: hi All, I purchased a suzuki Vitara (1995) JLX model SWb hardtop with advice from some blokes down the road with big 4X4's. So far I love it to death (The hole 4 times i have driven it anyway). but i hit a big bump today and it stopped working straight away. I checked it over, can't find anything disconnected etc, checked the fuses, the fuse that reads "FI" was blown, so replaced it, it keeps blowing fuses. I now have the tank out, the pump out and it all looks fine, anyone have any ideas as to why my zook wont run?... the wiring all seems to be wrapped up fine so I would thing it is not a bad earth etc. but i'm open to any and all suggestions. i want it going again asap. i'm hoping to play with it way more before going back to work... cheers in advance. ( My mistake... disregard... )

Author:	Fatzook [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:57 am ]
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Nice work Macbear Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection.

Author:	MacDaddy [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:32 pm ]
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Fatzook wrote: Nice work Macbear Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection. No wonder i couldnt find an F1, its FI, they look very similar in this small type...

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Author:	Fatzook [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:33 pm ]
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MacBear wrote: Fatzook wrote: Nice work Macbear Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection. No wonder i couldnt find an F1, its FI, they look very similar in this small type... Bet you wish you hadn't consulted 2 different manuals looking for it

Author:	MacDaddy [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:37 pm ]
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Fatzook wrote: MacBear wrote: Fatzook wrote: Nice work Macbear Its FI. Stands for Fuel Injection. No wonder i couldnt find an F1, its FI, they look very similar in this small type... Bet you wish you hadn't consulted 2 different manuals looking for it Nope not at all... but we better keep the chat to a min, as this is Tech...

Author:	treay81 [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:43 pm ]
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HAHA. Yeah, its certainly not an F1.... I now have the wiring firmly in my sights... But I'm bloody lost. This thing is not looking like being fixed without a trip to the auto sparkies....

Author:	Scrawny [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:48 pm ]
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I would say the pump is buggered

Author:	BAZZOOK [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:03 pm ]
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I had a similar thing happen on my td42. when i put it into 4wd. in the end i traced all the wires underneath and it was a wire shorting against the chassis.

Author:	treay81 [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:39 am ]
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Found it, After pulling the fuel pump from the tank for the 3rd time (total install and uninstall) there was one of the internal wires where the outer coating had come away, that was leaving it exposed to the metal housing. bout $8 worth of heat shrink and put it back in. now its running like a charm. so after a quick wedding rehearsal this afternoon I'm hitting the beach once again!! HAHA

Author:	MacDaddy [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:08 am ]
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treay81 wrote: Found it, After pulling the fuel pump from the tank for the 3rd time (total install and uninstall) there was one of the internal wires where the outer coating had come away, that was leaving it exposed to the metal housing. bout $8 worth of heat shrink and put it back in. now its running like a charm. so after a quick wedding rehearsal this afternoon I'm hitting the beach once again!! HAHA Good to hear you found the problem, and it was an easy, and cheap fix !

Author:	treay81 [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:19 am ]
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Yeah I love it being cheap... I took it straight down the beach, rolled a tyre off the rim and then realised i left the jack back in the shed from when i was working on it! haha.

Author:	Benz [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:44 am ]
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haha bet that sucked! stuck out there long?

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Author:	MacDaddy [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:00 pm ]
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treay81 wrote: Yeah I love it being cheap... I took it straight down the beach, rolled a tyre off the rim and then realised i left the jack back in the shed from when i was working on it! haha. Ohh Shit... what pressure did you have in your tyres ? How did you fix it and get out of there ?

Author:	dm90 [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:03 pm ]
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MacBear wrote: treay81 wrote: Yeah I love it being cheap... I took it straight down the beach, rolled a tyre off the rim and then realised i left the jack back in the shed from when i was working on it! haha. Ohh Shit... what pressure did you have in your tyres ? How did you fix it and get out of there ? deodorant in the tyre then light a match?????