Suzuki 4WD Club of Victoria

Pretty stoked, Just bought a '99 manual trans Baleno with 130,000 on it. It's the type with twin coil packs on the cam cover. What do you guys think about the thermostat problem?? Is it best to go with the right angle thermostat housing from a swift, or as BenT was saying get a Jimny intake maninfol...

Just wanting to clarify before I buy a Baleno; does it matter for any reason if I get an auto or manual transmission donor?

So, got around to working on the car today. Turned the crank over so that both cam, and crank timing marks were pointing at 1200. Sure enough in this state, the distributor rotor was pointing at number 4. I then set valves 3,4,6 & 8. Then I turned the crank over 360 degrees and the distributor r...

Ahah! I just found a youtube video that illustrates my problem exactly. I think I worked out why the timing was out. The SJ413 manual I'm working from is a 1991 issue and covers only the G13A, not the G13BA engine. So while the G13A will have the number 1 piston at TDC with the timing marks at 1200,...

Cheers Suzook. Unfortunately the car is in Geelong, and I'm in Melbourne at the moment so I can't go and check it now. I'm sure that when the distributor rotor is pointing at number 1, the factory made notch in the crank pulley will be pointing at roughly 0600, not aligned with '0' as in your pictur...

Hrmm... I think you may have pointed out my mistake. My process was to initially get the number 1 piston to TDC by aligning the crank & cam timing marks at 1200. In this state the distributor rotor was pointing at the number 4 cylinder firing position. The manual instructed that the distributor ...

Strange; I've reduced the hot clearances all the way down to .10mm (int) and .13mm (ex) and still getting the same loud clicking valve noise.
Something is not right but I have no idea what. Wondering if I keep reducing the clearances or try something else?

Cheers Suzook
I will do as you have said and try and reduce it to a slight chatter. I didn't realise there was so much flexibility for the valve settings.
Thanks for tip!

Thanks for the reply Suzook82, I have been working from the Suzuki SJ413 manual, and also a Haynes manual. Just for reference the SJ413 manual has the clearances as: Cold Intake: 0.13 - 0.17mm Cold Exhaust: 0.16 - 0.20mm Hot Intake: 0.23 - 0.27mm Hot Exhaust: 0.26 - 0.30mm When I checked the clearan...

Ran the engine until warm and checked the clearances. They were exactly correct. So then I pulled the radiator and pulleys off and re-checked the timing belt position. Everything was perfect. Both marks still in alignment and the tensioner was set properly. Absolute mystery to me why I'm still getti...