vitara fat boy keeps dropping revs

h kendrick

can anybody help me?
im a typical female my vit has 4 wheels and thats about my limit.
when im driving the revs keep dropping, if im in a low gear it has sometimes stalled. ive had the fuel filter changed. great for 2 wks but its started again, the last 2 times were after id put petrol in.
has anybody any idea what the problem is, and if so how 2 fix it
thanks all
hilary

Twiss · Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject:

Hello,

What year vitara is it? Can you tell us the engine size?
Also it's definitely a regular vitara and not a grand vitara?

Can you take a picture of the engine for us?

Thanks

Twiss · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:10 am Post subject:

Hi Hilary thanks for the PM,

Does your engine look like this:

or like this:

If it's got the big grey/black plastic chamber on the top like in the first picture it's probably a fault with the carburettor.

Also, does it say "16-valve" on the top like the bottom pic?

Thanks

Jamie-Offroad · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:58 am Post subject:

Its possible it wont look like either of those Twiss, if its the Single point injection.

h kendrick

thanks for photos twiss
sorry 2 be a pain but my engine dosnt look like either of the photos. all i know is its a 1998 (r reg) SPAM boy with a 1.6 engine and its manual
thanks again

hilary

Manx Stig · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject:

i'm guessing its a spi then

Twiss · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject:

Yeah I guess so too... I couldn't find a pic of the spi engine this morning...