1998 Chevrolet Tracker
05-11-2017, 04:25 PM
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1998 Chevrolet Tracker
Hi Guys,
I have a 1998 Chevrolet Tracker with the 1.6 SOHC, and recently replaced head gasket, plugs, plug wires. It's been several months since replacing all this and suddenly, the engine starts to skip/sputter at 3000 rpm. or around 45 mph.
Any ideas as to what the problem may be. Also, I have to continually add water to the radiator approx. every 2 weeks but there is no sign of a leak and no sign of it coming out the tail pipe.
I have a 1998 Chevrolet Tracker with the 1.6 SOHC, and recently replaced head gasket, plugs, plug wires. It's been several months since replacing all this and suddenly, the engine starts to skip/sputter at 3000 rpm. or around 45 mph.
Any ideas as to what the problem may be. Also, I have to continually add water to the radiator approx. every 2 weeks but there is no sign of a leak and no sign of it coming out the tail pipe.
05-11-2017, 04:49 PM
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This is a Porsche forum, what's the deal lately with all the non-porsche posts??
Anyway, my guess is something didn't seal right on your head gasket job. I have a Suburban that does the same thing. In fact just 5 mins ago I checked and the overflow is empty again. While I do have a weeping leak from the front of the intake, it never ever hits the ground. That's not enough of a leak to explain my loss.
I promise you, if it's just disappearing, it's getting past the gaskets into the combustion chambers. It's just such a small amount your not getting "smoke (steam)". It is coming out your tailpipe, just not in ways you can normally see. I bet if you let it idle for 10 mins you'd have a small puddle under your tailpipe, that would evaporate quickly.
If you don't feel like doing the job again, then just keep filling with coolant and keep a close eye on your oil. Once you get coolant in there, you'll have problems. I'm not sure on the tracker, but in the 350 you can get coolant into the engine through the intake, doesn't have to be from the head gasket.
If you didn't do the plugs when you did the work, you could pull the plugs and check for a steam cleaned one. If one is super shiny then you've got a HG leak. Otherwise it's possible it's the intake. It's not uncommon on GMs.
It's also possible to leak coolant from the intake onto the exhaust, in that case you would also never see it on the ground. But you can smell it! Nothing like the smell of burning antifreeze.
Your other issue??? No idea, don't even know what engine the trackers used. If it's not a 350, I know much more about Porsche engines. We'll, 944 engines at least.
Anyway, my guess is something didn't seal right on your head gasket job. I have a Suburban that does the same thing. In fact just 5 mins ago I checked and the overflow is empty again. While I do have a weeping leak from the front of the intake, it never ever hits the ground. That's not enough of a leak to explain my loss.
I promise you, if it's just disappearing, it's getting past the gaskets into the combustion chambers. It's just such a small amount your not getting "smoke (steam)". It is coming out your tailpipe, just not in ways you can normally see. I bet if you let it idle for 10 mins you'd have a small puddle under your tailpipe, that would evaporate quickly.
If you don't feel like doing the job again, then just keep filling with coolant and keep a close eye on your oil. Once you get coolant in there, you'll have problems. I'm not sure on the tracker, but in the 350 you can get coolant into the engine through the intake, doesn't have to be from the head gasket.
If you didn't do the plugs when you did the work, you could pull the plugs and check for a steam cleaned one. If one is super shiny then you've got a HG leak. Otherwise it's possible it's the intake. It's not uncommon on GMs.
It's also possible to leak coolant from the intake onto the exhaust, in that case you would also never see it on the ground. But you can smell it! Nothing like the smell of burning antifreeze.
Your other issue??? No idea, don't even know what engine the trackers used. If it's not a 350, I know much more about Porsche engines. We'll, 944 engines at least.
05-11-2017, 04:56 PM
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Burning Brakes
It is unlikely that the OP put this on the forum.
There are several "robots" that create posts to multiple "forums" and then scrape the responses back to wherever the OP initially entered his questions. These systems do this to collect "click through" revenue.
Perhaps the moderator could be more attentive and delete these postings; otherwise we should just ignore.
There are several "robots" that create posts to multiple "forums" and then scrape the responses back to wherever the OP initially entered his questions. These systems do this to collect "click through" revenue.
Perhaps the moderator could be more attentive and delete these postings; otherwise we should just ignore.
05-11-2017, 05:07 PM
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Which site did you originally post this too, that it somehow ended up here? It's been happening recently, I think the mods need to contact this external site and request that they stop.
05-11-2017, 05:31 PM
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If it's a bot, wonder how it is creating user names for them? I'm guessing it's also subscribing them because he was able to get notified and respond. So weird.