zook that went for a swim

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:40 am

Hey, i went for a swim in my zook.. it wasnt deep to start off with but ended up getting deeper and deeper.. water was going over the bonnet :| :|

It has no snorkle..

Anyways the sierra seems to be still around OKAY except.. i went to mechanic and they said gear bearings are loose (prob from ages back anyways)..

and my choke is not closing properbly when idle.. so after i go for a 2 minute drive it idles higher as the choke stays a little bit open..

ANy ideas what i should do?

I have sprayed all electronics with CRC and i have dried out the air filter which was wet...

There appears to be no water in the oil

get back to me PLEASE

thankxs guys

Post by **N*A*M** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:44 am

i had a high idle and it was one of two things... alternator compensating for poor output, or dirty carburettor (probably the pilot/idle jet). try and see if the revs increase when you turn the headlights on. if yes look at the alt. i'd probably want to strip the carby down and clean it anyway just to be sure.

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:52 am

poor output from what?

the alternator is stuffed?

thankxs for ur help.. im gonna get a carby service soon.. how much should ie xpect to pay for it?

someone said to flood the carby a bit and that would clean it to

thankxs for ur help

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:50 am

heheh, was that in the kwinana area?

Carby rebuild - about 300-400.

cheers

Post by **suzy** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:46 am

zooks can swim

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:27 pm

yeh im not taking mine for a swim to soon.. you notice all the problems with your care then..

like da gearbox bearings haha fucked eh :(:(

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:47 pm

hrm the revs go down when i turn the lights on.. is that normal or not?

thankxs fellas

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:54 pm

hmm. Mine do if i do highbeam because of the load.

Ususally if the carb is ok it will idle up. the actuator is on the front of the carb on my old one. you should be able to see it move with someone else turning the lights on and off.

the idle thing. Is this when cold or anytime it will idle higher. Did it do this before?

cheers

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:29 pm

well it use to idle at 1000... it still idles at 1000 but after u take it for a drive... it no longer goes back and idles at 1000..

it gets stuck or something with the choke open a bit....

and idles around 1500

u think those carby cleaners would fix it? aerosol can type?

cheers

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:05 pm

I have had some good times and some bad, would not hurt to try. around the linkages. Nulon is the best i have used,

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:17 pm

yeh i was choosing between to tried to get my dad to get nulon but he got the cheaper one lol..

hrm it was hard to start after i sprayed it down the throat...

the idle is higher but i think the bloke set it to idle higher.. dikhead lol (mechanic i saw)

seems to run okay now.. it said do not spray when engine is running..

so i wasnt going to risk it..

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:24 pm

i used 5star carby and fuel injection cleaner

is that any good?

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:29 pm

5 star is the $2 can stuff. might work. wd40 worx too.

i always spray wilst running.

cheers

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:33 pm

itwas $8.99

crc was $12.99 and nulon was $11.99

hehe people say use a full can.. im gonna buy the CRC one.. and just use the whole can on it with engine running

Post by **suzy** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:53 pm

better and cheaper way is to rev your engine and put your hand over the carb,it forces fuel in the jets and cleans them.

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:15 pm

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?id=8203 <-- my rubber seal is also loose.. does that matter?

Post by **suzy** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:24 pm

thats just a seal for the air cleaner. just don't loose it.mine comes of but i just do the air cleaner up tight.

is that a swift carb

Post by **Crawford** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:37 pm

hink thats a toyota carb

mine is just the stock one

i think im just been paranoid .. wouldve the water have damaged my auto choke neways?

i have a feelin these problems were here before i went through the water neways lol

any idea where i can get those screws that attach the thing above the door to the windshield etc? couple of mine have rusted out and a few are missing

Post by **suzy** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:59 pm

those carbs don't like water at all but it's hard to say i had trouble with mine after going in deep one day,and to make it wors i stalled it and had to be towed out buy a hilux.

Suzywest in midland have a good range of stuff.
what area are you.

Post by **Crawford** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:26 am

i live in bunbury.. coming up to perth 2morrow for a week but i be at uwa all week and im not bringing my zook up...

hrm yeh crc or nulon what one should i buy 2morrow? doin my car before i goto perth

Post by **flyinwall** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:33 am

another handy tip if you want to get rid of the carbon off the pistons and valves is to get a spray bottle filled with water and with it on a mist spray spray it in the carb while the motor is running and it will clean all the carbon deposits away

Post by **Crawford** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:50 pm

k i used carby cleaner..

now when i start car and rev it all black shit comes out of the exhaust..

is this normal? is this what is meant to happen?

cheers

Post by **OldGold** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:33 am

Black smoke is fuel, so it's running a bit rich and dumping too much petrol in.
Better news than white/blue smoke!

Post by **jcianci** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:19 pm

i went though a serious puddle the other day as well. The gold coast was flooded so me and a mate went out to burleigh. Went into a puddle too fast and got water on the dizzy. Waited a few minutes with water comming in, tried it again and she started sweet. Lesson learnt: Drive slowly into water and try to motor through. unless you have a choo choo deisel.

Post by **camor** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:22 am

suzy wrote:those carbs don't like water at all but it's hard to say i had trouble with mine after going in deep one day,and to make it wors i stalled it and had to be towed out buy a hilux.

Suzywest in midland have a good range of stuff.
what area are you.

haha u were in deep that day

i would have been screwed i think, not having a snorkel. did u find the leak in ur tank?

yea, the guys at suziwest are very helpful. if they cant help, they'll point u in the right direction.

Post by **derelict_frog** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:25 am

I put mine vertical in a very deep puddle once, the puddle looked a few "'s deep but disapeared, went down til the bullbar was sitting on the bottom, water was up to the bottom of the windscreen and filled the footwells in the front nice and deep, the impact on the bottom forced the radiator back and it snapped the timing belt lol, had to get towed back out and get a new timing belt

Post by **suzy** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:29 am

camor wrote:
suzy wrote:those carbs don't like water at all but it's hard to say i had trouble with mine after going in deep one day,and to make it wors i stalled it and had to be towed out buy a hilux.

Suzywest in midland have a good range of stuff.
what area are you.
haha u were in deep that day i would have been screwed i think, not having a snorkel. did u find the leak in ur tank?

yea, the guys at suziwest are very helpful. if they cant help, they'll point u in the right direction.

i thimk the fuel tank filled up with water through the cap.it still havn't drained it fully yet,and at least my snorkel does work not one drop in the air box.

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