97 Sidekick 1.6 auto has been frustrating to pinpoint culprit as of late.
Here's the problem list.
1. Battery light on (no flash or flicker).
2. Oil light on (on with a flicker).
3. Hard cold start (priming the pump with the key several times and a little petal before starting usually works).
4. Tranny doesn't want to engage top gear and overdrive (does sporadically and rarely)
5. On vehicle alternator test shows bad voltage regulator reading.
The thought it might be but didn't do much list.
1. New battery (old one was bad).
2. New starter (solenoid was going out in old one)
3. Refurbished alternator (same on vehicle test results, old one bench tested good)
4. Plugs, wires, dist. cap and rotor.
5. Fuel filter.
6. Fuel injector cleaner x2 tanks with Seafoam.
7. Quart of tranny Seafoam.
Think it could be but don't want to keep wasting money list.
1. Fuel pump (don't know how to do a pressure test)
2. Tranny or vacuum line to it (can't find a line or know if there even is one)
3. PCM, ECM, computer or whatever it's called (found a post on here somewhere that stated '96 and newer of these are well made and aren't known to go out)
So any help would be greatly appreciated.
On a side note that may be of interest, when I bought the Kick about 6 months ago to putt around in, the owner said they tried jump starting it once and quit working by jumping it since and then sat a couple months. I found that the bolted-in fuse by the battery was blown. Replaced it and it started right up. Soon after all these problems started piling up. Have put about 400 miles on it now.
Here's the problem list.
1. Battery light on (no flash or flicker).
2. Oil light on (on with a flicker).
3. Hard cold start (priming the pump with the key several times and a little petal before starting usually works).
4. Tranny doesn't want to engage top gear and overdrive (does sporadically and rarely)
5. On vehicle alternator test shows bad voltage regulator reading.
The thought it might be but didn't do much list.
1. New battery (old one was bad).
2. New starter (solenoid was going out in old one)
3. Refurbished alternator (same on vehicle test results, old one bench tested good)
4. Plugs, wires, dist. cap and rotor.
5. Fuel filter.
6. Fuel injector cleaner x2 tanks with Seafoam.
7. Quart of tranny Seafoam.
Think it could be but don't want to keep wasting money list.
1. Fuel pump (don't know how to do a pressure test)
2. Tranny or vacuum line to it (can't find a line or know if there even is one)
3. PCM, ECM, computer or whatever it's called (found a post on here somewhere that stated '96 and newer of these are well made and aren't known to go out)
So any help would be greatly appreciated.
On a side note that may be of interest, when I bought the Kick about 6 months ago to putt around in, the owner said they tried jump starting it once and quit working by jumping it since and then sat a couple months. I found that the bolted-in fuse by the battery was blown. Replaced it and it started right up. Soon after all these problems started piling up. Have put about 400 miles on it now.