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I Have a 91 Geo with a 3 cylinder 1 liter motor and would like to put in a 4 cylinder motor. Has anyone ever done this?
Any helpful hints.
Ronjoe@shaw.ca.
Hey, I love my Geo, and I've been saying that even if it leaves me on the road one day, I'll not be sorry because it already paid for itself just because of the gas mileage.
My question is - the timing belt broke while driving at 65 mph. I replaced it, but it does not work (I spend the whole day...). Some people told me there is a chance that the engine is not broken, but others are very pessimistic. Is there any chance that the motor is not broken? I did not hear a big noise when this happened.
Well my brother has a 96 Geo Metro with a 1.3 litre 4 cylinder and has no trouble with it, till he runs into a hill at least. I was reading a previous comment, and one man said that he had a wiring problem with his fuel pump. Underneath the rear seat there are three plugins, and they might have corrosion, so check for that.
I have a 1996 5 speed manual transmission Geo Metro that I bought new and absolutely love, especially with gas prices now over $3.00 a gallon. I did home care nursing for more than 5 years in a very rural area and this car took me hundreds of miles every week without ever breaking down. The only money ever put into this car over the past 10 years was new tires and my husband had a timing belt replaced as part of preventative maintenance. The day this car dies on me is going to be a very sad one indeed.
I love my geo but I have a problem with it, ihave put 2 used transmissions and the car would not change automaticaly in drive it would remain in like 3rd shift and it would shift harshly from park to riverse does any one knows whats wrong with it.
Hello,
I found a 94 metro, 5spd, A/C works! But, the timing belt is either slipped or broken. Does anyone know if this is an interference type engine? (Does the pistons hit the valves if its not timed right?) If not, I'm going to buy the car and replace the belt myself.
Thanks!
I have a 1996 Geo Metro 4 door (not a hatch back) and it owns. It has sweet power and I go mobbing in it, and I hit 85 mph, and it is the sweetest car ever.
I recently purchased a 1996 metro hatchback from my neighbor for 100 bucks, a deal, although it was running poorly. the fuel injector has recently started working sporatically, thinking it need to be changed I purchased one from a junkyard for $10, this is a good junkyard with el-cheapo pick & pull parts. I installed the new injector and now the injector works great, too good infact, upon turning the ignition on, it starts dumping fuel down the throttle body. the same as another posters problem above. I did check the wiring harness for a grounded wire, but no avail. The computer check found no codes in the computer. I am stumped.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
Riverwerks@aol.com.
I have a 1999 Geo metro, although it is white and looks like an "egg"--I have not had to put much money into it at all. My Geo is great on gas (4speed) and only has needed new tires and brakes (I am rough on the brakes) and I just got a PVC valve, but don't know where it goes?
We just bought a '96 1.3 L metro for $200. It ran when we test drove it, but died on us about 6 blocks from the guy's house. We've checked the timing belt which is good. We're in the process of doing a tune-up to it, but we're not sure what else could be wrong. It sounded like it a valve was tapping on it when it was running. When we try to start it, the engine turns, but it stalls out and backfires. Any ideas? My e-mail is Auroradream21@earthlink.net if anyone has a suggestion of what we should try next.
I posted the last comment on it dying on us. Well, we got it home and reset the timing and viola!! It worked!! It's been running great since then though it is tapping a valve. It's also rather noisy as it has a hole in the exhaust, but hey, that's stuff we can fix. Great car! I love it!!
If you're still doing engine work to your Geo, remove the EGR valve (I believe it's on the backside of the head) and take a small metal rod like a coat hanger and clean out the passages in the head as much as you can. The little 3 cylinder engines had a tendency to plug up the EGR system, and the engine would burn too hot and most often that will result in the exhaust valve in the 2nd or 3rd cylinder eroding from excess heat. When it gets to this stage, you'll hear a steady tapping or clacking kind of sound as the eroded valve slaps back into it's seat, and eventually if left long enough will beat the valve seat out of shape.
About your geo metro problem sticking in 3rd gear. I have the same problem on my 94 automatic geo metro (3 cylinder). It comes and goes. The only way I get around this problem is to manually start the vehicle in low and gradually shift until I reach Drive "D". It seems like it is sticking, but it isn't worth it to fix it. My geo has over 168,000 miles and still runs good. Sometimes this strange problem will completely disappear for several weeks then return. I learned to deal with it. Here is another trick to prevent the transmission from shifting hard into reverse: From park, shift it quickly to Neutral, then to reverse. This will prevent any damage to the transmission.
Also, here is some important info for everybody: The geo metro is a "NON interference engine" meaning that if the timing belts breaks, it will NOT destroy your engine at all. My timing belt broke on my geo and I put another one on myself. Everything still worked fine.
Never heard of a non interference engine. Sounds like a great idea that EVERY auto manufacturer should employ. I mean, if they can put in engine cut off systems (fuel is cut off if the car senses it is being stolen) why can't they implement the timing belt measure?
I have a 91 Geo Metro LSI that is my baby. Not much to look at, but even at over 150,000 she still gets me where I need to go and has cost me very
This morning, however, key would not turn in ignition; totally seized up. Steering wheel in lock position - could not get ANYthing to budge. Checked out Chilton and Haynes (not much help). This is my only car so I stranded without it. Is there an easy, inexpensive solution here? I am not a mechanic, and I can't get the car started to take it to a mechanic, so I'm pretty well stuck.