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Dear Fellow Metrophiles, I've solved this dilemma and thought I'd tell all about it. Should your low beam headlights quit, and you can only flash your high beams .. here's what it is. Under the dash & up over the clutch pedal (remove front lower dash cover) (3 screws) Look up and find a white plastic multi-pin harness connector. Loosten the holding straps so you can rotate teh plugand you'll see a burnt spot inside the plug. It's a toasted pin. Cut the two wires and re-splice them outside the connector. Voila! Low beams again. This has happened to me TWICE. Different pins inside same connector two different times. Same remedy. Hope this helps somebody! DangerDude
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Hey I want to thank you 3tech for the help on my 1994 metro. It runs the best it has for years. Now may be you can help with my 1998 it is a 1.3 auto runs great but for this dumb light service Eng soon that I have try ed to get to go out I have changed the ecm fuel pump and a few other parts why you ask well it stalls at time out of the blue it will restart but it may take a few turns of the key. It will start for a split sec and quit any where from 5-10 times then run fine. I have check the codes with a obd II scan tool and get 3 flashes then a few seconds later a 4th then the letter E [error code] I am left to guessing may be a bad ground some where I have been checking all of them one at a time. In my old Chevy it did some thing like this and it turned out to be the module. Any help would be much appreciated Thanks Mike |
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Replying to: randydriver (Nov 13, 2006 9:15 pm) It has 116,000 miles on the vehicle. The o2 sensors were replaced 10,000 miles ago, a tune up was done less than 5, 000 miles ago, including air, oil and gas filters. any suggestions out there? 
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I think that in general, the 1.0 liter 3 cylinder suzuki engine is the more reliable of the two. If you drive the crap out of them they will stay with traffic. I put 900 lbs of newspapers in them on sometimes without too many problems. If I ever buy another metro, it will also have the 1.0 liter 3 cylinder engine. Also, much better mpg. 94 metro hatchback |
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Replying to: jubileerun (Jun 20, 2003 2:58 pm)
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Replying to: ppatrick (Dec 30, 2006 3:11 pm) A healthy new engine will have 180-195 psi (dry test ) and ( 190-200 ) wet test. Any cylinder having a low pressure reading may have a problem. The difference in pressure readings between wet and dry, on a good motor is about 10-20 psi. If the pressure is higher with a wet test, the rings are probably worn. If the pressure is low, and doesn't come up using a wet test, a valve is probably burnt, or the head gasket may be bad. If 2 cylinders side by side are showing the same pressure reading , it could be a bad head gasket. The lowest acceptable reading should be 170 psi. Have fun, Vanilla Latte (stable companion to Espresso Nero., both 1/4 of a Ferrari and way cheaper).
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Replying to: vanillalatte (Dec 30, 2006 3:29 pm) 
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Replying to: ppatrick (Dec 30, 2006 4:09 pm) |
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I haven't written in a while, but it's great to see so many of us are still out there happily tooling around in our Metros. Mine is a '93 five-speed convertible with 117K miles. I do my own tune-ups but leave the rest to my friendly mechanic. I wanted to leave a bit of advice for those of us who have A/C. Mine had a factory unit when I bought it used, and I had spent quite a lot of money on it to no avail. This last time my new mechanic suggested replacing the entire unit with an after-market system. The whole job cost me only $700 compared with $900 for a replacement factory compressor alone. The system works great - much better than before. I realize it is a power-grabber when it's in use, but here in the midwest there are many days when the humidity prevents open-top driving. I am a total believer in Metros and plan to drive mine for the rest of my life. I just had a new timing belt and water pump intstalled last week and she is running like a top. Hang in there, everyone! I enjoy reading about your cars.
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Replying to: whitetop (Dec 30, 2006 6:32 pm) Did the aftermarket pose any problems in fitting? Special brackets...... weight difference.... I'm curious.
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