g13a rebuild or diesel

[slidenyo]

turns out our little 413 is leaching a little water into the oil,
could just be b.h.g or something more sinister.
are there any common faults with these to worry about?
like soft heads , cracking blocks etc etc
if they're inherently quite strong i'll rebuild it ,
or if not i'll head to a little diesel and auto conversion.
Suzuki advice and input would be appreciated

[zukmeista]

Haven't heard of any issues with G13s in terms of block/head cracking, normally only the G16 that suffers those problems. IMHO stick with the G13 as the biggest advantage of a zuk is light weight and by putting in a diesel you will reduce that advantage and the weight added will be at the front and there is enough there already. Mine had the 1300 in it for over 2 yrs, I caned the shit out of it and it still ran sweet when I pulled it out just wanted more power (replaced with G16). I'd just take the head off and get it tested/skimmed if need be, fit a new gasket and thrash it.

[slidenyo]

cheers harry that's the sort of info I'd happened upon but wasn't too sure whether it was based on first hand or rumours.
will go price a head set tomorrow

[3VILC]

I got a full head set for mine for about $102. Head gasket metal intake gasket metal exhaust gasket the proper shape with the little plug heat sheilds, valve stem seals cam seal rocker cover gasket and washers, dizzy gasket and a heap of odd ones I didn't use haha

[zukmeista]

Any other q's just ask, can link you the factory service manual if ya want it. Not much I haven't learnt about the little beasties, too much time surfing the net I spose...

[slidenyo]

cheers that'd be good

[zukmeista]

http://www.suzukiinfo.com/sierra/ Theres a few versions on that page, can't remember which one I used. Just go for the biggest mb one I reckon, should have everything in it.