Offroad-Express

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

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.

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

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

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...

cheers that'd be good

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.