1989 suzuki sidekick wont stay running

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This is a 89 suzuki sidekick 1.6 8v tbi. 

Hello, so I posted on here for help with my sidekick a few years ago when I couldn’t get it to start after a motor rebuild. Ending up figuring out my ignition timing was 180 off. It would start now but was running very bad, wasn’t drivable. So I sent my computer off to be rebuilt/capacitors replaced. Got it back and it ran the same.

I decided to take it to a “shop” to be fixed and it was there for 2 years with them not figuring anything out. I recently had it towed home and starting to go through things again but feel im running out of things to check.
I went back through my list of everything after getting the suzuki back home and all checks good. 

Here is my original post and all the things I’ve checked.


<< I have got a 89 suzuki sidekick with a crank but no start condition. I can’t figure out what the issue is, any help and advice on what to do next. Thanks for looking and any ideas you guys have. 

What I’ve done trying to diagnose the problem and info on it. 

1. Has spark on all plugs- good size but orange??
2. Coil has the same looking spark coming out of it- orange good size
3. Has good compression. 180-200 all cylinders 
4. All fuses are good, all grounds are good/cleaned. 
5. Checked for codes, got 12-12-12 good
6. Checked timing belt and dizzy, dead on. My cam can only install one way, cam titty 12 o clock, crank tdc #1

Other checks I’ve done.
1. Checked coil primary- 1.5 ohms about. Secondary about 12k ohms. Good
2. Checked signal generator resistance inside dizzy- 130-190 ohms. Good
3. Checked for play in dizzy, none. 
4. Checked the vr gap inside dizzy, .008-.016. good
5. Checked each plug wires resistance about 5k per ft. Good 
6. Checked injector pulse while cranking. Good
7. Unplugged injector, made sure plugs were still clean and not flooded. Sprayed starting fluid while cranking. No start. 
8. Tested/adjusted the tps sensor, 30 ohms at idle and about 1.v good 
9. Went through everthing again, timing, fuses, grounds. Visually checking wires, connections anything I can see. I’m lost and confused please help!”>>

So now that I got it back she will crank and startup but immediately dies. Giving full throttle will sometimes barely keep it running about 700rpm but wont go above that. Unhooking the injector and adding starting fluid will keep it running barely. Sounds really rough and I have to spray alot. One thing I noticed is my dome/tail fuse keeps blowing. This started happening now that I’ve got it back from shop.

Ive got fuel, spark, compression, timing good. What could cause it not run?

Any ideas or things I can check are much appreciated

seems engine is Ok
and fuel is ok,  due to failing, with test fuel.  proving hard that spark dies

a bad spark  coil or distrib ! bingo.

if you used a timing light,  to say spark #1 wire, and you see spark die, that way, then spark is bad, and you did say. spark looks odd and orange.
and the ECU does not make spark on this engine ever !,  only the distrib does that (+ coil), all by itself.

so the distrib is bad.  many are, this old. some love love to fail hot too.

bad distrib,. bad wires to it all, or bad spark coil.  

TEST FUEL FAILS, SO SPARK IS BAD, OR NO AIR TO INDUCTION, USE 5% THROTTLE TO SAVE A STALL, CALLED HOT RIGHT FOOTING IT? i BET FOOT CAN NOT SAVE ANYTHING.

wow 2 years for mech to not learn spark fails.,  I can not believe him,  SORRY FOR YOUR GRIEF !!!!!!