20 Most Recent 1998 Chevrolet Tracker - Page 6 Questions & Answers

If your battery and alternator connections are clean and tight, then it is often a weak alternator. Time to have it tested.

I will need the year and engine type of your vehicle to provide assistance

make sure there is no obstruction going to the air cleaner and it has a new air filter .. it sounds like its getting choked somewhere.

Drain plug? R&R pan for correct repair...

I'm thinking here that the head of the bolts is not very thick in which case the socket you are using will need some modification. If you look in the socket you will see that there is a small lead in relief and this will only allow the socket to full engage on 1/2 of the bolt head. Place the socket in a vice and use a grinder to grind of the face of the socket until the sides are square across. This will give full contact with the bolt head inside the socket.. Another point, it is unusual to find metric bolts in a USA made engine so check out the other size metric sockets as European metric use 9-11-13-15-16-18-20 mm sizes compared to Asian 10-12-14-17-19-21 mm. in auto production.

? I'm taking a long shot here.... check the transmission mount.... if the trans were to move around (due to a bad mount) it could cause this problem.

check that the ignition fusible link is intact. There may be an inertia switch that has shut down as it would recognise the spin out as an accident. Check with a service centre of an accredited auto electrician

check the engine timing, spark plugs etc

with cam/crank position sensors there is an air space adjustment, dirt between the cam sensor and loose rotor problems that have to be checked . BY loosing and moving the sensor you may be reducing the air gap . placing contaminant in the gap or moving a rotor. Check it out and if ok run the fault codes to confirm a faulty sensor.

yes the cam sensor controls the engine timing

if it is a high pitched growl it is most likely a wheel bearing starting to go out.