timing belt jumped

[Dino]

Oh man I hope so too..

[IndianaVX]

well, first thing thismorning, 8 am, i call warranty company and tell them to get on the ball, my truck is done, and a bill i ready, all this on an answering machine, and ask for a call back on when i can pick it up. so i wait till about 1 and call back, and leave another message asking same, and how things are progressing, at 4 i call, and the warranty guy answers,....says he hasnt heard a word from my mechanic, but would call him right away and get me back in my truck. i STILL dont hear from anyone so at 515pm (my mechanic closes at 530) i call my mechanic and ask if he talked to the warranty guy, and he says he called, but got called away on an emergency, and couldnt finish the billing thing, the warranty guys son was riding a bike, and apparently got struck by a car........**note, i hope and sincerly pray the boy is alright**

so, i simply say," so i guess i wont be able to get the truck tonight"
my mechanic comes back with "well, ill tell you what dave,....YOU can come in here and pay the bill, and then YOU can deal with him on getting your money back....."
i asked how much the bill was, and i dont have that much cash on hand this week, but i about went off on this guy, i have known him for years and given him alot of business, as well as many referalls...........WELL THATS OVER.
I WILL NOT TAKE MY TRUCK TO TOWNE VIEW AUTO CLINIC AGAIN.......

sorry this thread has become somewhat of a blog, but after reading it thru, it may come in handy in a court case that may be comming in my near future.
thanks to you all for your support, i really appreciate it,
and i ask you all to keep this warranty guy, his wife and son in your thoughts and pray its not serious.

thanks again people........maybe tommorow
david

[Solitude]

I have been reading this post and was wondering what happened to the 10yr/120,ooo mile warentee.. (probably a stupid question but thought you said 64,000 miles and is the timing belt supposed to be changed according to scheduled maintenance before that?)

[Ldub]

well, first thing thismorning, 8 am, i call warranty company and tell them to get on the ball, my truck is done, and a bill i ready, all this on an answering machine, and ask for a call back on when i can pick it up. so i wait till about 1 and call back, and leave another message asking same, and how things are progressing, at 4 i call, and the warranty guy answers,....says he hasnt heard a word from my mechanic, but would call him right away and get me back in my truck. i STILL dont hear from anyone so at 515pm (my mechanic closes at 530) i call my mechanic and ask if he talked to the warranty guy, and he says he called, but got called away on an emergency, and couldnt finish the billing thing, the warranty guys son was riding a bike, and apparently got struck by a car........**note, i hope and sincerly pray the boy is alright**

so, i simply say," so i guess i wont be able to get the truck tonight"
my mechanic comes back with "well, ill tell you what dave,....YOU can come in here and pay the bill, and then YOU can deal with him on getting your money back....."
i asked how much the bill was, and i dont have that much cash on hand this week, but i about went off on this guy, i have known him for years and given him alot of business, as well as many referalls...........WELL THATS OVER.
I WILL NOT TAKE MY TRUCK TO TOWNE VIEW AUTO CLINIC AGAIN.......

sorry this thread has become somewhat of a blog, but after reading it thru, it may come in handy in a court case that may be comming in my near future.
thanks to you all for your support, i really appreciate it,
and i ask you all to keep this warranty guy, his wife and son in your thoughts and pray its not serious.

thanks again people........maybe tommorow
david

Very disappointing...(cue Tom Petty)
the way-ay-ting is the har-dist part...

Everything happens for a reason Bud, hang in there.

[IndianaVX]

dubster...........

i prefer.........."breakdown, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO ME....... my vx, that is......


thanks bud

quad, i think timing belt replacement is 100,000, and although my belt broke, it was due to a piece on the cam breaking, and not the belts fault.....(poor lil fella) and im pretty sure that warranty you mention is for original owner, which i am not.....and i am dealing with an extended warranty, not the factory.......
thanks

[Maverick]

ive been away for quite awhile, hope everyone is well..

sorry to see all the trouble indiana.., seems no matter what we do, if we dont or cant do it ourselves, theres a high chance of getting hosed... local Isuzu dealer charged me almost 5k awhile back for a new head (after labor, one head was 1375 give or take a few bucks, its been awhile, and some routine maintenance that somehow ended up at over 3500 more $$ )
the warrentee on that part is up, and after (low) pressure washing my engine a few weeks ago, the paint on the valve cover came off. looks to me like they put in a re manufactured head, or possibly even a used one and just prettied it up to make it look new, i paid for new factory parts... too late to do anything about it now though, been too long, and took me too long to figure it out. they were also supposed to change the t-belt, but i later found out they didnt even change the spark plugs, so im still concerned about what i paid them for and they didnt do...
anyhow, i feel your pain...

so , is it definite this is a none interference engine? the posts confused me a bit.. im behind on my maintenance and have been very concerned about snapping my t-belt, i would worry a bit less if its non interference, not allot less, but a little... itll be another month at least before i can attempt to change mine, unless i have no other choice... :/

[IndianaVX]

WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!

Well, ill give you all one guess, as to what is in my driveway.........times up.....

I GOT HER BACK!!!!
yes, its true, i got my vx back on thrursday, late afternoon, so i drive it around so carefully for a couple of hours. but i figure im gonna have to take it down the highway, and give it some gas, so off i go. as im giving it a steady acceleration, im thinking, this doesnt sound right, and even more, THIS DOESNT FEEL RIGHT. i mean, i do remember the airbox making some noise when accelerating, and it has been 3 months, but i can tell, and something is WRONG. i HAVE NO acceleration, and i sound like some kinda poser ricer. so i pull in over at my parents house so i can check things out. when i raised my hood to investigate, this is what it sounded like.........


http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u...Picture004.flv

AWWWWWW CRAP!!!

it was already sprinkiling, the sky turned dark, my fists pointing at the ground, face towards the sky, screaming.....NOOOOOOOOoooooooo.......... (fade to black) lol

so im thinking im doomed, i am so depressed, i putter home, the shop is closed so i just limp on into the driveway. it had quit raining, so i go ahead and wax, and coat everything so atleast the vx is clean again, and wait till morning to call the shop.
when i call i tell them that im comming in for them to listen to, and FIX, what is wrong. i tell them something was left off, exhaust i thought, maybe something in the intake manifold.....they say bring it in.

when i get there, they look all upset and so i raise my hood, and i say listen to this.....so they check it out, and discover that the nut on the bottom of the egr had come off, (i think, never was put back on....) and so i leave it there for a couple of hours to cool and be fixed.

when i got it back....MAN WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!! its back, my vx is BACK!!!!
the acceleration, the smoothness, all of it. it stunned me how awful the truck sounded, and how terrible my acceleration was. i mean, the engine made alot of noise as it reved higher, but it just wasnt moving the truck to match, all because of the egr basicly being disconnected.
so i am back in the truck, and loving it.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????/?//?????????????????????i do have one question, or issue. i cant remember hearing this before. but when i accelerate evenly, but givin it alot of gas to get moving, i hear the airbox noise, or suck, all thru the rpms till about 3800-4000 rpm then it gets quiet, and starts the airbox noise again at around 4500, or when it shifts. like i said, i dont remember hearing that lack of sucking noise anytime in the "power band" before. ANY IDEAS????

summing up the warranty company, i give em about a 5.5 on a 10 scale.
they did pay 1100, of a 1700 dollar bill. so i wound up paying 618.23 for my end which included my 100.00 deductable. where most of MY bill was is
mechanic would charge 7 hrs on something, the warranty would only cover 5.5 hrs, leaving me the balance. this happened on about 5 line items.

i did get new intake gaskets, new plugs (double platnum...have to look that up later...) valves adjusted. so thats good stuff too, just not sure how the double platnum plugs work with the vx.

so today, im gonna drive, cruise, just get back in touch with my truck.

[IndianaVX]

maverick,
sorry to hear about a ISUZU DEALER doing that to you, and choosing your fights wisely, yeah, probably too much time passed to really do anything about it, but i would put at least a phone call in.
as far as the engine being interferance or not, i am about 98.634 % that it is a NON INTERFERANCE engine. if i were you, i would go ahead and replace it, and the belt tensioner, and probably the water pump too. merlin got the tensioner, and pump for me and it cost like 220 bucks. which reminds me,
i asked my mechanic for my old pump back, but he didnt have it.......makes me wonder, alot, but ill let it pass....

there are folks on here that have changed the belt themselves, but i think it depends alot on how mechanicly inclined you are. i think the biggest tools you would need on this project it time, and paitence.
good luck with it, i have step by step instructions if you want or need them....actually have about 10-12 pages of timming, etc...and 2 how to's from start to finish.
so keep us posted....

david