the sign of a great vehicle

[Navigator]

81,500 miles and my VX still looks and runs like new. It's amazing how far regular oil changes and keeping it washed and waxed has taken it.

[JHarris1385]

Whoa the armrest guy. I just read a thread about you.

[navistar]

Not to be confused with navistar.

[JHarris1385]

Good one I liked that.

[Anita]

81,500 miles and my VX still looks and runs like new. It's amazing how far regular oil changes and keeping it washed and waxed has taken it.

I'm at 94K. Looks new, runs great and doesnt drink a bit of oil between changes. She purrrrrs....

[DarkWing]

I just got the oil changed in my VX for the first time since I bought it, right at the 3K mark. (The guys at the place that does all my auto work flipped out. I took me longer to talk about the V than to do the work, well, almost.) I had checked the oil every time I got gas and never saw any usage. Then the last fill up, only 300 miles before the oil change, I didn't get a chance to check to oil. When they changed it, I was a quart and a half low. The dude said it wasn't even on the stick when he checked. He checked for leaks, none. (He said the car was in GREAT shape, he thought it was new.) The only thing I could find was very sooty tail pipe. He mentioned that Isuzu was known for burning oil when the oil got thin (hot or old). Have any of you heard of that? (Just past the 80K mile mark.)

[etlsport]

yep typical of many VXs to burn oil.. try changing the PCV valve and making sure that your oil filler cap seals correctly.. ive been finding quite a bit of oil along the passenger side spark plugs and around the oil filler neck.. i changed out my cap and gasket yesterday (see thread about oil filler gasket) and hopefully that will change, i cleaned up all the oil i could and checked today (maybe 45 miles w/ the new cap) and theres no signs of any oil in the area.. and i was drivin it hard to test it

[mbeach]

OT:
Oil Consumption. Do a search for an older post by me on this subject.
If you're finding oil on the passenger side of your engine, it's worth a look.

My wife's Dragon blew through a couple of quarts in a day as a result of this leaking valve cover gasket.
It leaves almost no trace of the leak if it sprays in the right direction.

An Isuzu tech told me to switch to 0W30 oil to quiet the motor down, it worked and didn't cause any oil consumption (burning).
I wouldn't say that thin oil is a bad thing.

The VX's greatest attribute is the knowledge contained within this owner community.