Hello, Mr. Swett, this is Isuzu Service calling. We believe we have found the cause of your temperature problem, the radiator is completely compacted with clay....ya been offroading lately???

I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN TRAVERSE MUD DEEPER THAN THE AXLE.

Yep, the all-knowing Tone nailed that one. We spent all day Sunday (after the meet) pulling mud out of every part of my VX. If someone tells you that it will take weeks to get rid of the mud after offroading, don't believe them- you will NEVER BE RID OF THE MUD. My parking lights were packed full of mud, for God's sake. I thought I had actually gotten it all and took it down to the dealership, then I saw Tone's warning about the radiator.

But the dealership was great, they fixed it all under warranty. I'd like to thank -x- for all his help that night, he jump started us about every half mile, until we made it to a place that would replace the battery. I swear that guy was in alot more mud than us, without a problem, but 3 of us blow out our altenators, strange luck. And of course, a thank you to Joe (no sarcasm, we had a blast) for organizing the meet, we enjoyed meeting everyone.

So anyway, very important information to all offroad-bound VXers-
Lessons Learned:
Deep mud BAD!
Bugspray GOOOD!

-Scott