DONE!! '02 AXIOM engine switch works!!

[nfpgasmask]

what is all this oil consumption business i read about, and when does it usually start happening? mine stays perfectly level between oil changes, you're all making me very nervous haha. good job on the swap. i've seen a similar coffee table made using a ford probe engine...pretty cool for a garage, or shop. wouldnt put it in my living room

I would like to ask you, are you using regular motor oil or synthetic?

My VX has been a voracious oil burner since I bought her with 25k. However, I switched to synthetic right away, and there is a part of me that still wonders if synthetic oil is the reason why VX engines start burning oil, but this is just speculative on my part due to not knowing the stats....

Bart

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

I would like to ask you, are you using regular motor oil or synthetic?

My VX has been a voracious oil burner since I bought her with 25k. However, I switched to synthetic right away, and there is a part of me that still wonders if synthetic oil is the reason why VX engines start burning oil, but this is just speculative on my part due to not knowing the stats....

Bart

I'd say no...I bought my VX new (only owner) and she's been on synthetic (Mobil 1) since I did the first oil change @ 3,000 miles. Now have 86,400 miles, and everytime its due for oil change...dipstick only shows a deficit of like 1/4th of the total length between full & add (or less).

I refer to that amount as 1/4 quart as I believe you're down 1 quart if you are @ the add line.

[justatwinturbo]

I would like to ask you, are you using regular motor oil or synthetic?

My VX has been a voracious oil burner since I bought her with 25k. However, I switched to synthetic right away, and there is a part of me that still wonders if synthetic oil is the reason why VX engines start burning oil, but this is just speculative on my part due to not knowing the stats....

Bart

since i bought it at 14k, i've only used royal purple...every thing except the rear diff has royal purple in it.

[Bantan]

Since I don't drive MY VX much th the due date comes before the amount of miles driven on the "Oil change sticker" reminder thingee. I noticed when my VX was Garaged parked I did not need to change or add Oil as much as most recently its been parked outdoors.

Does the Weather elements have something to do with oil burn?

[crager34]

Capt. Pike.

[Bantan]

Ok guys I'm doing the 02 Axiom Engine swap. Do I need to purchace anything besides the used engine, maybe a wiring harness or anything else?

[iamironman]

Ok, now, the KEY here though on the '02 Axiom... it HAS to be an Axiom with the 8th digit in the VIN is an 'X'... AND manufactured BEFORE MAY of '02... after May it was a different tranny so it won't match up... it still may have the 8th digit 'X' but after May it was a different transmission... aisin I think... what is the tranny on the VX... I forgot, and too lazy to look it up...
No '03 Axiom will fit the VX, BTW

I'd say I'm getting only 215HP, because I am using the Axiom long block and the VX intake, injectors etc... and ECM... The reason the '02 Axiom had 230HP was the advanced/redesigned intake, injectors and a advanced/better calibrated ECM.
Now it may be wishful thinking but, I think it Feels more powerful, it surges better, takes off better/faster... it just feels different... like, "VX with better engine here, don't ef with me"... It just seems to have even more attitude... as if a VX needed more attitude... LOL!

2002-2004 Isuzu Axiom
Powertrain Options and Availability
In 2002-03, Isuzu's 3.5-liter, dual-overhead-cam V-6 engine made 230 horsepower and teamed with a four-speed automatic transmission. For 2004, Isuzu introduced a direct-injection gasoline engine rated at 250 horsepower. Axioms may have rear-drive or four-wheel drive.

Ok guys I'm doing the 02 Axiom Engine swap. Do I need to purchace anything besides the used engine, maybe a wiring harness or anything else?

Great!!
Use the Axiom block and heads, the VX wiring harness and intake and injectors and you'll be Golden. Everything else is the same... even maintenance later... Oh, and if you buy the Axiom engine and it has the intake on it... you can take the FPR and the EGR off and use them on the VX intake... they fit and would be newer than what you have on the VX.

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Good Luck!!

[Bantan]

Thanks, brother from another Mother.
I'll keep ya posted.