On an engine with KNOWN "starvation" issues to some cylinders, I can't imagine why on Earth ANYONE would want to knowingly run this motor for even 30 seconds with the oil capacity half full...
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On an engine with KNOWN "starvation" issues to some cylinders, I can't imagine why on Earth ANYONE would want to knowingly run this motor for even 30 seconds with the oil capacity half full...
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In defense of Gussie, the oil light doesn't come on until you are down about 2 quarts from full, which is of course around 2.3 quarts in the engine (using Gussie's 4.3 qt capacity figure). If the Isuzu engineers designing the system believed that 2.3 quarts was far beyond "not enough" then I think they would have set the light to go off before 2 quarts were gone.
That said, it is not necessary to run the engine 10 minutes in the low-oil-level state to get the remaining old oil out (2-3 minutes would suffice), but I think it's all overkill anyway - just drain and refill and run the engine, and you will see that the oil looks nice and fresh, not contaminated by a few ounces of old oil.
By contrast, my wife's A3 flashes its oil warning when it's down only about 1.2 quarts (out of 4 or 5, IIRC).
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How often are you all changing the oil on this thread? If the oil is changed every 3k-5k with synthetic, I would say just perform an oil change with a quality oil filter. What am I missing? Are these 3.5l that prone to gunk build-up with the oil frequency changes I mentioned?
Last edited by lasturbo : 06/03/2009 at 05:44 PM
Larry S.
99 Astral Silver VX (176k)
91 Porsche 928 S4 (73k)
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and dont forget that PCV
"Do Not Seek Praise. Seek Criticism."
"If You Can't Solve A Problem, It's Because You're Playing By The Rules."
"The Perosn Who Doesn't Make Mistakes Is Unlikely To Make Anything."
-Paul Arden
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There is a used motor on ebay with less than 10k miles on it (says the listing) and it's starting bid is $1200. I'm guessing he had his rebuild too. Unfortunately I have been unemployed since Feb when I was fired so the company could hire cheaper help. I don't think I can scrape that up in 5 days. This sucks! These last few weeks just suck
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
Info: My engine has 135K miles on it before it went crash.
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Originally Posted by hyperkid
Hi hyper,i don't think you can scrap the VX if you own money on it.
I think you better move is to sell it like that for the amount you still owe & pay off the loan.
Your other option is to hold on 'till things gets better & you can be able to rebuilt the engine which is what i'll do,however the last word is yours.
Is unfortunate to know that such vehicule was paired with the worst engine i've ever dealt with,as you said ..it just sucks
Dakar was just the begining.
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This thread is supposed to be about ME! A proud VX owner with a nasty problem. This thread isn't supposed to be a pissing contest. I was simply looking for some thoughts from my fellow VX comrads. Some thoughts that might give me some hope.
Technically I can do whatever I want with my truck so your right the last word is mine. I could sell it piece by piece and probably make some money but not all of us can simply go out and get another car loan. Especially us unemployed ones.
I love my VX. My interior and exterior are flawless and I have had no other problems with this truck other than the damn windows. I still get all the chicks looking at me and their boyfriends looking at me twice saying "I want one".
And yeah this SUCKS!
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