Picked it up! '99 Ebony, 0562, back in the fold

[Diogenes]

Gratz!! Nice to see you have the original owner here to verify service. I bought mine with 50K miles from a guy in VA, but it originally had been in AZ. Not sure which, but one of the previous owners apparently went bouldering and high-center my VX on a rock and dented the tranny pan. When I had it replaced right after I bought it, the plastic "cone" that is connected to the tranny oil sump was broken. I still wonder how many miles into their ownership that event occurred and wonder if it did damage to the tranny.

Make sure you keep a good eye on the oil levels. For some reason my 1999 burns oil, but passes emissions... ;0)

No blue smoke, but I understand the '99's had a problem with oil burning..

Gotta make sure I keep a jug of oil in the back and check it every 500-1000 miles to top it off...

Dio

[VX KAT]

Make sure you keep a good eye on the oil levels. For some reason my 1999 burns oil, but passes emissions... ;0)

No blue smoke, but I understand the '99's had a problem with oil burning..

Gotta make sure I keep a jug of oil in the back and check it every 500-1000 miles to top it off...

Dio

Sorry, small t/j...
Wasn't sure if you seen this poll, but it's good info.
and I think most consider it as oil "consumed" rather than burned....that's why no smoke. It's not a scientific poll by any means, but leads you to believe it's not just the 99s.
http://vehicross.info/forums/poll.ph...lts&pollid=170
Here's an Isuzu document on the issue:
http://vehicross.info/forums/showpos...&postcount=104
http://vehicross.info/forums/showpos...8&postcount=58
A member "iamironman" researched the issue in great detail and posted this:
http://vehicross.info/forums/showpos...84&postcount=9

t/j over...