Engine failure poll?

[tom4bren]

"Right there with you, everyone here has scared me enough to always check, but my VX does not really burn oil."

Me too. At every fill up, I get on my knees in front of the VX. Everyone thinks I'm praying that it'll never break down. I'm really checking CV boots & looking for oil leaks.

[primvx]

99,ebony, 114,000..spun rod bearing on no.1 piston..motor loved oil and also coolant seemed to go down at a slow rate...no leaks or over heating. bought at 86,000 miles and has done it all the time i have owned it..motor had lots of buildup in the sump..and i was dilligent about changing oil...time for new crank and rings

[mrtew]

Major bummer dude. Let us know how much $ it costs.

[gumby]

My 2001 Vehicross (I am the original owner so I know I never beat on the vehicle) engine went out at 75k miles. It was explained to me that this was a very common problem due to the cylinders becoming elliptical from wear due to bad metallurgy.

I was pretty pissed, but what can I do? A modern engine should not be having problems like these. The kicker is that when I went in for it, they recommended that I change the intake gaskets even though they have never failed. Which seemed weird, but I agreed because he was so adamant about it. Now since then the gasket has failed 3 times. So my advice on that one is never do something that hasn't failed just because it is a recall or under warranty. (unless it's a safety problem)

So now I am wondering how long until the new piston and rings do the same thing... grrrrrrr

[TheGanzman]

[QUOTE=mrtew;130349]Yeah everybody's VX burns oil! I set my cellphone alarm to remind me to check it every week. I usually add a half a quart every three or four weeks.[QUOTE]

Not so! I've driven mine 2 months/2,500 miles so far - hasn't used ONE DROP of oil! Bought from the original owner, who confirmed that it never used any oil for him either at 58K miles. I've also spoken to other VX owners whose VX's show no oil consumption - there ARE some "lucky souls" out there!

[Bantan]

Prefer to keep her, but I don't have the funds to buy a new engine for $6k so:

Do I buy a rebuilt engine for $4k?

Get a used 01 Axiom engine for $3k with 50k miles on it and risk having the same problem?

Or, doing an engine swap?

If so, which engine would be most compatible with the least amount of modification, and has anyone been successful in doing this?

[Petos]

The engine on my '99 Ironman died at 75k... although i am the 4th owner and cannot trust the odometer
Anyway, my budget here in Russia was $6k, and included crankshaft replacement and cylinder heads repair... no oil burn since... though i only put 1k on her so far...

[Gussie2000]

I changed my oil at 48569 about 6 weeks ago & right now my odo reads 49890

Since then I added almost one quart;I change my oil every 3500 miles using 0W-30
According to isuzu one quart of oil every 1000 miles is ok for this engine.
That statement is completly insane & they give this ridiculous stat due the huge amount of complains about their 3.5L instead of recalling all vehicules presenting this issue.
I always wonder why isuzu spent so much into designing such vehicule just to dump in a junkie engine like this instead of also designing a unique engine with more horse power & less issues

[Joe_Black]

Gussie, from whom in Isuzu did you get that info?

[Y33TREKker]

According to isuzu one quart of oil every 1000 miles is ok for this engine.

Gussie, from whom in Isuzu did you get that info?

Are you kidding? I've read quite a few statements on this very website from VX owners who were told something similar by their local Isuzu service managers when said owners were inquiring about what seemed to be excessive oil consumption in their relatively low-mileage VX's.

[Gussie2000]

Gussie, from whom in Isuzu did you get that info?

Right over the net Joe.

I know it sounds crazy,that's why i believe it's insane

[Joe_Black]

Over the net? Linky please.

[Gussie2000]

Over the net? Linky please.

Hi joe.

You can check planetisuzu.com for details,even a guy went to court about the oil issue & wont the case agains isuzu who had to replace the trooper.

I can't recall the website at this time,sorry

[deermagnet]

This is how an Isuzu shop would check for excessive oil consumption-




Mark Griffin

[mrtew]

That's pretty clear.