Engine failure poll?

[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.