Fails to Idle

[Green Dragon]

Todays progress --
some warehouse and I had to give the VIN number to get expedited access to the parts. If I am lucky, it will take a week. He mentioned this engine is in the Honda Accura and many other models. All are/will have intake gasket problems and the new gasket part number is aimed a solving a wide problem. So much for Japan quality.
When I get the gaskets in hand I will visit the Isuzu dealer 2 hours away and camp out until fixed. Maybe they can fix the 1441 code at the same time.
Thanks for you help. Roy

The part # has not changed and I was unable to tell the difference between the old & new intake gaskets. Since I just had my SC completely rebuilt, I changed the Intake manifold gaskets as well. I had two new sets delivered one each this past Thursday & Friday. One set that Merlin got for me from a local Isuzu dealer & the other from isuzu in Cincinatti.

E mail me your address. I will try & overnight you a brand new set of intake manifold gaskets.You can return a new set to me when you receive yours.

Please exhaust all other possibilities before undertaking this task on a SC VX. I found at times I wished I had Three hands + mine was the prototype so maybe yours will be easier.

Bob F

[Moncha]

Bob, that is a very kind gesture! Thank you for all of your support and input, you are truly invaluable!

[newthings]

Yes it is.
E-mail sent
Roy

[newthings]

PROBLEM SOLVED

Thanks Bob for the gaskets. Isuzu sent me a pair that also arrived today. We have the market cornered. Yours will be back in the mail tomorrow. Many thanks. If I can ever be of service to you or the group, let me know.

As to the solution to my idle problem--
The EGR valve sits on an aluminum block which is attached in two places: A metal vacuum tube coming from the back of the intake plenum and a flat metal bracket which bolts to the S/C intake manifold. A 1 1/8" spacer is between the bracket and the manifold. A bolt goes down the center of the spacer.
The bolt hole in the intake manifold goes clear through into the air path.
So, if the bolt falls up (!) and out of the bracket you have a 1/8" air leak and everything looks fine. My searching with starter fluid spray produced inconsistant results since I was squirting in the wrong places. I pulled off the EGR and replaced the gasket. When putting the valve back on, the spacer fell over. A search for it's home revealed the hole.

Since I have the appointment with the dealer all set up, I will get the 1441 code fixed finally.

Thanks for the support.
Roy