My Engine Needs Help - What To Do

[Ldub]

And yes,you can use only two quarts of oil to flush out any "remaining" old oil in the engine because the minimum amount of oil our engine should ever run low is 1 1/4.

Please read again & focus on what i'm explaining.

You can run 2 qts. of oil in YOUR engine, I think I'll pass.

I've waited until it was half a qt. low & added half a qt. of Seafoam. Then driven it for 5-10 miles. But there is NO WAY I'd even let it idle with only two qts. in the crankcase...good luck!

[vt_maverick]

Consider parting it out to help out the fam. You might find you get more money doing it that way than trying to sell a soon-to-be undriveable vehicle.

[Gussie2000]

You can run 2 qts. of oil in YOUR engine, I think I'll pass.

I've waited until it was half a qt. low & added half a qt. of Seafoam. Then driven it for 5-10 miles. But there is NO WAY I'd even let it idle with only two qts. in the crankcase...good luck!

Actually,driving with one quart of oil + half quart of seafoam is way more risky by driving your horse with that little amount of oil
But this is all about perception of what is the best way to clean the engine.
I've always did this two quarts of new oil flush proceed without any issues at all on all vehicules i've ever owned
And again,i never suggested driving the VX with only two quarts of oil;Don't know why you guys keep misleading my words.
However this guys engine is gone so there's nothing we can do more then helping finding a cheap,good running engine with less mileage possible.

[Ldub]

Actually,driving with one quart of + half quart of seafoam is about the same amount of oil i just say you can run the VX before things can go bad (1 1/4),yet still you actually goes further by driving your horse with little amount of oil.Instead i only does this by idling which doesn't allow the engine get at normal temp
But this is all about perception.
I've always did this proceed without any issues at all on all vehicules i've ever owned
And again,i never suggested to drive the VX around with two quarts of oil just at idle for 10 minutes or less just to get any old oil out by addind two quarts of new oil & then draining that oil,don't know why you guys keep misleading my words.

Like I said, YOU do what YOU want with YOUR engine...

Also, I don't know where you learned math, but in my world 5 qts. minus 1/2 qt. = 4 1/2 qt.
NOT two qts.

[Gussie2000]

I said, YOU do what YOU want with YOUR engine...

No need to be sarcastic LDUB;this thread wasn't about you & me,it's about a fellow VX'er in need of some light about what next

Also, I don't know where you learned math, but in my world 5 qts. minus 1/2 qt. = 4 1/2 qt.
Yes,you are right,i kindly missed the math,but need to insult by asking where did i learn to do maths.

[TheGanzman]

As a guy that's been wrenchin' on stuff for 45 years, I can't personally recommend running ANY engine for ANY amount of time with 45% of the recommended oil level. If I was into the whole "engine flush" thang (I'm NOT, but that's a whole 'NUTHER Oprah!), I'd add a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil and drive around for a few miles BEFORE my oil change...

[Gussie2000]

As a guy that's been wrenchin' on stuff for 45 years, I can't personally recommend running ANY engine for ANY amount of time with 45% of the recommended oil level. If I was into the whole "engine flush" thang (I'm NOT, but that's a whole 'NUTHER Oprah!), I'd add a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil and drive around for a few miles BEFORE my oil change...

If the engine's oil capacity is 4.3 quarts according to isuzu that means 2 quarts is about 48% doing a quick math
Now guys,the whole meaning about how I flush my engine is the method i does do it,you all can add three quarts,4 quarts or 5 & apply the method the same way,got it ?

An engine blows when there's no oil pressure & over heated
I'll put you guys on the test table by asking how low our engine needs to go the breaking point ?

[TheGanzman]

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...

[Gussie2000]

I'm just curious Gussie, where did you get the idea to do oil changes that way? Was it passed down by dad or researched or what? I personally, run seafoam thru everything for a few days before an oil change to loosen up gunk. I also used to use a quart of Marvel to replace a quart of oil during changes (4 qts oil/1 qt Marvel) but found the oil level drops a quart pretty quickly - a few hundred miles. When I use a full 5 quarts of oil though it seems to maintain its level.

Hi zeus
Being on the inquisitive side of the street is better then be on the challenging one,that's why i replay to you........

I change my oil that way simply because a engine with low mileage doesn't need any seafoam,although the seafoam is the best known engine flushing aplication so far,but it should only use on high mileage engines that doesn't had a good maintainance's record,today's engine oil has enough detergents & cleaning properties to keep the engine clean,especially if you bought the car brand new.

Some engines does well with other cleaning aplications,others engines no,even engines built by the same manufacturer for the same vehicule does not respond to the same cleaning proceeds at the same mileage because once a brand-new car hits the street the engine will be exposed to different factors & conditions & even performed differently from another car with the same engine.

That's what i stand for,i don't challenge any body way's to maintain their vehicule,but is also good to read,learn,watch & understand other's point of view even though you may not agree,follow & just think is bogus or a bunch of BS.

My 1rst vehicule was a 2nd generation toyota MACHO,a SUV that looks quite similar to the two doors trooper,which i purchased brand new when i was only 17 in 1991 & turn it into a rally cross SUV back in my country (venezuela) & became member of the national isuzu 4x4 rally club,that buggy never,ever dropped on me even with all the beat i gave him,months before coming into the US back in 2004 i sold it to my cousin with the average of 135K miles performing the same oil proceed i've shared with you guys & as today that buggy still runs with almost 240K on the clock because my cousin does the same stuff as i did.

I'm aware that i'm a newbie here & probably many old members consider that newbies aren't well aknowledge about cars,but that theory doesn't always apply,even though i am not the hand-on-tool kind of guy because never liked to mess around with greasy parts,but i know pretty well how a car works from up down,have no doubts about that.

I never add any oil flushing additives into that toyota macho's engine which in fact is also a V6 with 198 HP & never had to do any rebuilt job on it & because my Vx had only 38K on the clock at the time of purchased i knew oil additives isn't needed & confirmed by my mech when he tear down the upper block to work on the valve train.

And with this post i consider this thread over. Thank you !