If you find a good one let me know!
I think you would have to cut a hole in the fender to install it.
If you find a good one let me know!
Ez pz.I think you would have to cut a hole in the fender to install it.
Yeah I saw a couple of this era with the GM 2.8 when I worked at Saturn (they used to be izuzu before I was there). I never saw issues with the GM 2.8 but the later 3.2 izuzu would burn a lot of oil and a couple of our customers ran them dry and spun bearings.I actually saw a 1st gen Trooper the other day ago - but it was nowhere as nice as yours.
Isuzu was weird back then - Japanese built but they also hit up GM’s parts bin thanks to that corporate affiliation. I think the V6 option was the same 2.8L used in the S-10 or Chevy Celebrity/Corsica/Beretta of that time before their in-house 3.2L V6?
If i recall the 3.2 was the engine in the rodeo, The trooper got the 3.5Yeah I saw a couple of this era with the GM 2.8 when I worked at Saturn (they used to be izuzu before I was there). I never saw issues with the GM 2.8 but the later 3.2 izuzu would burn a lot of oil and a couple of our customers ran them dry and spun bearings.
I think you're right about the engine sizes. We actually saw mostly rodeos and then a couple of the older troopers with GM engines....If i recall the 3.2 was the engine in the rodeo, The trooper got the 3.5
Both would drink oil in the last model years they were offered. I saw plenty of spun bearings on those engines when i worked at a gmc, Pontiac, buick, isuzu dealer. The isuzu customers tended to be fanatics.The last few model years of isuzu made vehicles were sold with 10 year 120k powertrain warranties from the factory.
Some of the last isuzu vehicles offered were rebadged gmc envoys 2005-2006? I don’t remember l what those were even called.
I can still here the voice of our polish technician saying "customer needs check ze oil frequently!"I had a 95 Rodeo with the 3.2 that I bought at about 70k. It used about a quart of oil every 1000 miles or so as long as I owned it. The oil pressure gauge also read low, so I used Delo 15w40 in it. I never put a mechanical gauge on it to check the actual oil pressure, but it didn't seem to cause any problems and had lasted close to 200K miles when I gave it away to a family member who drove it for several years after that.
At one point I had to pull the upper intake manifold to replace an o-ring in a coolant tube, so while I was in there that far I decided to pull the heads to mike the valves and guides and put in new valve stem seals to see if I could stem the oil burning. The valve guides clearances were fine and the new valve stem seals did bupkis to slow the oil consumption. The cylinders all still had beautiful crosshatching, too, north of 150k miles.
The Ascender.Some of the last isuzu vehicles offered were rebadged gmc envoys 2005-2006? I don’t remember l what those were even called.
The Axiom I could handle but the Vehicross is just a little too Buck Rodgers/Space Patrol kind of weird for my taste. I'd rather have a Pontiac Aztec (but barely).The Ascender.
I get the fanatic thing - if i happened upon a cheap Axiom or Vehicross I don't think I'd say no.
Isuzu branding from memoryIf i recall the 3.2 was the engine in the rodeo, The trooper got the 3.5
Both would drink oil in the last model years they were offered. I saw plenty of spun bearings on those engines when i worked at a gmc, Pontiac, buick, isuzu dealer. The isuzu customers tended to be fanatics.The last few model years of isuzu made vehicles were sold with 10 year 120k powertrain warranties from the factory.
Some of the last isuzu vehicles offered were rebadged gmc envoys 2005-2006? I don’t remember l what those were even called.
Isuzu branding from memory
Hombre = S10/Sonoma (GMT325)
Ascender = Trailblazer/Envoy/9⁷x (GMT360)
i Series pick-up = Canyon/Colorado (GMT355)
They shut the door January of '09, so some MY08 models were being sold in 2009/2010
With a 10 year warranty, the last one probably expired sometime in 2020
Enjoy this painfully 1990s dealer training video for the Vehicross
So a weird little quirk the rodeo/passport had some hydraulic valve lash adjusters that looked like a 357 sig bullet. They had some mechanism inside that would collapse like a bad lifter causing a ticking noise. There wasn’t a option to purchase them in the isuzu catalog. But curiously honda had a pn and we the isuzu dealer would buy from the honda dealer to get that part. We the isuzu dealer many times would get sublet passports and slxs.Don't forget that the Trooper was sold as the Acura SLX and the Honda Passport / Isuzu Rodeo.
So a weird little quirk the rodeo/passport had some hydraulic valve lash adjusters that looked like a 357 sig bullet. They had some mechanism inside that would collapse like a bad lifter causing a ticking noise. There wasn’t a option to purchase them in the isuzu catalog. But curiously honda had a pn and we the isuzu dealer would buy from the honda dealer to get that part. We the isuzu dealer many times would get sublet passports and slxs.
Isuzu branding from memory
Hombre = S10/Sonoma (GMT325)
Ascender = Trailblazer/Envoy/9⁷x (GMT360)
i Series pick-up = Canyon/Colorado (GMT355)
They shut the door January of '09, so some MY08 models were being sold in 2009/2010
With a 10 year warranty, the last one probably expired sometime in 2020
Enjoy this painfully 1990s dealer training video for the Vehicross
HalfwayGood luck!!