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#8341 of 11965 Oil consumption path by boxtrooper

Aug 29, 2003 (10:34 am)

IMHO the path for oil consumption in Isuzu engines is piston blow by resulting in high crank case pressure resulting in a high flow rate of oily crank case air back to the enine air intake. This would explain why my 1995 burned more oil under heavy load and nearly no oil burning at light load. My 1984 Trooper had high crankcase pressure and used 0.5 to 1.5 qt. / 1000 miles from 30K miles to 200K miles, then I sold it still running great.
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Experiment: drive really light on engine demand and see if your oil burning rate reduces.

#8342 of 11965 re: auxiliary lamps by troop2shos

Aug 29, 2003 (10:35 am)

IMO, the best auxiliary lights I've ever installed & used were Cibie & Hella (driving & fog). A good quality reflector & lens makes all the difference & will brighten your day - regardless of the bulb output.

#8343 of 11965 Re: oil by cracovian

Aug 29, 2003 (2:07 pm)

Not to screw up anybody's "theory" or anything but my one-year old has been burning oil on and off since new (17 miles). We baby it all the time (never go over 2800RPMs) but that's not good either 'cause someone here has already told me that not driving it *hard* enough is the reason for oil burning

#8344 of 11965 Test Drive by sbcooke

Aug 29, 2003 (8:58 pm)

I took today off. I went to a mini cooper dealership and got to take one for a test drive. The salesperson really let me get on it through some twisty hilly roads. A lot of fun. It is a much different drving experience from a truck.

#8345 of 11965 Oil by paisan

Aug 29, 2003 (11:23 pm)

Well I'll find out how my trooper did on it's new oil. I changed over to 10-40 Castrol Synthetic from 5-30 Mobil 1.
 
-mike

#8346 of 11965 Oil consumption ... by cwmoser

Aug 30, 2003 (5:28 am)

Regarding oil consumption, I have a suspicion that the reason that one uses more oil than the other is the way it was broke in - those first 2,000 miles. I bought mine when it had about 20 miles on it and it was babied - well it still is.
 
There is a break-in schedule in the owners manual.

#8347 of 11965 Two questions re: brakes by schweikb

Aug 30, 2003 (8:18 am)

I have a'98 Trooper S automatic with 105K miles on it. Had the original rear brakes done (pads, rotor cutting) at 88K and the original fronts 95K. Here are the questions:
1)Since the fronts were done I hear a scraping, clicking sound from the right front area when braking at low speed . When maneuvering in a parking lot I hear like "click, click, crunch, crunch" whenever I put the brakes on with the wheels turned at an angle. The noise is most common on very hot days - over the winter I don't hear it at all. Sometimes I open the passenger window in a parking lot to hear it but nothing, but then as summer comes, the noise comes too. I had the Isuzu dealer check it out twice, but they say there is nothing loose or wrong with the brakes. I am wondering if it could relate to the rotors being turned down too much and the stock clips or springs holding the pads being little loose since they were designed for a thicker (when new) rotor. When it is cold out the lube firms up and keeps the clips from moving about. When it is hot everything gets more fluid and the clips move - hence noise. Any thoughts on any part of this issue?
2) I have a very steep hill in my area and every time I drive down this hill and start braking to stop at the bottom I get a loud and very disarming scraping noise from the rear of the vehicle. I sounds like I picked up a tree branch and it is dragging. The noise is kind of cyclical like it is related to something rotating. The first time it happened (almost 2 years ago) I got out and checked the whole underneath, then when I went home I went underneath and tapped and shook anything I could find - but nothing loose. Once I stop at the bottom of that hill and take off again the noise is forever gone until the next time I come down that one very steep hill. I can drive around for 6-7 months and hear nothing back there, then the once I have to go that route, as sure as anything I know, the noise happens again - yesterday was one of those times.
It just occurred to me that it could be the emergency brakes. I thing they are drums, and if neglected and the shoes and/or linings disintegrate maybe there's a lot of loose lining material floating around inside of the drum unit that only starts acting up when the vehicle assumes this really severe down hill angle. Again, any thoughts, etc. would be appreciated.
Thanks,
 
Bob

#8348 of 11965 rears aren't drums by paisan

Aug 30, 2003 (10:16 am)

On the troopers. They are all discs. The rears have special drum-in-discs for the parking brake. It could be that they heat up more?
 
-mike

#8349 of 11965 Oil consumption ... by cwmoser

Aug 30, 2003 (11:56 am)

Regarding oil consumption, I have a suspicion that the reason that one uses more oil than the other is the way it was broke in - those first 2,000 miles. I bought mine when it had about 20 miles on it and it was babied - well it still is.
 
There is a break-in schedule in the owners manual.

#8350 of 11965 RE: rears aren't drums by paisan by schweikb

Aug 30, 2003 (3:58 pm)

Thanks for the reply.
From my earlier post: "Had the original rear brakes done (pads, rotor cutting) at 88K.." Yeah, I know the rear service brakes are disc. You say the rear emergency brake is a drum-in-disc.
This is what I meant (though not probably clearly expressed) in my comment: "It just occurred to me that it could be the emergency brakes. I think they are drums..."
Any thoughts how I can access the drum part of the disc-in-drum unit?
 
Thank you

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