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#1 of 4 help oil change/tune up by cmow5 Feb 20, 2008 (8:46 pm)
OK long story short. I just bought a 94 rodeo 4x4 3.2. I got it for 700 dollars because the previous owner was worried about the infamous Isuzu ticking/tapping/knocking. So he would not let his son drive it with that noise and let it sit for two years only starting it to move it out of the way once in a while. It started right up for me and got me home(1 hour). I want to replace ALL fluids and a tune up. Problem is I never really worked on a vehicle that much. Heres my questions. Oil is black, but not leaking. How do I clean all of that out, synthetic oil? change the oil every few hundred miles for a while? use sea foam or rislone(spelling?)?. Also where the heck is the disturber cap? What else should I do. Honestly I have a little bit of money to fix this up and I have a couple buddy's that know there way around a car( or at least thinks they do). I love this truck and I would like to put some money in it to keep it going. I have a qustion about the head lights to, but I will start a new post for that. Replies to this message: chico8 (Apr 04, 2008 6:28 am)
#2 of 4 Re: help oil change/tune up [cmow5] by chico8 Apr 04, 2008 (6:28 am)
Replying to: cmow5 (Feb 20, 2008 8:46 pm) I own a 95 and I beleive these do not have distribution caps. When I have done a Tune up, I have changed sprk plugs, cables, and performed an oil change. You will need a a universal socket that has the ability to turn 90 degrees to get that last sprk plug at the end if this is a V6 engine. When you do the oil change, dump a quart of oil after you have finished draing it. DO not put the plug back in. Just dump the quart so that it flushes, then proceed as normal. These things are not that hard to do. Let me know how it goes. Good luck.
#3 of 4 by mwolfe Jul 03, 2008 (6:32 am)
I just bought a '97, and went through the same process. You should try to check when the timing belt was changed, they should be replaced around 75k miles. The guy I bought my rodeo from had no idea, so I got the stuff and did it myself as one of the first things. Not sure about the earlier models, but if there is a rectangular gizmo attached to the valve cover at each spark plug with two little bolts, you do not have a distributor cap ( or distributor ). Those gizmos are the ignition coils. A distributor cap shares a single coil with multiple spark plugs. These engines with 1 coil per plug don't need them. As for the oil, I like to add a quart of Marvel mystery oil (don't over-fill) to the old stuff and drive it around for a couple days before draining it. The MMO is cheap, seems to loosen stuff up and reduces the viscosity a bit, and really gets the gunk moving. I heard about using a synthetic oil to "clean the lifters" and quiet the engine, so I've been running that first, but i'll probably switch over to conventional after. I've heard mixed opinions about synthetic, particularly in engines not used to it. Rislone was supposed to be good at quieting lifters, that's in there now, and may have helped a bit, but not a religious moment. Seafoam is a cleaning agent, I'll try that next. The plugs are fun. I just used a 3/8 drive with a combination of extensions, but the one that is blocked by your master cylinder is the most fun. I ended up dropping the socket down the hole, then the extension, then attaching the wrench. Retreiving the pllug/socket required one of those pick-up graspy thingys. Take my advice, get a couple short extensions and universal joints. I decided on the iridium plugs, which should last a long time. Also, replace all your belts. The only thing more frustrating than getting stranded over a $20 part, is getting stranded over a $10 part. You can do without a/c, or power steering in a pinch, but if you loose your alternator/fan belt, you're stuck. Don't risk overheating your engine. Got your Hayne's manual yet? Good luck, hope this helps.
#4 of 4 oil change by nkwera Aug 08, 2008 (10:36 am)
what is the best engine oil type out there for a rodeo 1999 and if someone would help me how can i change transmission oil?

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