1998 isuzu trooper 3.5 liter engine failure at 74,000 miles. No rebuilt or used engines available anywhere in USA. One garage in chandler, az said it was an engineering problem with failure #1 engine cylinder with 60 to 90,000 miles. They are doing alot of business with this, even selling overhauls on e-bay.
1998 Isuzu Trooper engine complaints
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Isuzu trooper intake manifold is faulty. Mfr. Will not issue recall.
Excessive oil consumption.
1998 troopers had a service bulletin regarding faulty intake gaskets, which they will not participate in replacing if the vehicle is out of the warranty period. There is a safety factor to this issue, my vehicle has stalled while at lower RPM's causing lose of control, after changing to updated gaskets the car no longer stalls.
While traveling and without any indication vehicle started jerking soon after vehicle died and was towed. Technician noticed transmission needed to be replaced.
Engine intermitently stalls at the various speeds specially at the free exits and the stops for traffic lights.
Vehicle stalls when making slow turns and when coming to a stop. Vehicle taken to dealer 4 times, cannot remedy. Vehicle has stalled numerous times, up to 6 times a day.
Gaskets leaky. Caused extra fuel to be dumped to engine. Did not get burned. Damaged all 6 spark plugs. Necessitated flush of fuel injector, replacement of all 6 plugs, replacement of all gaskets.
While driving, noticed white steam coming from hood. Vehicle taken to dealer and informed of a head gasket failure, repairs were made at no cost to consumer. *ak the head gasket failure is a serious problem with isuzu troopers and should be investigated.
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