5 discussions on MotorsForum about the Isuzu 4XE1: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.
Ok, I just got my new crank-mounted oil pump. It came with a blue papergasket instead of the factory o-rings (no gasket came off the old pump). Thegasket goes all around the pump and also covers the o-ring slots around theoil...
Ok, so disassembling everything for my head gasket replacement WAS goingwell, in fact all too well, so fate had to do something drastic. Goteverything off except the intake manifold and cam sprocket. I go toslack the timing belt, and the...
I have a pretty standard timing belt setup; two gears, a water pump, and atensioner/idler. I was talking to someone and timing belts came up. Imentioned that after replacing my timing belt, if I stood near the belt and hadsomeone hit the...
Well, for those of you who have kindly responded to my previous questions,this is becoming a bit of a saga. We obtained a new timing tensioner andmounting bolt, and the motor is put back together, so I decided to installthe timing belt...
OK, long story short, my 3 month old head gasket is blown. I've no choice butto put another one on, but I would like to brainstorm what could possibly bethe problem in advance of pulling the head and seeing the evidence for myself.The...