Pixeljunkie
07/28/2004, 05:10 PM
Sadly, my first post, is about the death of my VXs engine.
I've done some poking around the site and it seems I'm not really alone.
I had the oil light pop on/heavy knocking thing happen. I only have 38K on the car, have been religious about oil changes (synthetics). It had been only about 3K miles since the last oil change. I was on a drive home from LA in the middle of B.F.E. when it all happened. I pulled over, put in about 3 qrts of oil, then took it to the oil change place the very next morning. They said it was dry. (after the 3 qrts!) The knocking had gotten significantly worse.
I had it towed to a dealer. He says its pretty much fubar'd. They're calling the manufacture as I'm still under the warranty time (by one week!). Im not too hopefull as the guy I talked to at Isuzu says "well if the oil was dry, it's your fault, service error." My argument is "5QTs of oil in 3K miles? gimme a break!". I would expect that from a car with 100+K miles, but certainly not 38K, very pampered miles.
Dealer is quoting something on the order of $10K to replace and install the engine. My question is; do I roll it off a cliff and claim the insurance or is there anyone out there who can suggest a more sane solution. ( I find out today if the warranty is going to cover it, but I'm going to think worse case for now).
Does anyone else find this case to be...odd?
HELP!!!
Desperate in San Fran!
(..and no, no oil leaks, I 've never seen any puddles of anything under the truck)
I've done some poking around the site and it seems I'm not really alone.
I had the oil light pop on/heavy knocking thing happen. I only have 38K on the car, have been religious about oil changes (synthetics). It had been only about 3K miles since the last oil change. I was on a drive home from LA in the middle of B.F.E. when it all happened. I pulled over, put in about 3 qrts of oil, then took it to the oil change place the very next morning. They said it was dry. (after the 3 qrts!) The knocking had gotten significantly worse.
I had it towed to a dealer. He says its pretty much fubar'd. They're calling the manufacture as I'm still under the warranty time (by one week!). Im not too hopefull as the guy I talked to at Isuzu says "well if the oil was dry, it's your fault, service error." My argument is "5QTs of oil in 3K miles? gimme a break!". I would expect that from a car with 100+K miles, but certainly not 38K, very pampered miles.
Dealer is quoting something on the order of $10K to replace and install the engine. My question is; do I roll it off a cliff and claim the insurance or is there anyone out there who can suggest a more sane solution. ( I find out today if the warranty is going to cover it, but I'm going to think worse case for now).
Does anyone else find this case to be...odd?
HELP!!!
Desperate in San Fran!
(..and no, no oil leaks, I 've never seen any puddles of anything under the truck)