Same procedure (basically) for Isuzu rodeos, pickups, and Amigos that use the 2.6 or 2.3. Check out my facebook page for articles, photos, and other Trooper …
Isuzu Trooper 2.6 cylinder head installation
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What you know on these drivetrains? could i swap 89 amigo 2.6 4×4 parts into my 94 2.6 4×2 amigo? Then take 94 2wd parts and put into 89? Would everything bolt up I’m wondering? Issue is also how do I know what gear axle ratio I have is there tag? worse case i guess is swapping rear end also.
Thank you very much. I wanted to make sure before buying. So really on these older 2.6 ‘s then it really doesn’t matter what 2.6 head you use unless it’s a 93 isuzu or newer?
That’s all correct
What do you know on 89 4ze1 2.6 heads? Have an 89 with cracked head and gasket was out stamped with “1” in upper left corner. found complete redone head with everything included but still waiting on stamp number from seller. What do you know on these stamped number versions been hard to find out what they mean and interchangeability. so far info points to “1-6” stamped will fit. anything with stamped “93” is new version or smaller combustion chamber which if used gives higher compresion.correct?
is this the same for the 96 rodeo?
Design flaw. Normal, surprised it’s still running. Make sure you check the oil like a hawk or that thing will spin the #1 rod bearing in a heart beat. I’d get in the routine of running rotella oil in it and add a can of seafoam a day or 2 before every oil change for a while and maybe you can clean it up.
where u from johnnyhyfive. I have trooper 2002 eats up lots of oil. what causes it?
I have a question. I am looking at a safari trek rv with 4 cylinder Isuzu Diesel with 80,000 miles on the engine. The engine sounds good but is there anything else that I should be looking at ? Should the glow plugs be replaced and does this need a timing belt when it hits 100,000 miles ?
Thank you very much for your time.
Ya know, I thought I had removed them and stored them somewhere, but they weren’t around, so I assumed that, in another absent-minded fit, I had left them on the original head. Yesterday, I found them wrapped around one of the valve cover bolts.
They’re not stepped at all, just small round cylinders
I may have to take you up on your offer. Let me ask: are the dowel pins “stepped?” I got a pair of dowel pins that were a bit too big: I ground one down so that it just fit the opening in the block, but then found that the openings in the head were noticeably bigger. Thanks.
Very thoughtful offer: thanks. I ordered a pair that should be a close enough fit that I can grind them down to size.
I honestly don’t know, you may be able to get them at an auto parts store like NAPA or something. If not I could send you a pair.
I returned the old cylinder head to the place where I bought the replacement, but left the dowels on it: any idea where to buy more, or what to use as a makeshift replacement? Thanks.
I’m not sure what you mean by knicked edges. If there is any damage to the piston then it’s come into contact with something at some point. Nothing wrong with chasing the threads, I’ve personally never done it, but it’s certainly not going to hurt. I use painter’s wax and grease remover prior to setting the head gasket down, I’m sure denatured alcohol would work fine, you just need to get any oil and dirt off the block surface. I’ve never used any type of gasket sealer, that’s a no-no on these.
I’m cleaning up the block of my 2.6 to install a new head, and the pistons have the same knicked edges as yours: what’s that from? I’ve read in many forum posts that, aside from cleaning out the head bolt wells, you should chase the threads clean, too: your thoughts? What’s that fluid you used to clean up the head just before installing the dowel pins? Did you ever use that copper spray on a head gasket? Thanks for the video!
I have a 95 rodeo i need to replace head gasket and exhaust manifold gasket. Thanks for the video. I have no experience doing it, but your video gives some good info.
Jack, you can pull the trans and clutch off and get the flywheel off. You’ll need to either get an impact on those bolts or keep the motor from turning and get them with a breaker bar. You can remove the spark plugs from either 2&3 or 1&4 and run them all the way down and fill them with oil and then put the plugs back in, this will keep the engine from turning over while you break the bolts loose if you have to do it by hand.
Ron (Lowzone) on planetisuzoo may have some.
Thanks by sharing Johnny, It’s almost the same at my 2.3 and the tensioner part was a really headache the time that I have replaced the head gasket, BTW I would like know if there some procedure to remove the flywheel while engine is mounted and tranny slipped apart, ’cause I have a horrible oil leaking behind it “a quarter every 100 miles” and flywheel bolts seem to be over torqued and hard to loose it, thanks once again 🙂
nice vid man. as for the harmonic balancer it suck that they don’t make them anymore but ther a website that will rebuild them do a running vid of it man