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Longevity of Jackaroo 3.2

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Longevity of Jackaroo 3.2

Post by Emo »

I was wondering if anyone had any experience or knowledge regarding the longevity of the Jackaroo (Isuzu) 3.2 V6? Looking at buying a 1992-1995 Jackaroo and most of these have done a few km's by now. The bodies and interiors appear to hold up very well so I was wondering about the motor. What sort of milage can you expect to get out of one of these engines?
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Post by Westoztroopa »

I've got a '92 model with 170,000 km on it and it still runs like a charm. They appear to be very reliable units. As with a lot of the Isuzu engines, they can sound a little rattly at times but this is fairly normal and can be ignored most of the time. Had it for 4 and a half years and am extremely happy with it all round.

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Post by dumbdunce »

have a friend with a 92 with 160,000km, it starts and runs like near new, no smoke, makes good power.

it was a b itrattly in the top end, not sure if it required cam bucket shimming or what he did to it but now it is sweet.

they are pretty good value.
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Post by DAZZ »

Isuzu in the US give very good warentee periods for engine\drivetrain. There trucks are very reliable also....
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Post by gregp »

I'm very happy with my 3.2 even though its from a newer model and not a Jack.. (2000 Frontera) still the same motor as such. Already done 165,000km and still sounds as good as the first day rolling out of the show room.
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Post by WOLF »

I have a friend with a 92 JACK and it has 420,000 on the clock.I have hered of them doing close to 500,000 no problems, great little donk. :cool:
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Post by PigPen »

My V6 SWB has 260 K's on it - Compression good and even across all cylinders , No smoke and No oil use at ALL

Sometimes has noisy lifter on cold mornings - However this dissapears on warm up

If you regularly change all fluids (Engine . Gearbox Diffs . Transfer .Brake .Clutch and Radiator )you should have a long lasting economical 4x4

I give mine hell and it just keeps going !!


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Post by Westoztroopa »

Woohoo! Another V6 Jackaroo shorty. Welcome! :cool:

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Post by DAZZ »

At this rate we will have to start a SWB Jackaroo forum!!!! *HEHE* :P :P
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Post by Westoztroopa »

Yeh, now we'll have to find the owners of the other 3 that were sold in Australia... ;) :roll: :D

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Post by PigPen »

Thanks for the welcome fellas

Funny you should say sumfin about the lack of " Shorty's "

I drove from Melb to Cape York land return last year only seen 2 like mine

Thought they must be escaped mutants from the factory

Interesting enuf - I went with 5 other couples- Patrols and Discovery's

The Jack was the only one not to break anything underneath for the entire trip
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Post by DGPirie »

My Frontera was the only one to go to the Cape unscathed last June also. To be fair the Patrol only had tyre probelms (the only ones on the trip) and the old 60 broke an aerial mount on the bullbar. The Prado ratteld to bits and the Bravo did a CV.

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Post by liddell »

Westoztroopa wrote:Yeh, now we'll have to find the owners of the other 3 that were sold in Australia... ;) :roll: :D

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Post by goodo59 »

Happy to bust into the clan fella`s, i have a shorty as well 92 Jacka, never part with it ether, best thing on two wheels, she`s a bit noisy when she`s hot , but it`l go anywhere, iv`e had it up against my sons GQ 4.2 Nissan and shocked the shit out of him, on more than one occasion.
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Post by sudso »

I recently sold my 3.2 Rodeo (quad cam)
285K on the clock, been on dual fuel for the last 9 years.
While I had it I replaced one exhaust valve and re shimmed all the cam buckets that needed doing.
Other than that there has been nothing else needed fixing in the four years I had it other than the usual wear and tear items of a rig thats done over 200km. Never even had an oil leak.
If looked after they should be good for 500K easy. Quite a well made and durable engine IMO, better than the previous SOHC 3.2 in the early Jacks.
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Post by samorgs »

I have a Frontera with the 3.2V6 and it has 205K on it and no problems.
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Post by Timma »

hey mate,
my 3.2 has 246k on it. starting to lose a bit of power now but still going strong.
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Post by medion »

One left to find..........................


I have a late 92 model SWB Jackaroo as well :lol:
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Re: Longevity of Jackaroo 3.2

Post by madabout80s »

I have a 92 shorty never seen another one on the road i must be the last one
who said i couldnt make it up that hill
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