Isuzu Trooper 3.5 V6

I am looking to get another Isuzu Trooper after foolishly selling my 92 cheap. Looking at a 99 Trooper with 60,000 miles (gas), but I am concerned about the oil usage problem the 3.5 has. Talked to the previous owner and he said he has no problems -- Is the oil usage something that sets in at higher miles? or does this one sound safe to buy?

I own a 99 Trooper with the 3.5 gas engine. I have added Manual Hubs, Calmini Sway bars, Calimini air cleaner, upgraded to 285/75/16 tires,and OME shocks and springs.

It performs better than any company vehicle (explorers, Blazers, Sububans, Pick-ups) that I have used off road, and I put about 20 per cent of my mileage in on the dirt on right of ways.

It is very comfortable and has never had a mechanical problem only the roof weaknesses I mentioned in bad points.

I have even built a sleeping platform into using the one pictured in the Big Horn catalogue as a guide.

I would have prefered to get the diesel but GM in their wisdom(?) never offered it in the states.

I was a better vehicle than anything GM had to offer at the time or even possibly today.

I even sold my sister on one in Utah and they still have it and enjoy it.

I have just got an Isuzu Trooper 98, V6 3 5L. It is very powerful, and I am very happy with it. I will definitely take to some off road trips. It's his domain!!

I've got a 98 Trooper with 105,000 miles ten days ago. It runs really strong and so far is performing better than expected. I was affraid from buying it because of the reviews about oil usage of the 3.5 engine but so far it is doing really well. We're planning a trip to Boston ( we're from Florida) for christmas with my wife and our three years old boy. This is my first SUV and I can't wait to give it a try in the snow and mud.

Im now on my third Isuzu Trooper 4x4, the first was an '87 which was lost in a huricane in NJ after 250,000 miles. My second was an '86 unfoutunatly mother nature took her toll on the body and frame, the motor wouldnt die, with just over 200,000 on the clock when they took it last week. I now drive a '92 which I got as a graduation gift from my father, who knows how many of these trucks he's had, I lost count!, but each one of them had over 200,000 miles on them, I find that compared to the other 2 trucks i've had, this one is extremly under powered, that is the only thing that is keeping me from tricking it out with all the off road goodies, but I guess that just like the trucks them selves, if you have a vision, go for it, and with a bit of direction the truck will take care of the dirty work! I cant imagine driving anything else, snow, sand, mud, or just tooling about in my back yard, they wont quit. I've never owned anything else, belive me i've been trying to kill these things since I started driving and I still haven't done it! Happy trails all! -George.

Reliable, comfortable, go-anywhere capability, and class-leading passenger & cargo capacity. I looked at a number of SUV's for driving here in the Rockies, but the Isuzu Trooper was the best value up front and has been a low maintenance, highly reliable transport, making it through the toughest of blizzards, even when my 4x4 enthusiast, Jeep-driving friends are stuck at home. Loaded with power everything, leather heated seats, heated outside mirrors, 6-CD in-dash changer, and a power moonroof befitting an observatory, it's been a great SUV.

I have a 98 3.5 litre Isuzu Trooper. I'm wondering how many of you fellow Trooper drivers have to add a quart of oil about every 400 miles. I've spoken to a few other owners who say they also have to put in oil all the time. But no one really can tell me how much theirs is really using. I'm really wondering if there is something that needs to be fixed, or just live with it as a Trooper quirk.