Thread: Perentie Engine Oil Capacity and Indicators malfunction

I'm very impressed with your conversion and will do it one day - just not adept enough at electricals to attempt it at the moment!

Cheers

Mike

I did an engine oil and filter change (FleetGuard LF3642) on my 1989 Perentie GS last night, and just like Trraca and a few others have noticed, it will only take about 7L to hit the high mark on the dipstick, despite the 1987 EMEI Servicing Information indicating the engine oil capacity as being 8.5L. Just like the others did, I filled her up, took it for a spin, and rechecked the level which was still about 1.5cm above the high mark.

Of course, while draining the excess I had to lose grip of the sump plug, which then fell into and blocked the funnel I was using to catch it all but I estimate that I did indeed spill about 1.5L of oil onto the concrete and now the level is spot on

On the topic of sumps, the Isuzu 4BD1 export parts manual lists 3 sump variants, only one of which has the wings mentioned by Isuzurover.

After some more digging, I found that the 4BD1 Army Landrover Parts list gives part number 8944663610 for the sump which lines up with one of the 2 non winged sumps in the Isuzu Export Parts list.