Reply With QuoteGet a bike. The only thing that benefits from being used on a 10km commute is the human body.
A 10km commute by bike is half an hour if you are slow, 20minutes if you are quick and 15.5 minutes with a huge tail wind.
Master
Since I've moved house, I'm now only 10km from work and in the middle of suburbia. The isuzu is my main transport, so most days it makes the short 10km trip to work, and 9 hours later makes another short 10km trip home. The roads are 60 and 70 km/h and flat with a few sets of traffic lights for good measure.
I'm thinking that these trips aren't that good for the car as the oil wouldn't have a chance to get up to temp before it's all shut off again. The only hard work the car does now is towing a small box trailer 600m to the tip.
I love driving the car, but if these short trips are just killing it, perhaps I'm better off moving it on and driving my wifes Jimny to work instead.
ForumSage
Get a bike. The only thing that benefits from being used on a 10km commute is the human body.
A 10km commute by bike is half an hour if you are slow, 20minutes if you are quick and 15.5 minutes with a huge tail wind.
Master
I already have a bike, and use it. Late nights are a killer for the early morning ride. Plus the sunny gold coast weather turns to mostly rainy come summer time. I think I need to harden up and just ride anyway, until my body gets used to it
Swaggie
These days with ULSD, you shouldn't have much of a problem with sulphur buildup eating away components.
If you do oil analysis to keep an eye on things, and change the oil more frequently it should all be fine.
Wizard
Scott .
I think you should give it away to some nice man from down south who will be only to happy to help you out
Pete
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SubscriberThen you'd have 2 that you can't decide what to do withOriginally Posted by land864
Scott .
I think you should give it away to some nice man from down south who will be only to happy to help you out
Pete
Steve
Master
Should be fine, just take it for a blast every couple of weeks. You could of course take a longer route to work if you were really concerned, might defeat the purpose of moving closer to your place of employment though. I hope the tip is further than 600m from your place.
RoverLord
swing it up this way for a monthly health check.
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Master
I've been making use of the pedals this week. The cold isn't too bad once you get going.
I was mainly concerned that all the short trips would have a bad effect on the engine. It is a low km example after all, with less than 300,000 on the clock
I have to swap the box from an Lt85 to an LT95 in the very near future, so I haven't been taking it on any longer trips. The box is noisy in 5th and I keep thinking it'll go bang.
I have always looked for a good visco hub.early 3.9 had a visco hub.this was deleted for military due to cost and service.most isuzu trucks have the visco hub.in very cold weather it will lock up with no benifit but as the fluid inside heats up it should freewheel giving more power[less soot] and the engine will heat quicker.
does the engine have oil to water heat exchange.the 6cyl does.
might be a market for isuzu engines to remote the oil filer and water heat it.
in colder climates they have coolant and cab heaters.electric or diesel.
the idea is that you preheat the car before you try to start it.
these systems are common with australian ambulances and fire trucks.but rarely used.
core plug heaters [800W] are common in cold climates to stop freezing.
the cheep ebay adds with 110V-AC 800W heaters are common--Ive asked 3 electricians and got 3 different answers.none have said it would work.
if i buy 2 and run IN series tat should be the same as running 2x 12 volt DC lights on 24V???
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