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This past Sunday felt lovely. The sun came out the second half of the day, and the air was at a pretty moderate temperature for a Utahn February. 4:45 in the afternoon finally rolled around after a long day of relaxing and enjoying being off from school, and my mother sent me a text informing me when my sister would arrive at the train station just as she always does. I got in the Reno and let down all of the windows for the first time all winter; it was a nice feeling. I took the long route to the train station as I left earlier than I needed to and had time to spare. The cool wind rushed inside the car and felt great. However, it got pretty chilly after so long so I put the windows back up and turned on the heat. After a tedious twenty minutes of sitting at the train station due to some delays regarding the train system, my sister finally arrived and got in the car. We drove home on the route we always take, and it was quiet, minus the music and road noise. After turning onto our street, I saw a big, black SUV sitting in the driveway, backed in. I also suddenly remembered I had left the garage door open, as the station wasn't far and I expected to be back home within a reasonable amount of time. I instantaneously assumed we were being robbed, and my sister told me to circle the block in case we were actually being robbed and the thief was armed. After driving past my house and looking back, I noticed my brother walking around the SUV and I was greatly relieved, and then I promptly used someone's driveway to turn around. I drove back and pulled into the driveway where my brother met me by the car and I started asking questions. "Did you trade the Magnum? Or the Envoy?" After a brief pause, my brother replied with, "Neither, this is for you..." After taking a moment to process what had been said I turned off the Reno and started doing the normal surprised reaction most people do when they are surprised with a gift. I never would have thought my brother would go to the trouble of purchasing me a car, let alone this:
I give you my 1994 Isuzu Trooper LS. It is without doubt one of the best vehicles I have ever driven, and despite my young age and only having been a licensed driver for half a year, I've driven enough vehicles to make a valid comparison. This car (or truck) is equipped with all of the goodies that were offered back in its debut. It has power and heated seats, power-folding side-view mirrors that are also heated, fog lights, headlight washers and wipers, a 4x4 system that I haven't tested yet, and a ginormous sunroof... that doesn't work. That actually brings me to the next subject, the maladies. Seeing as it's a 20-year-old car that clearly wasn't taken care of as much as it should have been by one of the previous owners, it inevitably came with several issues that a most car people would consider priorities, as they deprive the car of its health and full potential when driving.
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Last night my dad and I pulled the car into the garage to see if we could find anything peculiar or figure out how to make it run smoother. So my dad's first action was to check the spark plugs. This is what they looked like after pulling them out:
As bad as this may look, it didn't seem to be the issue, because from what my dad and I understand, the engine actually circulates oil through the all of the working parts, such as the spark plug holes and the tubes. There are little rubber seals around the plugs on the end of the tubes that keep oil from interfering with the spark transfer, apparently. Even though this seems to be the case, the car may be seeing a new valve cover gasket in the future. As for the issue mentioned earlier that we were searching for, we discovered that the spark wires were plugged-in in the wrong order, meaning cylinders 2 and 4 were swapped. This caused the engine to backfire and sputter under acceleration. After rewiring them correctly, it ran considerably smoother, and there wasn't such a strong smell of exhaust and burnt oil.
Pretty clean engine for its age, it also has a nice layout, I think.
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I give you my 1994 Isuzu Trooper LS. It is without doubt one of the best vehicles I have ever driven, and despite my young age and only having been a licensed driver for half a year, I've driven enough vehicles to make a valid comparison. This car (or truck) is equipped with all of the goodies that were offered back in its debut. It has power and heated seats, power-folding side-view mirrors that are also heated, fog lights, headlight washers and wipers, a 4x4 system that I haven't tested yet, and a ginormous sunroof... that doesn't work. That actually brings me to the next subject, the maladies. Seeing as it's a 20-year-old car that clearly wasn't taken care of as much as it should have been by one of the previous owners, it inevitably came with several issues that a most car people would consider priorities, as they deprive the car of its health and full potential when driving.
This badge indicates that I have the top-of-the-line model.
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Last night my dad and I pulled the car into the garage to see if we could find anything peculiar or figure out how to make it run smoother. So my dad's first action was to check the spark plugs. This is what they looked like after pulling them out:
As bad as this may look, it didn't seem to be the issue, because from what my dad and I understand, the engine actually circulates oil through the all of the working parts, such as the spark plug holes and the tubes. There are little rubber seals around the plugs on the end of the tubes that keep oil from interfering with the spark transfer, apparently. Even though this seems to be the case, the car may be seeing a new valve cover gasket in the future. As for the issue mentioned earlier that we were searching for, we discovered that the spark wires were plugged-in in the wrong order, meaning cylinders 2 and 4 were swapped. This caused the engine to backfire and sputter under acceleration. After rewiring them correctly, it ran considerably smoother, and there wasn't such a strong smell of exhaust and burnt oil.
Pretty clean engine for its age, it also has a nice layout, I think.
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