i'm picking up a 95 2wd Nissan pick up.
the motor has a knock. it's a 4 cyl ka24e engine

my buddy has given me a GM 4.3 diesel. with low miles.
tranny and all!
i have access to 4 and 5 cylinder Mercedes non turbo diesels also.

i think i might try an jamb the 4.3 v6 in cuz it's what available to me at no
cost

any one here ever have or know much about the 4.3 diesel?

 

according to my old fart of a diesel tech here at work the 4.3 was actually pretty decent. he said it was way better that the 5.7l too. said he owned one for quite a few years and didn't have much problem with it all.

 

from what a friend of mine told me thge 4.3 was all diesel..
and the 5.7 was a gas conversion..

i dunno if that matters much?? i dunno any one that has one. this is the only one i have seen.

 

I might be wrong but I think the 4.3's are in LAV's. They will run like scalded dawgs.

 

lavs???
do you mean luv's?

i not 100% sure but i think they had 4 cyl Isuzu engines in them.

the engine i have came from a Buick i believe. i think they came in cadillacs also?

 

Isuzu had a 4 banger diesel in their I Mark pick-up (I think GM owns a chunk or all of Isuzu)

 

I believe I saw a cadillac a while back with one them diesels in it, it had mexican plates of course, and man it was rollin the coal.

 

They do not own any of Isuzu now .

 

Last I seen, they owned either 49% or 51% of Isuzu....... Thats how they got hooked up for Duramax,LTD.

 

Oops, I'll kinda will prove my self right and wrong here...

HISTORY

* 1971 - A capital agreement with General Motors is signed.
* 1972 - The Chevrolet LUV becomes the first Isuzu-built vehicle to be sold in the United States. A decade later, it is replaced by a domestic vehicle, the Chevrolet S-10.
* 1973 - Isuzu introduces the Gemini, which is co-produced with General Motors.
* 1981 - Isuzu-branded consumer and commercial vehicles are successfully exported to the United States. The Isuzu Pup is the first model sold to consumers.
* 1987 - The joint venture Subaru Isuzu Automotive Inc. (SIA) is established together with Fuji Heavy Industries, owner of Subaru.
* 1993 - Isuzu stops exporting the Stylus, its last car in America, after ending the Impulse the year before.
* 1996 - Isuzu's sales peak in the United States. Joe Isuzu is popular pitchman with implausible claims, was also hired for the Axiom.
* 1998 - General Motors and Isuzu form DMAX, a joint venture to produce diesel engines.
* 1999 - GM raises its stake in Isuzu to 49%, effectively gaining control of the company.
* 2001 - Isuzu sales begin to slide as the Rodeo and Trooper age. Movie Spy kids features Isuzu Axiom and Trooper.
* 2002 - Subaru buys Isuzu's share of US plant. Subaru Isuzu Automotive becomes Subaru of Indiana Automotive.
* August 14, 2002 - General Motors reduces its 49% share in Isuzu to 12% as part of a comprehensive recapitalization of Isuzu. GM also takes full control of DMAX and Isuzu Motors Polska, with Isuzu losing not just the factories but also ownership of all engine designs.Isuzu Troopers Are dropped out from the American Isuzu lineup.