Isuzu Dmax Owners [continued]

**jblue2000** · February 3rd, 2015 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by bugoys

*jblue, piloski- Wow! Ganda ng reviews niyo ah. Excited tuloy ako i test drive ulit yung unit. Hahahah. Wala kasi ako/kaming comparison sa ibang unit. Walang naka pick up sa village namin (meron xwind at adventure, no contest na yun), even sa mga relatives namin. We're still looking at the dmax and hilux din. But i think dmax din ulit ang bagsak namin. Heheheh.

Nag narrow down din choice ko between Hilux and Dmax.. Basically, pinili ko yung D-Max kasi mas updated design kaysa Hilux. At hindi ko rin naman mahihintay yung New Strada at Hilux kasi kailangan ko na talaga ng new vehicle..

**rna800** · February 4th, 2015 09:38 AM

*bugoys: Good to know at least tumaas na ang fuel reading mo. Sana hindi na yan bumaba. Have you tried a full tank method? For sure magkaiba yan.

Here was my trifecta last night.

Diesel in Unioil is at 23.70/liter. Less than 1100 for a full tank

Then this is the FC reading on my dash. I couldn't believe that it went up again.

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I computed via FT method when I got home and I got 12.125 kms/liter. Pataas ng pataas ang FC reading while pababa ng pababa ang price ng diesel.hehe

Gwapo nga ung bagong Navara, sir. Maganda din ang pricing.

*tisoy555: Hindi ko naman na experience yang mahirap isara. Siguro dahil nasanay na ako sa force so it would close properly.

Yes malakas talaga ang pag engage ng aircon clutch. May "tug" sound siya.

*piloski: Hopefully that would be one of the many good experiences that you will have with your Dmax, sir.

Regarding the kinda restricted acceleration, just observe after the 1st PMS and see if it changes.

We have a neighbor na puro pickup ang vehicles nila, T, M, F badges, honestly hindi ko ma determine kung sino ang pinaka tahimik kasi halos magkaka pareho ng tunog.hehe

*jblue2000: Maybe due to the insulation or sa condition ng engine. Pero pag pinagtabi mo sila, halos magkaka sing ingay lang. I have a Super Grandia and when idle, halos mag kasing tunog lang sila ng Dmax. If ever there is a difference, I think mas maingay ng konti ang Dmax due to the timing gears.

**bugoys** · February 4th, 2015 10:44 AM

*rna- Its back at 8.7kms/l. Heheheh. Im sure its the oil. I'll probably try other 15w-40, or revert to 10w-30. Or just stay with Delvac. Bahala na. Hahahah. Pero when I do ft method, its at 8.9-9.23kms/l.

**rna800** · February 5th, 2015 07:39 PM

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I've been there, sir bugoys. Nakaka inis talaga pag ganyan ang FC reading mo. Diyan kami nagtatawan ng SA ko sa Isuzu Commonwealth kasi parang V8 ang FC reading.hehe.

Ung akin, I can't wait to have it checked. Umiingay na ulit kasi ung dati kong narinig na sound and they found out it was the tensioner.

**bugoys** · February 6th, 2015 07:37 PM

Heheheh. It takes some getting used to. But i'll probably revert to 10w-30, or Shell r4x. Lately napansin ko lakas ng vibration sa 2100 rpm, at any gear, basta it passed 2100, but after that smooth na. Weird. Medyo oc kasi ako sa kotse, kaya dami ko napapansin.

Tensioner bearing ba yung culprit nung sayo? Or its a totally different thing? If its the former, nasa magkano ba yun? Mahirap talaga pag nag kaka edad na ang sasakyan.

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Heheheh. It takes some getting used to. But i'll probably revert to 10w-30, or Shell r4x. Lately napansin ko lakas ng vibration sa 2100 rpm, at any gear, basta it passed 2100, but after that smooth na. Weird. Medyo oc kasi ako sa kotse, kaya dami ko napapansin.

Tensioner bearing ba yung culprit nung sayo? Or its a totally different thing? If its the former, nasa magkano ba yun? Mahirap talaga pag nag kaka edad na ang sasakyan.

**tisoy555** · February 8th, 2015 03:53 AM

I was able to test my Dmax LS AT like sir piloski did, 0 to 100 kph from standstill point. It clocked about 11++sec on AT mode and on MT mode about 10++sec, not bad for a pick up truck. I doing this to check if there is a problem with my turbo coz as i mentioned para malakas sipol nya. But if this is the case, sumipol na lng sya ng sumipol hamgang gusto nya. Hehehehe. So far iam well satisfied with this ute, its ride, fuel efficiency and power when u need it. Planning to change wider tires to 265 to have a more stable ride into curves.

**bugoys** · February 9th, 2015 06:35 PM

I really wonder, why they slap on a 245 tire on the dmax, wherein almost all the competition is at 265, except I think the Navara which is the same if not lower.

*tisoy- Sir, let us know if your fuel mileage, acceleration, 0-100kph change after you change your tire to a larger one.

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I really wonder, why they slap on a 245 tire on the dmax, wherein almost all the competition is at 265, except I think the Navara which is the same if not lower.

*tisoy- Sir, let us know if your fuel mileage, acceleration, 0-100kph change after you change your tire to a larger one.

**tisoy555** · February 19th, 2015 06:52 PM

Have driven straight 450kms, with only wiwi breaks along the route here in southern Negros, bilib talaga ako sa riding comfort nito Dmax LS 2014, wala stress sa katawan. MID fuel avg 12.5klm/ltr.with Petron diesel.

**-freelancer-** · February 24th, 2015 02:03 AM

Its already 2015... Kelan kaya lalabas ang dmax with vgs sa bansa natin? (4jk1-tcx or better yet the 4jj1-tcx). If isuzu ph can do it with the mu-x, bat di kayang gawin sa d-max...