2004 Isuzu 3.0 Rodeo advice needed

[flatyre]

Hey folks I have been offered a 2004 Isuzu 3.0 Rodeo for £1400. The owner is a reputable farm machinery dealer and ifor rep so it's probably done a fair amount of towing. He lost the ifor franchise so parked the Isuzu up and its sat at the back of his yard for the past year. Its a bit battered round the back end but the front end and doors look good, not sure of the miles but he said it ran perfectly and has never had a spanner near it. Now here in Northern Ireland vehicles are more expensive than on the UK mainland so with that in mind can anyone tell me if the price is good, bad, or fair (based on average mileage) and if anyone has owned one what to look out for?

[RichieR]

I got a 2006 one. Not had it very long but I can't complain so far and they hold their value well

[mendiplogs]

Hey folks I have been offered a 2004 Isuzu 3.0 Rodeo for £1400. The owner is a reputable farm machinery dealer and ifor rep so it's probably done a fair amount of towing. He lost the ifor franchise so parked the Isuzu up and its sat at the back of his yard for the past year. Its a bit battered round the back end but the front end and doors look good, not sure of the miles but he said it ran perfectly and has never had a spanner near it. Now here in Northern Ireland vehicles are more expensive than on the UK mainland so with that in mind can anyone tell me if the price is good, bad, or fair (based on average mileage) and if anyone has owned one what to look out for?

 

HI MATE RICHIE on here has one they will tell you thanks jon

[Jackinthegreen]

I'd say that's reasonable ! , I've got a 2005 which has done over 200'000m and I still tow a lot of timber around , all I do is top it up with oil !..........regularly 😉

[mrstumpy]

The twin cam 3L version had A LOT of trouble with cracked heads - def avoid the twin cam 3L (older 3L and 3.1L and single cam 3L are fine).

[littlerob]

they export for 1700 pounds in england so you on a winner

[RichieR]

A mate bought his second hand 3 years ago for 12 grand. He used it for work towing every day. He just traded it in for DMax and got 10 grand trade in. Losing less than 700 a year I don't think you can go far wrong

[william127]

I'm not sure the 3.0 in the rodeo is the same as the trooper(the one with the reputation)is it?

For that price if you like it and it's got or can get a decent length mot I don't think you can lose really.

[mrstumpy]

I'm not sure the 3.0 in the rodeo is the same as the trooper(the one with the reputation)is it?

For that price if you like it and it's got or can get a decent length mot I don't think you can lose really.

 

The 3L twin cam in the Rodeo suffered from cracking between the valves (A local main dealer had a yard full of broken rodeos for a while, all requiring new heads). The 3L single cam is fine (4JH1-TC engine).

 

The 3L trooper had overheating on No. 4 Cylinder? Which I understand caused seizure. I'm not entirely sure, I didn't have one.

 

To be fair at that purchase price even if this Rodeo had a dead engine it would be fine.