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Diesel engine powered small vehicles

I don’t really know what will be the best way to show off my ever increasing fleet of four banger diesel powered vehicles.

But here goes anyway.Cool
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I like the color of this little 1984 VW Rabbit. This one still needs work, but I’ll make her sing again.

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Is this the smallest diesel engine you ever saw? VW Rabbit.
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We got two VW Rabbits at the same time. This one is running and gets an astounding 50-60 MPG! We’ve only run five gallons of biodiesel through it because we just bought it and the processing season just began.
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Amazing that the bodies on these 25 year old Rabbits are in such good shape.
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My favorite four banger is a rare 1986 Isuzu Trooper turbo diesel.
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It ain’t much to look at and leaves a lot to be desired areodynamically, but this is a very reliable truck and it had a huge box.
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Yeah baby I love a truck full of tools! The bumper sticker reads, "I Love the Smell of Biodiesel in the Morning!"
 
 
1986 Isuzu Trooper decided to spew a couple of quarts of oil a week ago, probably through the lame vacuum pump alternator device. Problem is the turbo is now making a racket, I replaced or better described as a re-swap of the turbo that was originally in there from one of the other Troopers I have, sigh. Thjat was about two months ago, I should have fixed the oil leak then but I have too  many other projects happening right now, and besides that the only thing I use my Trooper for is wireless Internet installations, and the economy is so bad that I haven’t had the hours to make up a decent work week in months, alas no money.

I parked the Trooper, and will pull the turbo, again, big sigh, and see about rebuilding it. The first turbo has a busted shaft, so it isn’t fixable, but this one maybe. I am tempted to go with another vehicle, as ever since the first turbo blew big time, the engine is really gutless.  I am looking at a Cummings diesel lustfully

Whether it will work in my Trooper or I have to change to a dodge body I haven’t decided yet.
This means I may be interested in selling off my two Trooper diesel vehicles, I have no idea what they are worth, both need engine work now, one has a very clean body.

 

Whether it will work in my Trooper or I have to change to a dodge body I haven’t decided yet.
This means I may be interested in selling off my two Trooper diesel vehicles, I have no idea what they are worth, only what I have into them, $800.00 on the white low mileage Trooper and $1000.00 for the one I have been using for work, both need engine work now, one has a very clean body.

 

Here is the latest issue I’m dealing with the Isuzu diedel turocharger

This one has a busted axle shaft

This one I just sent off to supernaturalturbo.com

Hope for the best