Vehicle
Isuzu Panther
The ladder-frame diesel MPV that carried Indonesian transport for three decades and is still working in large numbers, which is precisely the unsupported, out-of-warranty population this catalogue exists for. It is built around the 4JA1 and 4JB1 indirect and direct injection diesels — mechanical engines with a rotary injection pump, so it sets no fault codes at all on most examples and a scan tool has nothing to say. Diagnosis is compression, injector spray pattern, pump timing and fuel delivery. Knowing that up front is the single most useful thing about the model. The related Chevrolet Tavera shares the platform and the engines.
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Generations
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Second generation 1991–2021
Mechanical rotary-pump diesels that set no codes at all — diagnosis is compression, spray pattern and pump timing.
- Body styles
- MPV · Van · Pickup
- Platform
- Isuzu ladder frame
- Engines
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- 2.3 diesel — 4JA1 · diesel
- 2.5 turbo diesel — 4JA1 · diesel · 4JA1-T
- 2.8 diesel — 4JB1 · diesel · 64 kW (86 hp)
- 2.0 — 4ZC1 · petrol
- 2.2 — TBR30 · petrol
- 2.2 diesel — C223 · diesel
- 2.5 turbo — 4JA1-L · diesel
- 2.0 turbo — diesel · 2012-2015 Tavera Neo 3, India
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual MSG5K · 5-speed manual TR-2450 · 4-speed automatic AW03-72LE
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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