Here's what Mike Rossetti said as an introduction to the situation. In the audio, the issue is discussed at length and various ideas are put forward to minimize problems with the Isuzu fuel system, as well as discussing ways to maximize the system's longevity. This article also includes the approximately 26-minute audio interview held with both men. and Schwarze Industries, Inc., coordinated the interview we held with him and Mike Rossetti, Isuzu Commercial Truck's Director of Field Operations. James Barnes, one of Isuzu's regional managers who has long worked with sweeper manufacturers, Victory Sweepers, Inc. In this article we are providing the response from two top members of the U.S. We contacted Isuzu and provided the company representatives with our collected information. This may have contributed to fuel system issues, as well. However, once purchased by companies (like sweeper manufacturers) who were upfitting their product types onto these chassis, many of the purchased chassis sat unused for up to three years.
Isuzu sources confirmed that sales in the 20 model years were extremely brisk, likely for that reason. We also know, anecdotally, that the sweeper manufacturers stocked up on chassis built in those model years, in order to have them available to customers who did not want to be among the first to use the 2008 models. That, in and of itself, is cited as a potential cause of more fuel system problems. When the sulfur content went down, so did the lubrication ability of the fuel. The problem with the latter is that sulfur acts as a lubricant in the fuel system. At the same time, diesel fuel went to an ultra low sulfur content.
For the 2008 calendar year, Isuzu and other manufacturers were required to modify their chassis to include diesel particulate filter (DPF) systems. Initial speculation centered around the idea that the reported issues could be the result of the 2008 model year changes, by Isuzu and other manufacturers, that were mandated by the federal government. These seemed to especially concern the 20 model years. In the early months of 2014 the World Sweeper office received a number of reports from parking lot sweeping contractors concerning trouble they were having with the fuel systems on their Isuzu chassis.
Isuzu Responds to Reported Fuel System Issues by Ranger Kidwell-Ross Fleet Management Information for Sweeping Professionals
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