TECH Thread - MITSUBISHI L200, Sportero, Triton.

[tourniquet]

^^ that, and also, at what mileage was it done ?

[venum]

i have the penultimate link for outside servicing

[ronsin1]

it was done in the firm personally by Mohammed I had one it st 55K Service Manual recommended at 50K
Venum the performance was not really changed however the little puff of black smoke when gears are changing is now no existent

[venum]

some real cnuts calling me today for my Teri . . .

today phone rings
guy: "aye yuh goh take 110 fuh yuh Sportero"
Me: "Boy go from here"
I hang up

[AllTrac]

lol give him this link

http://www.trinicarsforsale.com/databas ... #topofpage

[venum]

I feel it was Sheron's and them idiots

[d original riceman]

hey what is the part number for the chrome OEM mirror covers? and where can i get them locally besides the firm?

[ronsin1]

bella has three sportero's (two Red and one White) that are written off in his yard the last time I was there he may have the cover available

[DVSTT]

hey what is the part number for the chrome OEM mirror covers? and where can i get them locally besides the firm?

Have you considered installing the aftermarket ones with the indicator LEDs?

[venum]

hey what is the part number for the chrome OEM mirror covers? and where can i get them locally besides the firm?

Have you considered installing the aftermarket ones with the indicator LEDs?

get the good ones that the indicator lens do not fade yellow after 2 years

[Val]

I got the OEM style mirror covers from M. Rampersad.

[venum]

hope allyuh being safe fellas

[acmilan11]

Had a real hiccup yesterday, 7mth old rott puppy bite up and bust out the abs wire by the rear diff, bite up the left brakes line (only the outer layer though) so no leakage thank god, and nibbled the edge of the rear mud guard..lol..hmm this is a tcx model btw..bad dog

Abs light was on in the instrumental panel but I managed to cut out the bit up pieces and changed it completely with remote wire matching colors and was successful..abs light came off at once..parking vehicle inside at all times this rounds..lol

[paz]

bella has three sportero's (two Red and one White) that are written off in his yard the last time I was there he may have the cover available

where is this ..or number ...wanna get the switch for my driver seat ..it broke

[tourniquet]

me thinks I need to change the glow plugs; been noticing some hard starting on the sportero lately, followed by a puff of white smoke. Hopefully it's just the plugs and nothing else

[sweeks]

me thinks I need to change the glow plugs; been noticing some hard starting on the sportero lately, followed by a puff of white smoke. Hopefully it's just the plugs and nothing else

Mileage?

Battery good? Modern diesel engines needs good voltage. I recently had a similar problem where lights and horn were working but van refused to start. Before changing g-plugs swap out the battery to make sure.

[venum]

bella has three sportero's (two Red and one White) that are written off in his yard the last time I was there he may have the cover available

where is this ..or number ...wanna get the switch for my driver seat ..it broke

682-7179 Felicity

DM has it for $1300.00

[ado15mk3]

me thinks I need to change the glow plugs; been noticing some hard starting on the sportero lately, followed by a puff of white smoke. Hopefully it's just the plugs and nothing else

Mileage?

Battery good? Modern diesel engines needs good voltage. I recently had a similar problem where lights and horn were working but van refused to start. Before changing g-plugs swap out the battery to make sure.

what he said.
question: anyone knows if the glow plugs in the k74[t] are wired in series or parallel?

[sweeks]

i have the penultimate link for outside servicing

This link is Sweeky approved!

[tourniquet]

me thinks I need to change the glow plugs; been noticing some hard starting on the sportero lately, followed by a puff of white smoke. Hopefully it's just the plugs and nothing else

Mileage?

Battery good? Modern diesel engines needs good voltage. I recently had a similar problem where lights and horn were working but van refused to start. Before changing g-plugs swap out the battery to make sure.

sorry for the late response, I was offline for a few days
the truck is doing a little over 170K I didn't even consider the battery because that was only changed late last year, and the last time I checked on the battery itself (about a month ago), that seemed ideal. I'll have venum's penultimate link check it out hopefuly by this weekend

[sweeks]

That's a lot of mileage ...what sort of issues have you had?

[venum]

question: anyone knows if the glow plugs in the k74[t] are wired in series or parallel?

SERIES-PARALLEL

[ado15mk3]

^looks like 2+2. hmmm. interesting. so if #3 broke then 4 would be out but you still have 1+2 right?

[venum]

If by broke you mean the thick metal "harness"\conductor broke, then yes

but that is unlikely unless the vehicle got into an accident

if an individual plug bad, then it wouldn't affect the others as they all get current at the same time
so if one bad, then the others still heating so you may get a hard start, but it still start

[tourniquet]

That's a lot of mileage ...what sort of issues have you had?

I wasn't here when the sportero was purchased in 2008, but as far as I'm aware, we suffered from:
* the infamous air bag- clock spring issue
* clogged egr valve- however this was our first pickup with such, and quite frankly we didn't know better and depended on the firm to be proactive/ inform us that it was something which needed servicing; now we know better for both cases )
*we're experiencing a clunky steering column, which apparently affected early editions of the sportero; it's not a critical issue, just somewhat annoying.
* passenger front axle needs replacing, but that's because we must have went over something which shredded/ ripped the axle boot


Overall, save for the steering issue, the truck has been pretty good, and now that I'm certain that I'm actually getting the services we pay for, we could hold onto it for at least a few more good years

[sweeks]

Great info there .... Thanks for sharing.

[ado15mk3]

If by broke you mean the thick metal "harness"\conductor broke, then yes

but that is unlikely unless the vehicle got into an accident

if an individual plug bad, then it wouldn't affect the others as they all get current at the same time
so if one bad, then the others still heating so you may get a hard start, but it still start

that all makes sense. thanks again for shedding some light.

[venum]

That's a lot of *we're experiencing a clunky steering column, which apparently affected early editions of the sportero; it's not a critical issue, just somewhat annoying.

sometimes caused by the plastic bushing for the collapsible steering column

I have seen it happen on very new (2009) models when they were like 1 yr old

check the penultimate link, he was having a convo with me about the repairs

i haven't had this issue in my ownership, maybe happened with first owner and repaired under warranty, but knock on wood

[Val]

I have noticed that my van engine gets louder (sounds like a clack clack old truck sound) as the fuel gets below 1/3 tank level, have no idea why but it is repeatable. Not a big deal but a little annoying.

Anyone knows why?

Also if I run the high boost setting for a long while and hard running I hear a new sound in the engine like an extra fan running. Do diesel engines sound different at different EGTs?

[venum]

I have noticed that my van engine gets louder (sounds like a clack clack old truck sound) as the fuel gets below 1/3 tank level, have no idea why but it is repeatable. Not a big deal but a little annoying.

Anyone knows why?

hmmmm

can't say that I have had this problem,

I have run mine low couple times, till fuel light came on and never experienced this

Also if I run the high boost setting for a long while and hard running I hear a new sound in the engine like an extra fan running. Do diesel engines sound different at different EGTs?

I expect that it would run different as teh engine performance should decrease as the charge air is being increased in temp by the hot exhaust

but a fan like noise