my 2.5 mitsubishi pajero turbo diesel
smites
106000 miles on the clock and i have had it serviced regulary every 6
months from 65000 miles when i bought it 3 years ago. can anybody tell
me the life expectancy of the engine someone has told me it could be
capable of clocking up 300000 miles can anyone confirm this to be true.
the pajero is mechanicly sound apart from the 2 wheel drive icon on the
dash flashing when driving . can anyone help me on this fault it would
be much appreciated . from smites
Geoff Lane
news:1167422413.0...@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
If you ask the same question on http://www.pocuk.com you should get several
good answers! POCUK is the UK owners club - you need to register to post to
the forums but it's free (as is basic club membership). AFAICT, 300000 km
should be easily obtainable but 300000 miles might be pushing it.
I'm assuming you have super-select 4WD. If the lights for the front wheels
are flashing it could be that the tranny is stuck between 2H and 4H. Search
on the POCUK because this has happened to a few people and the cause is
normally something simple. However, if the light for the centre diff is
flashing it probably means that your transmission is wound up. It should
correct itself if you put the transfer lever into 4H and reverse for a
couple of hundred yards. That said, if you've driven for an appreciable
distance on tarmac with the transmission in that state you might have
damaged something and probably have a lot of rubber missing from one or
more tyres!
HTH,
--
Geoff
smites
smites
Geoff Lane
news:1167509733.2...@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
> Geoff thanks for the advice regarding the milage and the flashing of
> the 2 wheel drive symbol i took your advice and put the jeep in 4
> wheel drive and reversed it a good few times down a long road . its 2
> of the bottom green symbols that are flashing not the orange central
> dif as you described its still flashing. do you reckon theres any
> chance it could be something to do with the shocks i had new ones
> replaced on the front about 18 months ago as far as i can remeber the
> lights have been flashing for about that long but after 5 to 10
> minutes they woud go of now they are flashing constantly .i have
> cheked me tyres and they all seem to be fine any comments most welcome
I can't help you directly (touch wood, I haven't had any issue with my
transmission indicator panel).
However, if you go to http://www.pocuk.com/forums/search.php and search for
"4WD AND lights AND flashing" (leaving out the quotation marks), you should
get back a lot of threads on the subject (about 200 when I did this).
Hopefully, you'll find your answer there.
That said, if the lights for the rear wheels are flashing and the flashing
is intermittent rather than a regular pulse my guess is that you've got a
wiring problem somewhere.
HTH,
--
Geoff
Huw
"smites" <leonar...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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A friend has a '95 that has crossed 160,000 miles and it has been worked
quite hard with much towing. Been driven tidily though, not abused, and it
now needs a clutch, the first replacement I think. The biggest problems to
date have been chassis corrosion which needed a bit of rectifying at the
last MOT. The body is near spotless. The owner is adamant that it will cross
200,000 miles but it only needs a single big failure to render it scrap.
Huw
dx...@btinternet.com
dx...@btinternet.com
You need help!
I know a man who can help you.
He goes by the name of TOMMY HAMMER!
Phone me before you get spamed to death (;-(
TMC
<dx...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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My J reg 2.5 engine finally died at 195,000
New engine has done a further 40,000
Tony
smites
TMC
replaced had I known at the start what I did by the end. All this happened 4
years ago
Problem was thought to be head gasket
Once head was off found a cracked piston.
However could not get replacement piston other than from Mitsubishi. Due to
price of pistons was much better value to have a recon block
The block came from Mitsubishi as a recon replacement for about 800gbp
Head had been pressure tested and passed so was skimmed and re used
Once all back together discover that problem was in fact a hairline crack in
head
Had a new head fitted with existing valves camshaft etc about 400gbp Local
engineering company did this
I also had a new oil pump which Mitsubishi paid for but the reasons for this
are not relevant here. The cost is however as the pump would have been a
further 700gbp
And then there was the labour
If I had known all of this at the start I think I would have looked for a
complete engine from a breakers instead, although as the 2.5TD engines were
only around for a few years I do not know whether I would have found a good
one or what it would have cost
It may be worth noting that mine is a Shogun not a Pajero but I do not know
if the engine itself is any different
Tony