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Today,
03:51 PM
Fummins
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Random odd or cheap for sale...
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Looks like a clean 1999 Delica V6 with the rare rh sliding door(most only have the one on the left side). Looks like a deal compared to some others...
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Yesterday,
09:31 PM
Eggman
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Lubrication
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So if I understand correctly, it is okay to use cheaper engine oils but they usually come at a shorter oil change interval?
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Yesterday,
07:03 PM
Fummins
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Lubrication
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You were WARNED about THIS. Please let us knOw when you decide tO part it out. I'm sure others would love to Have memorabilia from a race car.
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Yesterday,
05:30 PM
Fummins
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June 2024, Mitsubishi says: We're NOT ending production of the Mirage
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I don't remember ever seeing anything from Mitsubishi saying they're discontinuing the Mirage, or Mirage sales in North America. It's always been...
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Yesterday,
02:15 PM
Fummins
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Humming noise when in reverse.
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I couldn't hear what was going on. Could bang on the exhaust and check for rattles. I'd start at the rear cat. The heat shields for the rear cat...
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Yesterday,
01:57 PM
sunbeam
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Humming noise when in reverse.
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Technical Discussion
Check if anything is touching the "engine support strut" it is that black tab connected at the bottom of the transmission. If anything is touching...
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06-23-2024,
09:24 AM
Eggman
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Humming noise when in reverse.
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Hello Baal and welcome to the forum. I always thought gear whine was typically the result of spur or straight cut gears rather than helical gears...
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06-23-2024,
08:58 AM
Eggman
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Lubrication
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That's good info. Thanks! :)
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06-21-2024,
11:09 PM
sunbeam
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Will coolant dumped in overflow tank/reservoir circulate?
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Technical Discussion
Yes this is for summer only. I read that if you dont have a bit of coolant the air conditioner coils can freeze up. That may not be the case,...
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06-21-2024,
09:58 PM
sunbeam
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Will coolant dumped in overflow tank/reservoir circulate?
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Technical Discussion
Hi Fummins, Thanks for the reply. So currently the system is 100% water and I thought that similar to an air conditioner in a house the lines...
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06-21-2024,
09:41 PM
Fummins
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Will coolant dumped in overflow tank/reservoir circulate?
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Technical Discussion
You lost me. Your air conditioner isn't going to freeze anything that's in the cooling system, even if for some reason it happens to be mostly or...
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06-21-2024,
09:31 PM
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Will coolant dumped in overflow tank/reservoir circulate?
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Hi all, I am running the coolant with 100% distilled + 150ml water wetter right now. Wanting to add some coolant to run the air conditioner...
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06-21-2024,
08:53 PM
Fummins
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Random odd or cheap for sale...
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I too would be on it like white on rice but my garage is already full of dilapidated junk heaps right now. And I'm now temporarily broke again.
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06-21-2024,
08:15 PM
Fummins
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Random odd or cheap for sale...
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I found a relatively cheap 2014 Evo lancer. High miles-200k km/124k miles. Not much of a description: "2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, AWD...
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06-21-2024,
07:48 PM
Fummins
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Original batteries
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General Discussion
Can confirm. Thinking cap wasn’t working on this day
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06-21-2024,
07:48 PM
sunbeam
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Original batteries
in
General Discussion
Have one hooked up permanently to the battery just for this. Still OEM batterY 2023 ES.
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06-21-2024,
05:34 PM
Fummins
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Original valve stems
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Wheels, Tires, Brakes & Suspension
Agreed. Valve stems are cheap up here in non-tpms country :cool: They're pretty intrusive in the Nissans we have. The idiot light comes on and the...
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06-21-2024,
01:49 PM
Fummins
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This is where your Mirage is going to rust out. (Body/chassis corrosion)
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Body & Exterior
It'll fall off it I wait long enough. Or just slap some of those ralliart edition fender flares on it. What rust lol
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06-21-2024,
12:31 PM
Fummins
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Lubrication
in
Engines & Transmissions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_kids_get_off_my_lawn! "Today, the phrase has been expanded to mock any sort of complaint, particularly those of...
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06-21-2024,
12:22 PM
Fummins
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This is where your Mirage is going to rust out. (Body/chassis corrosion)
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Body & Exterior
It's almost time to break out the duct tape and jiffy markers. Foama wins the most meticulously cared for body. I'm shooting for the opposite. I...
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104 replies | 49184 view(s)
06-21-2024,
01:03 AM
Eggman
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Lubrication
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Engines & Transmissions
My guess is that he is too busy these days. Good busy, I hope.
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139 replies | 15287 view(s)
06-20-2024,
10:06 PM
Fummins
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Much more reasonably priced car :: 2014 Mitsubishi SE w/Convenience package(adds crui
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Mirage Garage Discussion
I guess 3 years came and went already. I bought this black turd in Jan 2021. It's got 320,xxxkm on it now(far less on the engine and cvt). ...
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06-20-2024,
09:29 PM
Fummins
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Replacement Struts and Shocks
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Wheels, Tires, Brakes & Suspension
I haven't read through this entire thread but figured I'd post what I found with rear shocks for these cars. I've rarely seen the oem rear shocks...
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06-20-2024,
07:33 PM
Fummins
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Lubrication
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Engines & Transmissions
With a hint of get off my lawn.
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139 replies | 15287 view(s)
06-19-2024,
10:02 PM
Eggman
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Speck :: 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (Garage entry)
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Mirage Garage Discussion
Sold! Those parts have found a good home. :) Thanks Karl. You'll have to let us know what you do with them.
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406 replies | 296986 view(s)
06-19-2024,
07:45 PM
Fummins
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2015 Mirage died on the road... (Solved: alternator!)
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Engines & Transmissions
I still have a bunch of used ones. I pulled one off an engine I had in the warehouse(I have pallets and crates full of used Mirage parts I salvaged...
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17 replies | 2600 view(s)
06-19-2024,
07:39 PM
Fummins
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Original valve stems
in
Wheels, Tires, Brakes & Suspension
I think the different is more in the tpms side than the wheel end. There's a few types of aftermarket sensors, some are screwed onto the valve stem...
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9 replies | 584 view(s)
06-19-2024,
06:59 PM
Fummins
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Original valve stems
in
Wheels, Tires, Brakes & Suspension
Mine are from 2013 on my car. It's fine. I haven't dealt with a Mitsubishi tpms valve stem yet but most other mfg allow you to unbolt or unclip the...
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9 replies | 584 view(s)
06-19-2024,
04:46 PM
Fummins
replied to a thread
2002 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear L400 (Garage entry)
in
Mirage Garage Discussion
I'm still not sure what I did. Could have been something like that. I always smash something then its fine a few days later, this has been over a...
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158 replies | 73006 view(s)
06-19-2024,
01:02 PM
Fummins
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2015 Mirage died on the road... (Solved: alternator!)
in
Engines & Transmissions
I got a 2015 here that wouldn't start yesterday when I wasn't at work. Someone went to move the car out of the way at the end of the day and it fired...
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17 replies | 2600 view(s)
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