Hello from Pakistan,
I have been a follower of this forum for a while now. I have a JDM import Mitsubishi Mirage 1.0l 2013 Model.
I love the car and bought it at 42k kms now it has roughly clocked 120k km with routine maintenance and all. However there is one issue that I need member's input on. At roughly 90k my old catcon gave up. Now since the car wasnt launched here in Pakistan i had no option of getting a new one but only limited options from the scrap here. I bought one and it worked for roughly 20k kms after which it went kaput too. It was pretty costly here too and going for such a catcon again wasnt cost effective for me. I tend to get OEM stuff from GCC or USA but bringing in a catcon is difficult. So i researched a bit and ordered the following from Ali express along with a new O2 sensor:
Fowler : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3304...27424c4dx8pWCl
O2 Sensor : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000...27424c4dnQgV8W
Now this solution worked fine for over a month which the error P0137 started to come up. I cleared the error few times but it would come up again after every 200-300kms usually when driving slow in the speed range of 20-30 KPH.
Can somebody guide on this? I will definitely look around for a new CAT but it would be a long shot due to availability.
Options are following:
1. Use another car's cat con in place of this which is readily available new. Issue is the space in the cat con area as its very tight.
2. Make the above solution work somehow, though i have my doubts.
Input from the members would be highly appreciated. I love the car and would probably keep it for a longer time since car's have gone insanely expensive here. I am using Total Quartz 9000 5W-30 and have been constantly getting a fuel average of 19-20KMPL over the last 3 years.
Thanks in advance