Originally Posted by
Cobrajet
Any 0W-20 oil will do. I personally use Mobil 1. The manufacturer of the oil doesn't matter, as it will generally meet the same specs.
A "Fumoto valve" takes the place of the oil drain plug on your oil pan. When you want to change the oil you just reach under and flip the valve open to drain it instead of having to put the car up on ramps and use a wrench to remove the plug. They are pretty cool. Haven't installed one on my car yet, but I will. The filter can be reached from the top pretty easily if you don't have gorilla arms. Fortunately, you will not have to fight the original filter off of your engine. We suspect these filters were installed at the factory by some crazy Thai bodybuilder hopped up on crack cocaine.
Honestly, it can't hurt to inspect some of the things that Mitsubishi tells you to inspect at 60k, just for peace-of-mind. But if there were any 'problem areas' on these cars that needed special attention starting at a certain mileage we'd certainly know about them here.
And we'd tell you.
Did you just get the "standard" Fumoto valve? Their website shows a half-dozen or more variations for the Mirage.
The oil drain plug faces to the rear, at the bottom of the rear side of the oil pan, isn't that right? If it faced front, or down, I might worry about the lever on a Fumoto valve catching on something, driving on our local gravel roads. Do those plastic lever clips for the Fomoto valves stay securely in place?
I'll have to see if I can reach the oil filter from the top. If I can, and if I got a Fumoto valve, it would almost make oil changes too easy to ever let anybody else do it... Ha, ha.
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