It's a foking DSM afterall!

[scheides]

So the common thread with all things evo related is that they are reliable, powerful, and streetable. That's how I always have felt, it's an evolution of what dsm's were. Where they failed, the newer evos strive, blah blah blah. No I didn't mean to preach it or really really heartfully mean it because the newest dsm is 4 years older than the oldest evo (USDM).

I lost a little faith in my evo recently, and really it's just the icing on the cake of shit that's happened with it recently. I am *never* nice to the car. It gets driven 40-100 miles per day, several hundred miles per week, and over a thousand miles per month. I'm playing with E85, alky, pushing the tune, blah blah blah so really some of this stuff comes as no surprise. Water pump leaking, check. Timing belt tensioner on backwards, check (all me). Headgasket, check. Water pump freeze plug blowing out on xmas day, in front of 2 members and later 20+ members of my family, check. Weird-ass electrical gremlins popping up out of nowhere, check-check-WHAT?

That's right, go mitsubishi. There's a seal that goes through the fender that leaks. No recall, nor a TSB (that I've found). Yet water leaks in, dripps down onto the main wiring harness and its 6 big plugs, and then goes ahead and corrodes the living fuck out of them.

I'll let the pictures do the talking, I can't believe I had to do this to my *2005* evo. It's still fucking new to me. Soldering to follow.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9402.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9403.sized.jpg

Screwdriver points to the faulty seal thingy:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9408.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9409.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9410.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9411.sized.jpg

It's winter in MN, water gets everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
http://www.scheides.com/albums/Dec2008/IMG_9412.sized.jpg

[scheides]

ps--my car has 63000 miles on it. Not that mitsu would do anything about this anyways.

[MustGoFaster]

But dude, EVO's are awesome and never break. But it's not a DSM, it a fuking EVO. I've know that since 2003. John's dad's car had this issue it's SECOND winter. I would have figured there would be a HUGE sticky on EvoM by now, guess not. Go make one and save some other guy some trouble.

P.S. If your having these issues now, what will happen when it's 10-19 years old like DSM's are?

P.P.S. Support the economy, go buy a GM, Ford or Chrysler.
Oh wait, I have a GM and lower intake manifold gaskets fail, on a motor that's been in production for 5 YEARS. Every car company has their fuk ups, enjoy.

[311evo]

Damn man!! You havent had very much luck/love from the evo recently, sorry to hear..

Im going to seal the shit out of that hole..

[awd-drifter]

wow! thats a crapper. im guessing in the next 7-13 more years, the Evo's will be the new DSMs...ugh. good luck man, what specifically went wrong though? did CEL start popping up? did you get shocked? lol.

[Goat Blower]

Scheides, I'll trade you straight up for a nice reliable DSM.

[FattyBoomBatty]

I'll trade you a conquest

[Super Bleeder!!]

Jeezuz, that is shitty. Props to you for doing something about it. Im all thumbs when it comes to electrical systems.

[scheides]

Jeezuz, that is shitty. Props to you for doing something about it. Im all thumbs when it comes to electrical systems.

Sadly, it is not far off from the dealer's warranty fix:
http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/34711/2034616770094198599S600x600Q85.jpg

This was posted by a dealer mechanic on evoM. Unfuking real. If you own an evo, fix this now before its too late!

[rose0529]

I'm gonna have to make sure mine is sealing good, maybe while my car is getting some other work done ;)

Thats sad the dealer didn't put a new connector in it!