Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Murlo26]

Must be normal since the same thing happened to me--I think you had commented on my FB post about it. My clutch still had plenty of life in it but I decided to get a new one in and broken in before adding power.



A poor choice of words, perhaps. My experience has been that cars start becoming annoying (maintenance needs) at 60k miles and up. I'm just hoping to get everything done while the car is new enough to have 50k of trouble-free fun.

Yea I wouldn't call old cars a project necessarily, so yea I guess we chose the wrong words. A project would be our Evo builds. You pretty much summed it up lomker.

[Murlo26]

Ok, so Alex at MAP found my oil leak (drip really) and I guess it is further down than he thought and found out most of the work was done from underneath and the turbo being off didn't help the fix at all. He found that the water pump needed to be taken off to do the fix so I told him since the turbo being off isn't a factor in this I will see if Mitsu will take care of this for me.

My question is this: And dealers more mod friendly than others? I go to the one in BP and they have worked out great and never said anything about my mods, so I was going to try them. Any suggestions guys?

[Kracka]

I'd take it to Brookdale Mitsu since they're a board sponsor, but it really all comes down to the regional claims rep that can approve/deny anything at all the local dealerships. Just hope you catch him on a good day :) The dealership down here took pictures of just my leaky rear diff seals and I took my car home right away, showed the regional rep the pictures the next day when he was in so he wouldn't see my actual car and everything ended up getting approved. Maybe ask Brookdale if they're willing to do something similar for you? The dealership told me here they would take pictures and show him rather

[Murlo26]

Well I will take it to brookdale and see what happens I guess.

The worst they can say is no I guess. Alex at MAP said they can't legally deny it since there is a TSB out for it since they can't prove my mods are to blame. I don't want to get into a huge legal battle for a few hundred bucks so I will just ask nicely:)

[Kracka]

TSB's have nothing to do with what they're legally obligated to do; the same laws as any other warranty repair apply. TSB's are basically just how-to sheets for common warranty claims. I was able to get Honda to cover a few TSB issues under good-faith after the warranty period on my S2000 expired though.

[Murlo26]

TSB's have nothing to do with what they're legally obligated to do; the same laws as any other warranty repair apply. TSB's are basically just how-to sheets for common warranty claims. I was able to get Honda to cover a few TSB issues under good-faith after the warranty period on my S2000 expired though.

Ah, k. Well I will try having them do it none the less. Thanks for the help.

Update on the build: My manifold is getting ported tomorrow morning and I will post pictures of the manifold and turbo after they get coated.

[mlomker]

My cousin once commented that mine might be leaking somewhere back there as well. Ron didn't comment on it when they did my tranny so maybe it was nothing.

Good luck with the claim. I haven't had to bring mine to a dealer yet. Our cars are getting to be very not stock. :D

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Yeah, a service bulletin isn't the same as a recall.

[Kracka]

Definitely, good luck with the claim! Once in a while Mitsubishi surprises me. Worst case senario you could get the dealership to print it out for you so you know what parts you'll need and how to go about repairing it :D

[Murlo26]

Definitely, good luck with the claim! Once in a while Mitsubishi surprises me. Worst case senario you could get the dealership to print it out for you so you know what parts you'll need and how to go about repairing it :D

Alex at MAP already knows what is needed to fix it. All that is needed is some sealant and a gasket and o-ring for when the water pump is re-installed. The water pump is the hard part about the fix I guess, need to remove it to get to the spot. After that it is clean the area, sand it down a bit and apply new sealant.

But I am interested to see what happens. I will post up the outcome.

[Murlo26]

My cousin once commented that mine might be leaking somewhere back there as well. Ron didn't comment on it when they did my tranny so maybe it was nothing.

Good luck with the claim. I haven't had to bring mine to a dealer yet. Our cars are getting to be very not stock. :D

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Yeah, a service bulletin isn't the same as a recall.

I guess it is a minor leak, but something that should be fixed regardless. I would say a double check wouldn't hurt. I am sure whoever is doing all your internals etc will be able to check quick.

Yea, my car is officially not really stock anymore, lol.