Mitsubishi to pull out of uk and other european markets

[arther dailey]

Had a few L200`s, very car like to drive but that engine is very marginal on cooling. Rads need changing before they allow the engine to cook or its game over,Mitzy 2.5`s are ok if you understand them. My personal preference is the totally different 2.8 chain engine in the Shogun and Delicas, have had both and they are absolutely bomb proof even with 3.5 tons of trailer up their chuff.

Just a whipping horse.

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yup, they are delicate, but most faults come from lack of service , they need oil and filters regular especially if you only do local stuff, this long time oil change isnt good for engines doing the shopping run , dealerships are spendy so a lot get neglected then suffer the consequenses

 

[armalites]

The Delica had a plastiky dash until a bee went down the vent and Two stroke decided it was best to rip it off to get at it


Looking very chuffed with his handywork

Looks like he could take a good beating

We had one when I was a kid who ended up with a blood all over her face trying to rip the wire off the ferret hutch to get at them

 

[Craig-SM]

We have a BMW 3 series and a Mitsubishi Shogun. I’m always going for the Shogun. I do my own work on it and other than a snapped alternator belt and seized brake piston it’s been faultless. Rust is a problem but again this mainly down to poor maintenance too as was the brake piston.

It will be a shame if they leave the U.K. but many manufacturers are limiting their ranges or merging with others as they all chase same customers.

 

[Robbie260]

yup, they are delicate, but most faults come from lack of service , they need oil and filters regular especially if you only do local stuff, this long time oil change isnt good for engines doing the shopping run , dealerships are spendy so a lot get neglected then suffer the consequenses

Agree there, my dmax is set for 12000 mile services, im going to be dropping the remonders to 6000. You seemingly can just need to figure out how next time im home. Car dose a lot of idling and stop start driving.

 

[zx9]

Agree there, my dmax is set for 12000 mile services, im going to be dropping the remonders to 6000. You seemingly can just need to figure out how next time im home. Car dose a lot of idling and stop start driving.

Should not be a problem to do an oil and filter change at 6k and leave the car to remind you of the 12k official service interval when you can do all the other scheduled items as well.

 

[Jay1st]

My friend gets a lot of L200 in his garage, moslty hunters, and the part that gets changed often is the chain in the transfer case with the front bushings.
Honestly those L200 are under powered, and are lousy offroaders.

I had a D-MAX when i was located in Turkey, with the twin turboand auto tranny, never failed and worked like a charm.

 

[Shox Dr]

My friend gets a lot of L200 in his garage, moslty hunters, and the part that gets changed often is the chain in the transfer case with the front bushings.
Honestly those L200 are under powered, and are lousy offroaders.

I had a D-MAX when i was located in Turkey, with the twin turboand auto tranny, never failed and worked like a charm.

That D22 with Good Year MTR tyres was very capable off road, I took it round the proving grounds at Driffield MOD base at the Landrover show. The two lads in a well sorted 90 in front of us, kept stopping after the deep/hard/steep bits to see how we were coping. They were amazing it got round. It had a tide line just below the door handles afterwards, I’d only had it 6mths. Took me 2hrs to jet wash it all off, to go back and do it again on the Sunday

 

[ronan]

No one have the VW Amarok ? Have not seen many around.

 

[Munkul]

No one have the VW Amarok ? Have not seen many around.

There's loads around here... literally 1 in 5 I see on the road is an Amarok.

I have a 62 plate one, my brother has a 14 plate one, my cousin had a 13 plate one from new (sold 2 years ago) and my other cousin has a brand new 20 plate V6 one as of 2 weeks ago So maybe our family is partly to blame...

 

[arther dailey]

My friend gets a lot of L200 in his garage, moslty hunters, and the part that gets changed often is the chain in the transfer case with the front bushings.
Honestly those L200 are under powered, and are lousy offroaders.

I had a D-MAX when i was located in Turkey, with the twin turboand auto tranny, never failed and worked like a charm.

chain in the transfer box? I will have to get the manual out and have a look see what thats all about,thanks , most over here seem to be either oil starvation /head /gasket /radiator blocked causing overheating and that head gasket to go along with it, if the oil changes were done more frequent and anti freeze changed you wouldnt get half the problems, that goes for a lot of engines /makes.

 

[Migmac]

No one have the VW Amarok ? Have not seen many around.

One or two floating about round here.

 

[minimutly]

Looks like he could take a good beating

We had one when I was a kid who ended up with a blood all over her face trying to rip the wire off the ferret hutch to get at them

We used to have a Westie that hated, and tried to kill anything furry. Cats were the main target, other dogs were ok as long as they left her alone. A woman down the road had a ferret and used to take it for walks. We met one day with our respective charges, chatted for a while. The Westie went from shivering with rage, to sitting looking puzzled, back to rage again etc. It was like absolutely wanted to kill it, she knew this was somehow wrong, but couldn't quite let her instincts let her. It really was funny to see.

 

[Jay1st]

chain in the transfer box? I will have to get the manual out and have a look see what thats all about,thanks , most over here seem to be either oil starvation /head /gasket /radiator blocked causing overheating and that head gasket to go along with it, if the oil changes were done more frequent and anti freeze changed you wouldnt get half the problems, that goes for a lot of engines /makes.

Yup the chain in transer case, gets worn and loose. Makes a rattling noise and can even skip some teeth when in low range.
He changed at least 5 last year, well there is a lot of those L200 used by hunters compared to other pickups.

 

[armalites]

Do let me see any of you lot moaning about unreliable Land Rovers ever again if this is what constitutes super reliable bomb proof Japanese

 

[Jay1st]

Do let me see any of you lot moaning about unreliable Land Rovers ever again if this is what constitutes super reliable bomb proof Japanese

 

[8ob]

Seems to be a fair few 4x4`s that need the body off for what would have been deemed a routine maintenance task. Mates Towrag is in at the moment for a body off job, silly little pump at the back of the engine which with access would be an hours work max.

Bob