PLEASE READ...Evo going in for service
PLEASE READ...Evo going in for service
So I'm about to take my car in for the 15,000 mile service (change gear fluids, etc) and I was wondering what all you guys have found that have been issues or concerns. Here's the story with my car:
2003 Tarmac Black Evo 8 with a build date of Mar 2003. I picked up the car in August of last year with 8 miles on the odometer. At 800 miles, I had the oil changed for the first time. Mobil 1 full synthetic was used and has been since day one. I pampered the car for the first 1,000 miles, never hitting full boost, WOT, or going over 4,000 RPMs. At 2,500 miles, the transmission was drained and filled with the stock fluid. I asked the dealership to inspect it as it came out for any shavings or chips. They said they found none. I've had the oil changed every time within 3,750 miles under the Pit Pass program. Right now, my car has around 18,000 miles on it. I have never missed a gear, never grinded going into second gear (or any other gear), always speed matched on downshifts, always left it in gear while deceleration, and never launched of aggressively slipped the clutch. I do drive the car very hard, but I always make sure the clutch is fully depressed before shifting out of or in to a gear. I'm on the stock clutch with no clutch line modifications.
Mods: Buschur Racing intake pipe, Buschur Racing manual boost controler, APEXi S-AFC II with Buschur Racing settings.
I've been out of the country for the past 6 months and I am afraid that I have missed some issues that have came up that were not able to be identified by using the all powerful Forum Search.
My car goes in to the shop tomorrow morning at Joe Bullard Mitsubishi in Mobile, Alabama. They are going to allow me in to the service area with my camera to take pictures of the entire process and post the results on this forum. I'm also going to ask the technician what he has seen in the past and to compare the way my car is holding up to the other Evo's they have serviced. Are there any questions or items of concern that you all would like answered? These guys are being very cooperative with me and are wanting to get to the bottom of all the "gremlins" that the Evo is being credited with. I want to use this opprotunity to try and set the record straight, one way or the other. If they start draining my car of it's precious bodily fluids and find something odd, I think it will be safe to say that there is definitely a design flaw. However, if they find nothing wrong it might also tell us that this is mostly driver error....or that I just happened to be one of the lucky ones and I purchased a car without any defects.
Feedback?
2003 Tarmac Black Evo 8 with a build date of Mar 2003. I picked up the car in August of last year with 8 miles on the odometer. At 800 miles, I had the oil changed for the first time. Mobil 1 full synthetic was used and has been since day one. I pampered the car for the first 1,000 miles, never hitting full boost, WOT, or going over 4,000 RPMs. At 2,500 miles, the transmission was drained and filled with the stock fluid. I asked the dealership to inspect it as it came out for any shavings or chips. They said they found none. I've had the oil changed every time within 3,750 miles under the Pit Pass program. Right now, my car has around 18,000 miles on it. I have never missed a gear, never grinded going into second gear (or any other gear), always speed matched on downshifts, always left it in gear while deceleration, and never launched of aggressively slipped the clutch. I do drive the car very hard, but I always make sure the clutch is fully depressed before shifting out of or in to a gear. I'm on the stock clutch with no clutch line modifications.
Mods: Buschur Racing intake pipe, Buschur Racing manual boost controler, APEXi S-AFC II with Buschur Racing settings.
I've been out of the country for the past 6 months and I am afraid that I have missed some issues that have came up that were not able to be identified by using the all powerful Forum Search.
My car goes in to the shop tomorrow morning at Joe Bullard Mitsubishi in Mobile, Alabama. They are going to allow me in to the service area with my camera to take pictures of the entire process and post the results on this forum. I'm also going to ask the technician what he has seen in the past and to compare the way my car is holding up to the other Evo's they have serviced. Are there any questions or items of concern that you all would like answered? These guys are being very cooperative with me and are wanting to get to the bottom of all the "gremlins" that the Evo is being credited with. I want to use this opprotunity to try and set the record straight, one way or the other. If they start draining my car of it's precious bodily fluids and find something odd, I think it will be safe to say that there is definitely a design flaw. However, if they find nothing wrong it might also tell us that this is mostly driver error....or that I just happened to be one of the lucky ones and I purchased a car without any defects.
Feedback?
mines also due for some fluid change. I am going to do the work though but I need to know where the drain and fill plugs for trans and difs. I can't wait till you post some pics. Please post soon. Thanks Peace......
Originally Posted by savageevo
mines also due for some fluid change. I am going to do the work though but I need to know where the drain and fill plugs for trans and difs. I can't wait till you post some pics. Please post soon. Thanks Peace......
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