just bought an 03 evo 8 on sunday from mitsu dealer check engine light came on today misfire clinder 2 pulled out spark plugs only cyl 2 plug was caked full of oil 40,000 miles on car would this be covered under powertrain warrenty right?
what do you think


UPDATE: cars been at mitsu for 2 weeks now ended up replacing tranny under warranty. New clutch kit and flywheel for $400 rest paid by dealer. just today they tell me there now getting to engine they are going to replace either piston ring, piston, or block depending on damage, think just the ring dont think any damage done, drove good when i brought it in so hopefully ill get it back friday or sat. all warrantied thank god

 

Have you done a compression test to see if the cylinder is bad....or is the plug just fouled?

 

ill do it right now what numbers should i be seeing

 

The owners book states that the car comes with a 5year 50,000 mile powertrain warranty , so if the engine is bad they should have to fix it. But if I had just bought the car on Sunday and the engine was bad, I would tell them to take the car back and go by another some where else.....just my two cents

 

An even 170 across all four cylinders, they should not have more than a 10 psi diff. between each cylinders.....max

 

138 clyinder 2 165 clinder 1 going back to dealer know

 

Sorry man.....that sucks....cylinder 2 is shot. good luck....let us know how it goes.

 

Wow

 

if they replace the rings in that cylinder do you think it will fix it? or does it need a hole motor?

 

the dealer wont go that far and replace the piston rings, ther gonna swap a new engine! replacing the rings would probably do the trick.

 

hoping for a new engine that would be the sh**

 

Sorry about that man, but yea i hope you get a new engine out of it! Did this dealership never check it the car over though? It just seems sorta shady to me...

 

i dont think they looked at it, yea its a bunch of bull less than a week of driving only 300 miles of fun and now im in a lancer till hey fix the problem horrible

 

Most dealers just try to move used evo's as fast as possible because they know of all the problems that usually come with them. I've even seen a dealership local to me, Lonestar Mitsu of San Antonio allow the former owner to pretty much set up the deal through them for a completely ignorant buyer. Car was sold with a stand alone capable of only supporting one map and that was on like over 50% alchy injection. Trust no Mitsubishi dealerships guys.

 

it'll be sweet if they swap in the evo 9 motor.