slowx

I know I am a little late on this, but I was wondering if replacement of the relays is necessary. I haven't had a problem starting my car yet, even though it got pretty cold this winter.

The pictures below are from my fuse box and from a thread on here about replacing them. Do I need to get all of the ones that are blue in the second picture since it seems like the large gray one is already replaced or are the green ones fine?

Thanks

slowx

Anyone recently replace these?? I am not sure if I should change them since I haven't had any problems yet but I just wanna be safe and not have my car leave me during a cold night at 2am on the street.

techmaster

Look at your big grey one, and then look directly below it. See the black thing. Now to the left is a green relay. That one's ok. Next to it is a black one. That's the one for sure you have to replace b/c it has the capacity to blow your engine as it's the fuel pump relay. If that one fails, your engine goes too lean and bad things happen.

Aware yourself with the info from this thread https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...y-package.html

slowx

Alright so I guess I gotta call up the dealership and see if they are going to cover this. If not, I am just going to buy and replace all the green and the one black relay with the new blue ones.

GrenEggz

This relay only applies to the 2008 Evos, correcy?

slowx

Its for the 2008-2010 Evolutions that were built prior to November 16, 2010. My car is 2010 but I guess it was built before that so I have to replace them.

techmaster

My fresh off the factory 2011 Evo (manufactured in February 2011) still had a damn black fuel pump relay. No blue ones anywhere. Damn you Mitsubishi for not prophylactically changing your parts! It's annoying to know that if I weren't on the forums learning stuff that my engine could blow anytime. Granted stock runs so rich it might be ok, but still boggles my mind that they wouldn't change it.

slowx

Damn that's strange... I called up my local dealership and they said they couldn't do anything unless the car was having "problems" that they could see related to the TSB. I just ended up ordering the blue relay from SSP since it seems they had the best price.

EvilRob

if that relay he has is black and its the most important one can you just switch it with the green one next to it?

slowx

I'm not sure if it would work but I just wanted to play it safe and replace a $10 part rather than a new engine. This is usually where I've made mistakes on other cars and it ends up costing more rather than just doing what is recommended the first time.

techmaster

I suppose you could in the short term. However, I think the cost-benefit analysis of a $10 part vs a blown engine sort of speaks for itself. I'm am going to replace the fuel pump relay once a year. Overly cautious and probably unnecessary? Yes, but the best solution to a problem is preventing it.

boostawd16

iTrader: (2)

replace them all i had soo many issues with mine so i replaced all of them and no issues now

sfearl1

iTrader: (4)

i have all of the old relays on my brand new 2011 GSR... what exactly do i need to switch out at this point? i know fuel pump relay for sure, but what else? fuel injector relay?

blue or green?

Johnr352

iTrader: (18)

Blue. Call SSP, they have a nice kit that has everything you need. Jeremy will hook you up.

SSPKris

We have several hundred blue relays in stock. Please drop us a line if you guys need relays.

SSP..

http://www.sspperformance.com/product/blue-fuel-relay/
http://www.sspperformance.com/produc...relay-package/