Chain Stretch Pics
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Maine
you break in your car hard with 0 miles but only after it is fully warm. oil and cylinders take twice as long as coolant temperatures to warm. then floor it in every gear as often as you can and let the engine slow you down. do this for 200 miles and then change the oil. break in complete. done this on all my cars and never burn a drop of oil and run STRONG
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Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Canada
It is a chain, there is no break in period. If you want to help it i would soak the chain in oil over night before installing it to ensure it is properly lubed up first. After that you are good. Start the car and let it all oil up and off you go.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Hammond, LA
Had this happen in a friends car today.
08 GSR.
FP Turbo / Bolt on's / Cobb AP.
63k miles
Symptoms: Spin, no start. Low compression. Coils firing out of sequence.
Found massive slack in the chain, and engine out of time.
Doing the repair in a few weeks when I can get to it.
08 GSR.
FP Turbo / Bolt on's / Cobb AP.
63k miles
Symptoms: Spin, no start. Low compression. Coils firing out of sequence.
Found massive slack in the chain, and engine out of time.
Doing the repair in a few weeks when I can get to it.
at work i park rear first and notice that this happens all the time even though i put it in 1st gear. it doesnt go all the way back to hit the curb but it does "jerk" back for me to notice it.
is this the same as what is quoted above? my car starts fine and idles fine.
i have an 08 with about 16k miles on it.
at work i park rear first and notice that this happens all the time even though i put it in 1st gear. it doesnt go all the way back to hit the curb but it does "jerk" back for me to notice it.
is this the same as what is quoted above? my car starts fine and idles fine.
at work i park rear first and notice that this happens all the time even though i put it in 1st gear. it doesnt go all the way back to hit the curb but it does "jerk" back for me to notice it.
is this the same as what is quoted above? my car starts fine and idles fine.
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 17
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From: OH
Got my 2008 (76,000) pretty clean on mods, just Cobb Filter basic program.
One day idle was horrible, so I took her in today, they say its a stretched chain.
$1100 to replace the chain
Once its replaced they cxan tell me if I have head / valve damage up to $4400 for a new head but I assume some bent valves will not go that high. Reading all the forums and sites out there it appears the 08 chain was re-designed with a much better chain, and the oil tube was replaced with an oil hole as a loose chain will cause the oil guide to break, then having no oil on it!
I love when they KNOW there is a problem but will not help you fix it. Where was that mysterious strech warning P0012???
2 talons, 1 eclipse, 1 evo9 and an evo 10 most new from the dealer.. Ths is my LAST mitsu..
Broken :
SAWC pump ($1600)
Strut Tower bushings (mitsu couldn't figure out what the "clunk" was but my mechanic did
Recaro seat tops fell apart (warranty) but the baffon at the dealership destroyed my plastic rail covers.
Driving light replacement, tech broke my headlight harness, 5 trips back an forth for that.
To many little issue. Here comes the S5
One day idle was horrible, so I took her in today, they say its a stretched chain.
$1100 to replace the chain
Once its replaced they cxan tell me if I have head / valve damage up to $4400 for a new head but I assume some bent valves will not go that high. Reading all the forums and sites out there it appears the 08 chain was re-designed with a much better chain, and the oil tube was replaced with an oil hole as a loose chain will cause the oil guide to break, then having no oil on it!
I love when they KNOW there is a problem but will not help you fix it. Where was that mysterious strech warning P0012???
2 talons, 1 eclipse, 1 evo9 and an evo 10 most new from the dealer.. Ths is my LAST mitsu..
Broken :
SAWC pump ($1600)
Strut Tower bushings (mitsu couldn't figure out what the "clunk" was but my mechanic did
Recaro seat tops fell apart (warranty) but the baffon at the dealership destroyed my plastic rail covers.
Driving light replacement, tech broke my headlight harness, 5 trips back an forth for that.
To many little issue. Here comes the S5
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 15
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From: California
Wow, look like the same problem the old Acura Rsx type-s had. I know that Acura had to come out with a stronger chain just like Mitsubishi did. I also would install a aftermarket chain tensioner if there is one available yet. I think the chain is half of the problem. If there is not enough tension the chain can get loose and skip a tooth.