DSM_15_2G
5+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 6, 2018
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Serbia,
Europe
Greetings everyone,
I've been on this forum for years now, learning and reading stories of other people.
First of all, I am from Europe and I own a 2G DSM (1999) European Version (4g63 NA).
Mostly the car is the same as the GST, it has a weaker transmission with a bit shorter gears and of course, no turbo.
Before I start, I have to note that these cars are pretty rare here and I didn't have much of a choice in picking and that I only have 1 shop here that can work on it. So if you see that I've made some mistakes, please let me know
I've bought the car 2 years ago from a 2nd owner that I knew for year and a half. It was the only 4g facelift version in my country. The car came with 3 inch exhaust, some aftermarket speakers, amplifier, aftermarket cheap shi**y headlights and chinese rear bumper and tail lights. (Half rice)
The car was driving ok, it was loud and the wheel bearing was also giving some noise in the cabin which drove me mad. I've noticed the car not having 100% power when you give it gas. I had fun with the car that whole summer until it was time for the shop and maintenance makeover. Some guy Imported spyder 2g with everything stock, and I've acquired it pretty cheap, so I've replaced headlights and tail lights with stock. Also in the mean time, the car started charging 18 volts, so I've replaced 75 amp alternator with the 90 amp one from the spyder.
Now the car went to the shop, the only reputable shop in my country for the Mitsubishi.
I told the shop that they have the green light to replace everything bad. They ended up doing:
Timing (belts, water pump, tensioner etc.)
Suspension (what was needed, wheel bearings, rear knuckles, control arms etc.)
Cleaned injectors, new Fuel Filter and installed evo 9 fuel pump
New Exedy Clutch set with slave and master repair kit
Installed the stock exhaust
New oil and filters
New spark plugs (BPR6ES-11) and NGK wires
New fluids in the trans
Cleaned throttle body
Cleaned MAF
New Crank Sensor
New Cam Sensor
New valve seals
Engine leaks fixed
Theres more but I just can't remember on top of my head right at this moment.
After that I've installed 3 Pro Sport gauges (Volt, Oil Temp, Boost (Planned to boost it))
And a Eonon double din radio
Now comes the fun part.
The car ran great, it was pulling great, the clutch was nice and the feel was great. Even tho It has 150hp the car felt strong and responsive unlike before. Ten days have gone by and the car slowly returned back to its former state where it wasn't giving 100% and was sluggish when accelerating.
I then bought new OEM coil pack from extremepsi, new Oem Cam Sensor from extreme, new Spark plugs and rechecked all the connectors under the hood. But after installing the new Coil pack, I've noticed the car running great again after disconnecting the battery, but just for a minute or two until it warms up, then goes back to running sluggish.
I went to the shop again, they said my new clutch was slipping and the release point was high. They adjusted the clutch pedal release at the half and the car did feel a bit more responsive but it didn't fix the power issue.
I drove the car like that for 2 months until one day I heard strange noise from the clutch and it had a strange feeling, (crackling feeling while pressing or in rpms when shifting).
Went to the shop once again, they sprayed some WD40 onto the hole in the trans/slave and the noise went away but the cracking feeling stayed there. And I've countinued driving the car for 2 months until I bought the GST manual Trans to replace mine (had a 2nd gear grind). Thinking it will solve the problem with the clutch.
Fast forward to now. The car was in the shop, they diagnosed the bad O2 sensor (which I had new waiting for install and bad idle motor that starts up your car when cold and keeps it at 1200rpm). The new GST trans got new KOYO bearings installed with some bushing for the shifting linkeage from extreme. Anyway, the shop said my throw out bearing was shot but the rest of the clutch was fine, so replaced the TOB and installed the trans.
Forgot to mention, a month before I went to the shop the car suddenly started cranking a bit longer when starting up warm. (In the shop they said the evo9 pump lost pressure and reinstalled back my stock one which ended up fixing the problem). After the reinstallment of the old fuel pump, new O2 and that step motor for idle, and new trans the car was again pulling awesome, lost some torque due to longer gears but I could feel the difference.
I drove the car again 5-8 days and I felt the car AGAIN losing power. The clutch was weird from the moment I got the car back, it had some vibrations (mini cracking of before) when in rpm and when you press it all the way, it felt like it could go more but from that point it was the spring.
I've tried the clutch drag test, put it in 1st gear, clutch pressed all the way to that spring spongy feeling, in 5-6k rpm the car moved forward. When I depressed ALL the way in even with that spring which feels very uncomfortable and never felt that before, it doesent move but you can feel that cracking feeling that I've felt before.
Now I'm speechles, the car is sluggish again, the clutch is weird and probably slipping. I've invested well over 10k into the car over these past 2 years trying to make it run right. If anyone can give me some input I would appreciate it.
Apologize for the longer story but wanted to cover mostly everything to give you all a better picture of what was done and everything.
I've been on this forum for years now, learning and reading stories of other people.
First of all, I am from Europe and I own a 2G DSM (1999) European Version (4g63 NA).
Mostly the car is the same as the GST, it has a weaker transmission with a bit shorter gears and of course, no turbo.
Before I start, I have to note that these cars are pretty rare here and I didn't have much of a choice in picking and that I only have 1 shop here that can work on it. So if you see that I've made some mistakes, please let me know
I've bought the car 2 years ago from a 2nd owner that I knew for year and a half. It was the only 4g facelift version in my country. The car came with 3 inch exhaust, some aftermarket speakers, amplifier, aftermarket cheap shi**y headlights and chinese rear bumper and tail lights. (Half rice)
The car was driving ok, it was loud and the wheel bearing was also giving some noise in the cabin which drove me mad. I've noticed the car not having 100% power when you give it gas. I had fun with the car that whole summer until it was time for the shop and maintenance makeover. Some guy Imported spyder 2g with everything stock, and I've acquired it pretty cheap, so I've replaced headlights and tail lights with stock. Also in the mean time, the car started charging 18 volts, so I've replaced 75 amp alternator with the 90 amp one from the spyder.
Now the car went to the shop, the only reputable shop in my country for the Mitsubishi.
I told the shop that they have the green light to replace everything bad. They ended up doing:
Timing (belts, water pump, tensioner etc.)
Suspension (what was needed, wheel bearings, rear knuckles, control arms etc.)
Cleaned injectors, new Fuel Filter and installed evo 9 fuel pump
New Exedy Clutch set with slave and master repair kit
Installed the stock exhaust
New oil and filters
New spark plugs (BPR6ES-11) and NGK wires
New fluids in the trans
Cleaned throttle body
Cleaned MAF
New Crank Sensor
New Cam Sensor
New valve seals
Engine leaks fixed
Theres more but I just can't remember on top of my head right at this moment.
After that I've installed 3 Pro Sport gauges (Volt, Oil Temp, Boost (Planned to boost it))
And a Eonon double din radio
Now comes the fun part.
The car ran great, it was pulling great, the clutch was nice and the feel was great. Even tho It has 150hp the car felt strong and responsive unlike before. Ten days have gone by and the car slowly returned back to its former state where it wasn't giving 100% and was sluggish when accelerating.
I then bought new OEM coil pack from extremepsi, new Oem Cam Sensor from extreme, new Spark plugs and rechecked all the connectors under the hood. But after installing the new Coil pack, I've noticed the car running great again after disconnecting the battery, but just for a minute or two until it warms up, then goes back to running sluggish.
I went to the shop again, they said my new clutch was slipping and the release point was high. They adjusted the clutch pedal release at the half and the car did feel a bit more responsive but it didn't fix the power issue.
I drove the car like that for 2 months until one day I heard strange noise from the clutch and it had a strange feeling, (crackling feeling while pressing or in rpms when shifting).
Went to the shop once again, they sprayed some WD40 onto the hole in the trans/slave and the noise went away but the cracking feeling stayed there. And I've countinued driving the car for 2 months until I bought the GST manual Trans to replace mine (had a 2nd gear grind). Thinking it will solve the problem with the clutch.
Fast forward to now. The car was in the shop, they diagnosed the bad O2 sensor (which I had new waiting for install and bad idle motor that starts up your car when cold and keeps it at 1200rpm). The new GST trans got new KOYO bearings installed with some bushing for the shifting linkeage from extreme. Anyway, the shop said my throw out bearing was shot but the rest of the clutch was fine, so replaced the TOB and installed the trans.
Forgot to mention, a month before I went to the shop the car suddenly started cranking a bit longer when starting up warm. (In the shop they said the evo9 pump lost pressure and reinstalled back my stock one which ended up fixing the problem). After the reinstallment of the old fuel pump, new O2 and that step motor for idle, and new trans the car was again pulling awesome, lost some torque due to longer gears but I could feel the difference.
I drove the car again 5-8 days and I felt the car AGAIN losing power. The clutch was weird from the moment I got the car back, it had some vibrations (mini cracking of before) when in rpm and when you press it all the way, it felt like it could go more but from that point it was the spring.
I've tried the clutch drag test, put it in 1st gear, clutch pressed all the way to that spring spongy feeling, in 5-6k rpm the car moved forward. When I depressed ALL the way in even with that spring which feels very uncomfortable and never felt that before, it doesent move but you can feel that cracking feeling that I've felt before.
Now I'm speechles, the car is sluggish again, the clutch is weird and probably slipping. I've invested well over 10k into the car over these past 2 years trying to make it run right. If anyone can give me some input I would appreciate it.
Apologize for the longer story but wanted to cover mostly everything to give you all a better picture of what was done and everything.