20 Most Recent 1992 Mitsubishi Montero Questions & Answers

Should be in the dash if you have not found it yet!

Take it to a qualified shop.

The coils get power from the ecm. I would check all the ground wires between the body and the engine. Even if you just add a few. Take a wire around the same gauge as a lead cord, put two ring terminals on it and use some of the screws like a bracket hold down bolt on the firewall and a bracket on the engine. Make sure you clean the paint off of the area the wires will be contacting to make a good connection. If that doesn't help, you may have a bad ecm sending too much voltage to the coils.

run the fault codes to determine which exhaust sensor is faulty check the cat converter is working

Engine what????

Oil = 4.5 Litres or 1 Imperial gallon

I doubt the someone will know the number of belt teeth between one cam to the next(although I have been wrong more than once). That is not the way the cams are set. All I can suggest is that you clean up the pulley, find the timing mark and remark it with some white paint or something alike. If you can't find the timing mark then possibly the best alternative is to buy a new or a good second hand pulley and fit the new part. I do hope you started this entire process correctly, engine at Top Dead Center compression stroke on number 1 cylinder. As Mark above points out, some serious damage can occur if this is not done correctly. I have seen valves smash through pistons in your model engine, when a bush mechanic attempted to do a timing bet replacement wrongly. Wind the engine over(2 full turns) by hand before you even think of reconnecting the battery.

5 litres of oil with a new oil filter fitted. I own a Pajero, same car. The oil filter is a pain to get to when changing it out for a new one. I have a few different oil filter change tools, the best in the case of your car is a thin band type. I change the oil filter every oil change on all my vehicles. It is cheaper to spend an extra $10 every oil change than to rebuild the motor.

run fault codes and check for accelerator position sensor--- check for limp mode operation

If its having difficulty moving through the gears it could be a transmission issue or the turbo could be bad which would also cause a bogging down situation.

Hi James Just wondering if you got that troublesome beast running yet if not
drop me an email and ill help get you going again .

Assuming your Montero does not require a simple tune-up, plugs, cap rotor, wires...) I'd check your fuel pressure, it may be as simple as a plugged fuel filter. If it is fuel related the fuel pump may be failing, pressure regulator may be shot or poor injectors (failing) Another check is your MAF, Mass Air Flow switch. This is located right at the air filter (you unplug it to access the filter) On that SUV you can check computer codes by use of a simple anolog multi meter. Please let me know if this helps or if you need further help.

Thanks,
Tom

is your car got injectors system or carburetor is it diesel or gasoline ?