Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

strangerover · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 23:07 Post subject:

well from what I can gather my engine runs well and every one with a Delica who has driven it says its smooth,

I get 24MPG on average, more if I drive Miss Daisy or on pure motorway driving, not much less round town as I force it to change up.

My TPS is at 1.1 Volts incase that helps and my EGR is as standard.

also running with the A/C on in the summer seems to make very little difference, if any.
in fact driving down the motorway with the sun roof open uses more fuel than the A/C

and yes the russian book from the link...

its in the Engine Book (section 11) second half,
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notty · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 913 Location: WALES

I filled my Deli to the brim the other week and after 3 weeks of use ( only 6 miles a day maximum not even letting the engine get warm hardly, had to fill it back up today at a cost of £42 after 3 weeks. That's 126 miles for £42.....perhaps I need to walk !

notty

TyrantinTruro · Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 529 Location: Truro Cornwall

notty, i would check for leaks mate,thats not good (no need to tell you ) i once had to drive flat out 200 mile round trip that used £40.00 (this was 2 years ago when £40.00 was £40.00). a cold diesel engine is never economical, so you have to take it easy untill its up to normal temperature
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bulldoggy · Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 395 Location: derbyshire

To set the pump timing you need a dial test indicator that screws into the back of the pump vi an adapter (which I have ). Haven't done mine coz I haven't worked out how to get the adapter and dti in to a space the size of a fag paper yet. It fits on the pump in the center of the four injector out let pipes. Also you need to have a new crankshaft pully fitted coz it relies on movement from the crankshaft pully to measure this.

Old advice from landy is if it smokes black its to far retarded and if it smokes white its too far advanced. I would suggest taking it somewhere with an exhaust gas anylizer and getting the pump set up that way(possibly )

Of course I may have got the retarded advanced bit wrong but I do know you can tell from exhaust smoke coz I set up my landy this way and got a gawd thats clean from mot station.

notty · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 913 Location: WALES

touching wood as i type....no leaks here.....just engine never gets chance to get warm really especially with the cold mronings we've been having. still touching wood...she's still as reliable as ever......

I'm happy anyway....I get to drive around in my Deli like the lord of the manor and nothing will stop me.....until i run out of money lol

RichardK · Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 103 Location: West Midlands

ns1444 · Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 72 Location: South Dorset

Stick to diesel from the pump, its properly refined, won't clog up filters, won't wreck your pump and its a lot less hassle than messing about with vegetable oil. And since the Chinese are increasing car production at an alarming rate, and the Yanks don't give a toss about pollution, sticking vegetable oil in your tank won't make a bit of difference on enviromental grounds. Well thats my opinion Wink

Lets face it, if you've got a Delica the enviroment is not your no. 1 concern Laughing

Nigel.

chrisfoster1971 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 19:33 Post subject:

RichardK it was me with the 40PSI and the tyres appear to go upto 50 so should be fine.

As for BP Ultimate it isn't too readily available around here and to be honest normal diesel is 108.9 at the nearest BP station so daren't look how much more Ultimate is, Scotty15 has been experimenting with Premium Diesels in his Disco and said his runs far better and appears to give better fuel economy but I will wait and see as this is fairly recent and don't want to be paying even more through the nose than I already am. At the end of the day I would prefer to run 100% SVO if I could to reduce the emmisions etc so at least I am doing my bit even if others aren't.

As I was running 70/30 SVO, all be it for one tank only the beast had become a b.tch to start so gone back to pure Derv for now at least until I can get replacement glo plugs to give it that little bit extra.

I would like to replace the Busbar with individual ht lead also to give it more oomph, so it anyone has done this could you let me know your findings.....please
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strangerover · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 19:42 Post subject:

chrisfoster1971 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 19:48 Post subject:

Will be getting some off Simon I hope as want some Diamonds anyway and I believe you get these if you buy from the club....I think
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Rusty · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 19:58 Post subject: