Hi again,

where would i get a manual for the fto? i've seen downloadable ones that are very pricey, it's just that i want to find out if i have front fog lights on te car, change my coolant and fix my gear knob as it is wobbly.

Cheers.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OYNTR3BV

FTO GPX workshop manuals .rar file 100Mb contains PDF files:
4G9 series engine manual
6A1 series engine manual
Body repair manual
Electrical wiring manual
Engine & transmission manual
Owners manual & aircon guide
FTO Workshop manual
Suspension exploded diagrams
Technical infomation manual

hi new to this forum and just after a few tips.
Mt good friends 95 FTO GPX was stolen and taken for a joy ride and recovered a a week later. the car has a couple of small dents and the bonnet bent which we can fix no problems, the thing that has us stuck is the starter won't crank the engine.

The ignition barrell was destroyed we are trying to start the car up by turning the platic part ( half moon ) that the barrel slides into. all the reds come on but we only get a buzzing sound which seems to be coming from the stepper modual. the part with the fat needle that goes into the air inlet of the induction part of the inlet manifold. not the idle sensor but the one below on the opposite side or the sound is coming from under the inlet manifold trumpets.

we live in Canberra A.C.T. would also like to know where we could get a ignition barrel and maybe door and boot locks if they will be needed as well. we don't want 2 sets of keys for the car. the car also has central locking. anyhelp would br gratefull.

hi guys, i have a major ellectrical problem with my fto. it keeps melting the fuse for the lights. its a 10 amp fuse, the fuse melts completely before it blows.

the rear side lights do not work. but all the others do.

when it comes to car electrics i have no clue where to start.

help me please...

Hi can any body suggest a engine oil that will help with one or two noisy hydraulic tappets
only noisy on start up from cold for 5-10 mins until engine very warm ( but not every time )
would a engine flush help with this mater and a good oil but what grade of oil ?

Hi,

Am new to the forum and just wondering if you could answer the question to my problem with my FTO GR model.

For some unknown reason the car will not go over 4000rpm, on the odd occasion it goes over but rarely.

I have changed the ECU temp sender and spark plugs and leads for all of the cylinders, but the problem is still there.

There are no codes being stored, can anybody help.

Fto now not starting
hi can any body help when driving along 20mph-80mph my fto loses power and stalls (as if it runs out of petrol),most times it does not restart straight away after about 5 minutes it will restart but will do the same again further down the road
now heres the odd thing the fault goes away and starts again days later
can any body help
have now replaced fuel pump ,fuel realy , fuel filtter and stepper motor,
also had a code read no faults showing

Today driving great pulled up on driveway still running great turned car off then tried to restart 30 sec's latter and now won't start at all ?
checked for spark which it has ,turns over great, no fuel (pump does not seem to prime or run) for some reason so put 12v direct from the battery to the fuel pump ,car then starts but but only keeps running if the ignition is held over stops as soon as you let the key return.
hope someone can help

hi can any body help when driving along 20mph-80mph my fto loses power and stalls ( also dies sometimes just sitting on the driveway) (as if it runs out of petrol),most times it does not restart straight away after about 5 minutes it will restart but will do the same again further down the road
now heres the odd thing the fault goes away and starts again days later
can any body help
have now replaced fuel pump ,fuel realy and stepper motor,
also had a code read no faults showing

For those who remember from my last thread a few threads down. The 1996 FTO I am looking at is fairly rooted.

Well so far I am still wanting to get this fto. More because of the auto in it. Is very very very smooth. But man that motor is rooted IMO.
Anyway I am sure I can get the dealer to drop the price a ton on it and get it as is. Or get them fix the motor and then work on the price from there.

SO this leads me to one last thing. How hard is it to get the tower strut bars in the front and back of these GPXs? Also is there any way to make the dash look better. I love the Elecroluminesent dash from my Diamante and find it so hard to go back to the ugly old one.
Are they easy to replace.

mac

Well if all goes well I should be able to get my hands on a 1996 FTO gpx.

Anyway I would like to know the best way to go about getting the exhaust to get out the best of all sound.
If possible can I get vids of proof of the best sounds. I done heaps of you tube but still would like some more stiles of sounds.

Thank you,

mac

Hey all i just removed my cylinder head to find the culprit of an oil leak and found the gasket seal was not complte (someoneused gasket sealant rather than an actual gasket) which should be used (gasket sealant (tube like) or that hard cardboard like stuff)?

Hey, do any of you guys know where in the UK i can get a cambelt changed? I've asked about but no one can do it because it's an import. I'd do it myself but i dont have the room at the moment and i'm not likely to for some time.

Thanks in advance.

HI ALL, LAST WEEK I BOUGHT A N REG BLUE GPX AUTO.... LOVE IT!

WENT OUT LAST WEEKEND IN IT AND IT DROVE BRILLIANT...

ON SATURDAY I DID A JOURNEY OF ABOUT 50 MILES PULLED UP TO A HALT AT SOME TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND IT DIED!!!
AND KEPT DOING THIS EVERY TIME I STOPPED OR NEARLY STOPPED AND HAS DEVELOPED WHAT SOUNDS LIKE EXTREMELY NOISY TAPPET ON STARTUP AND THROUGHOUT ALL REV RANGES,, IT SOUNDS AWFUL...

DONT HAVE A CLUE HOW THIS HAPPENED.... IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE TAPPETS TO JUST START MAJOR RATTLING/KNOCKING... I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT FTO ENGINES BUT I KNOW THE TAPPETS CAN BE ADJUSTED ON THE MIVEC....SHOULD I TRY THAT FIRST OR COULD IT BE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS??

ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED.....CHEERS ANDY

Im new to the forum as i have recntly become the proud owner of a 95 gpx!! I love the car to bits but just got one problem i need some advice on. What oil should be used in the engine?? Cos when its cold its quiet no tappet noise but when it warms up there is tappet noise there. It doesnt lose any power or run any differently. Could i use a better oil to help sort this problem????

just wondering if any other wheels from different vehicles are suitable to fit to a fto?

does the fto come in anything other than front wheel drive? like the gto coming in all wheel VR-4 form? also does it come turbocharged in anyway.

hi guys , just bought a tiptronic mitshi . car will sometimes start fine , other times it will start and die out if i let it tick over , however , at high revs , car will continue to run. a real mystery to me this , any good advice out there ? cheers.

Hi all new fto owner here..
Brought a great little fto which dont seem to have non of the usual problems touch wood everything working as it should..
Im getting it booked in for a cam belt anyway as no history at all.But just checked it visually by taking off front cam belt cover and it looks newish
with tipex marks still on the cams..Testing the tension as the belt vanishes to the center idler it did seem a little loose i could pull it clear from two teeth
of the cam..
I ran the engine with the cover off to see if its flapping about but seems fine basicly sould their be any play like this when the engine is not running and its taken up
when it is running tis going in anyway but not for a week and im using this car in the meantime..
Great cars the fto love the style,Drive and awsum sound..
All advice taken in many thanks...

hi there this is my first post and by the looks of things the first of many.
Recently brought a 95 mivec fto and after the 6mile drive home the car now wont start.

Firstly i noticed one of the belts and been chewed in half but down the length of the belt so it hasnt actually snapped. Next i noticed the pully wheel this belt was on was buckeld and wasn't running true. I think its the power steering belt that has gone. The pulley is the top most forward one is this the ccrankshaft pulley wheel.

Next is noticed there ws a sensor wire that had been catching on the same belt and had worn through to the bear metal.

the mpi fuse had blown could this sensor wire of caused this?

after all of this basically i wont to know if the engine now fubared or if i get the above repaired will it be ok.

Cheers for your time on reading this

ben

Hi Guys ! and gals

Its my 1st time here, so let me just hi to every1

guess I have been lucky in some sense, that my car has never given me any real trouble whatsoever in the two years I have owned her.
That was until about 3 weeks back. she is a 94reg fto gr import


It started one evening after I had come back from shopping in Newcastle, Id dropped my friend off only to find my car would not start at all.
Got a lift home, my brother had a look at the car for me the next day, said it started 1st time, he said he couldnt find owt wrong with it, barr the alternator belt seeming a little loose.
Well anyway ! I took it to work the next day, it started for me fine no problems running, only I finished work, got into my car only to find it wouldnt start, all the lights came on an such.
But when you turn the key, nothing.....???
This has happend quite a few times now, it seems to start the 1st two or three times, with no problem. But then it wont start at all, but the wired thing is that after 3 or 4 or 5 hours it will start........!!!

Thats the confusing bit for me, I dont know a hell of a lot bout cars, But Im thinking it cant be the battery as if left long enough it starts fine. Like today for example, I havent used the car for bout two weeks, cause im afraid it wont start, and havent had time to get it sorted. But it started 1st time


Please guys !

Any advice...........

thanx in advance Jane

This is my first FTO so clearly my first post in here so let me just take a minute to say hi to everyone, i have read a few posts and there seems to be some knowledgeable people here,............right.......i bought my 2.0 v6 24v ralliart just 2 days ago, everything was fine when i picked it up, although on the way home i did kind if notice the battery light kind of flickering upon revving but i just ignored this as it was running fine....anyway the next morning i went out to it and it was dead, completely no life, no lights nothing!! got my grandad to come help me by jump start and after a while it had life again so off i went, then 5 mins later in mcdonalds drive through it died! (embarrassing!) my friend came in his skoda lol and gave me a jump start and off it went, fired up straight away, so anyway i have jumped started it a couple of times now and it always starts it, now.....yesterday i jumped it off my boss's van and away it went. We stood talking as it was running and it just cut out, we started it again and it started straight away, i drove it down the road and parked back up outside the house, turned it off and tried to start it again but nothing, the dash lights come on but all i get is a load of clicking!? at first i thought starter motor?? but as soon as i jump start it, it starts so surely starter is ruled out?! am i being a bit thick and not realising its just the battery needs replacing?? any help would be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance.

Russ

Hey all,

Have a Mitsubishi 4 speed tiptronic. Thing is it shifts fine in manual tip mode but when I have it in full auto is shift like its a somewhat confused.

From first to second it changes then goes into a false neutral then changes to second.

So take off in first during the shift to second it goes into neutral but revs drop say 1000rpms (WTF would cause this) and then engage second gear.

In tip mode it does not do it, and gear shifts are fine. Oil is still red and does not have a burning smell.

Anyone help?

Thanks.

Hey guys,

I am looking at getting a fto mivec. Don't quite know what age of, probably around 1995.

What I am wanting to know is what are some things to look out for with these cars. Tips on finding a good one. And how to tell a lemon.

Cheers,

mac

well scince selling my fto in september iv bout a 306 ,mitshibishi chariot grandis ,a hyundai coupe and now im back to another fto ,nothing compares ah finally got another pride and joy xxx

Hi I have just bought my very first mitsi as a bit of a project hopefully not a too costly one. I bought a 1995 FTO gr, the chap that owned it before me wasn't very technically minded an somehow connected the battery with the polarity reversed, never realised and tried to start the car. Since then the car has been laid up...until i saw it covered in moss from the road. I am pretty certain that I have checked all the fuses on the car and fitted a new battery, when i turn the key to its first position all the lights come on as I would expect, radio works etc however when i attempt to start the car it will turn over but not fire. I have had the spark plugs out of the car and checked to see whether they are infact sparking when the car is turned over but they don't seem to be. Further to this I have tried going to a few local garages wih a view to booking it in for work but as it is an import no one seems to want to know. YOu all seem quite knowledgeable from reading through previous pots and topics so any ideas, information or just a general push in a direction go next would be muchly appreciated.

Regards Phil

Hi all,

I have recently bought my first FTO, the lad first said it was a GR model but then when i picked the car up he said it was a GX model, i would be very grateful if anyone could tell me if there is any way of finding out exactly what model my fto is, i.e. from the vin number or something, any help/info would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Dan.

hi can anyone help me my fto wont start ive had a garage look at it and they said the injectors are not firing can any1 give me some advise on how to fix i?? thanx

hi can some1 please give me some advise i have a 1995 m reg fto v6 gr its a manual but wont go into 2nd 4th or reverse gear? it goes into 1st 3rd and 5th fine??

Just bought a '95 FTO GR and love it to bits!! The only problem is that the speedo & and Rev counter are not working. Please Help!!

hi can any1 help me. im looking for an evo style bonnet for a fto but not in carbon fibre can any1 advise me where i can get 1?

Hey I have been working on a project for about a year now and i have a mitsubishi fto mivic ralliart engine in a mitsubishi colt so basiccly i havbe put all the fto fittings in to a 1996 colt
i have the wireing loom for the car custom made cost over £1000 to desighn and make
and the car has worked grate untill recently not sure whats happening
i had a new cam belt fitted and discoverd i needed a new oil fed shocker as well so as u can imagen it was a very expensive and costly process
but after this was done the car was under reving at only about 500 when in first gear so as u can imagen the car was dieing when i slowed down and put it in to first gear so at first i thought it was the idle as you would normally imagen just needed turned up but now it has started to missfire badly when driving along and the engine warning light has come on. i know for a fact the engine its self is fine as before we put the cambelt on all the cylinders were fine and ive alredy checked this out and the engine is fine so it has to be a electrical fault im asumeing my thoughts are the map sensor any one else any ideas

the car still starts up and under revs but when i try and drive it miss fires and as u can imagen the car jurkes around. i can not plug the ethos machine in iit to diagnose it as sadly the guy who re wired the car for me didnt tell me were the plug in was and i cant find it

i would really appreceate any help at all. My guess is its electrical and im looking towards the map sensor any one else got any thoughts

Hi All,

I'm new to this forum and new to FTO's.

I recently bought a 2000 model Mitsy FTO Mivec. The other day the front light started flickering from dim to bright and eventually stopped on dim. I thought it was a faulty bulb, so i bought a new one, fitted it and the same thing happened. I took it to an electrician and they told me its the lights 'volt controller box', located behind each light.

Does this make sense to anyone? I done some research but all i could find that sounded similiar was a Xenon HID Ballast, is that what i need? Does anyone have a part number or know where i can source this part?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as i am a bit stuck. I live in Cyprus and qualified electricians are hard to come by.

Many Thanks...

Hey Folks........

Have just stumbled across this forum, and am hoping for some good advice from fellow Mitsu Owners. I have had this problem for a few years now and now and again dust off the Tech Manuals and try to find and fix the issue and to date have had no joy....... hopefully some good advice will come from this post

My PJ is a 1995 FTO GR, D38A (V type 6 cylinder DOHC 24 valve same as 97 gallant)I have owned her from the day she was Imported from Japan to Ireland 8 years ago now, (now living in UK) about 6 years ago I have a problem with the car not starting and had the CAS changed when I got the car back the Tacho was not working.

The following is what has been done to date:

Inspection procedure 54-15 (no codes from ECU(OK), all wiring checks at gauges to +/- and ecu and sensors (OK) the Tacho feed says it should be 5v and am only getting 4.6v (??) ... outcome says change Tacho which I did and ....still not working.......

IFS (Ignition failure sensor) Change ....still not working.......

ECU SWAP ....still not working.......

I have a UNI-T Auto Meter which has 6cyl rpm signal test but can’t get any signal from the ECU signal wire, speed connection wire or the IFS or engine speed connector......


Jay

PS have all workshop manuals for this Engine in PDF format if they are any good anyone ..

Hi,
My F.T.O wont start up. I have changed the fuel pump,the fuel filter and changed the spark plugs also.The spark plugs are firing but no petrol is going in to the engine,please help as i am running out of ideas as to what he problem can be.Thank-You.

Hi everyone im new to the forum and ive invested in a 1994 fto gr, needs a little work as its been standing in a warehouse so the back brakes are none exsistant and the exhaust is in very much need of a replacement (complete system) ive sourced a gpx but the answer i need desperatly is WILL THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OFF A GPX FIT STRAIGHT ONTO A GR? they are both jap imports and i think the same year also, need to know as i will be taking it off later, many many thanks

Going from 4th to 5th gear is a bit jumpy, and also dont seem to pull much when in 5th gear? I want to do a oil change, got the filter I just don't know what oil to put in it!!! Any help with this would be great...

Hi,

just recently bought an fto with the tiptronic box, the problem is that when i go to start it all the lights come on and nothing, but as i have noticed when i take the hand brake off and it is in park it starts, so could this be because the park bit on the box is jolting the starter to start? will i need a new one?


thanks.

Hello,
I want to make a conversion of a rhd Mitsubishi fto to lhd. Yes, I know your reactions: It will be expensive ...dont do it...buy rather a new lhd car...But I'll do it.

I know that I need to buy a new steering rack(or turn it 180' the old one), , make new wiring, change postions of the pedals, change position of some parts in the car, make a new firewall...
But the main problem is the dash...Do I need to make it on my own? Can I make some adjustments with the current dash, it's simmetric the left side and the right side... Can I find a dash who is very similar(or the same) as the dash of the fto from anoter mitsubishi model? maybe a 3000gt or eclipse?

I have a very good team in plan for doing that conversion, an expert mecchanic who has done some conversion of other cars in past, an excellent electrician and my uncle is a expert in welding.

It's very interesting that I didn't find any information on the internet regarding the conversion of the fto...It's there some problem in the fto that doesn't allow doing the conversion?
That's the part of the informations I had collected from various forums on the topic : RHD to LHD conversion.
Cheers

hi guy s new to the site. hope all is well. allow me to tell you mystory. last month swapped my mk1 gti golf convertable. for an fto and had nothing but trouble from day one. the gearbox was knackered so i bit the bullet and had it replaced managed to find one locally. but it was a gpx not a gr so after some research found that this should not be a problem as long as the inner joints are changed as they ate 27 splines on a gpx and only 25 on a gr. box went in no bother. but think this box might be worst than the last one only get couple hundred meters along the rd and jumps in to safe mode. has to be restarted then does exactley the same. i have had it working in all gears but for a very short time. treid resetting ecu but no joy. any help would be greatley appreciated. need a good dignostic guy in scotland. please help as i really dont want to piss another 600 bucks of hard earned money away. cheers bob

how much will it be to buy and ship a 95 fto to the us
can you drop the gto motor in it the (6g72TT)

I hope you guys can give me some advice. There's no earth between the ignition switch and starter. The ignition switch and starter are both fine. At the moment I'm hot wiring the FTO to get it started. Could it be the inhibitor switch causing the problem or just a broken earth wire. If so, where do I start to look? Tiggi

fto is a dream car to me
its so hard to find one its crazy
ita a mix of a supra/3000gt love the car i dont know how they preform but they look bas ass

Dear All,

Does anyone know how much the oil pressure should be in this engine in PSI pls?
Mine is going over 100PSI up to approx 140 PSI.....

Thanks for help,

Regards,

Toni

Hi Guys.

I'm new to these forums and have just bought an fto Gr tiptronic. I'm so happy with the car and was suprised how fast it was for its age. Anyway I had a problem the other day...I had been out in the car for about 45 minutes and i noticed when i was in first gear of the 4 i lost power. The engine revs wildly like it should but the power isnt transmitted to the wheels or the drive shaft as it may be. i dont know alot about how the drive train works in automatics, but a friend mentioned something about it possibly being the torque converter, if this is a friction clutch then i suppose it would make sense. Would it be expensive?

I have also experienced the key occasionally getting stuck in the ignition but thanks to another post i think i'll be able to fix it.

After leaving the lights on my car the other day the engine started squeeking, i thought this might of been the fan belt straining due to the extra load on the alternator but again im not very familiar with cars engines so im not sure.

Finally, my fto has the multi changer in the armrest but the internals that hold the cd's isnt present. Would anybody be able to help me locate one?

Thanks alot guys, hope you can lend your expertise.

I have a clicking noise in the passenger foot well it stops when I turn up the heat but starts again when I try to get lower temps below 20 ish usually sometimes its lower others higher I dont have a clue please help ta

Hi, i have bought a Gizzmo Electronic DSII shift light (a tachometer without the dial) and a simple three wire installation or so i thought.
the 12V Ign was easy as was the earth and the only other one was the tachometer signal from the engine ECU on the passengers side of my FTO GR. when i connect the wire to the tacho signal from the ECU, the stock tacho cuts out and the aftermarket tacho does not function correctly, this is only temporary as the stock tacho begins to work again after disconnecting the other wire.

anyone had anything similiar? any suggestions?

Hi, gearbox works fine in both modes for a few miles and then jumps into 3rd, it will not change wether in d or tiptronic. Goes into reverse without any problems.
When the ignition is turned off it resets and works normally for a very short while.
This only started happening after not using the car for about 3 wks and the battery went flat...
Anyone got any ideas....thanks for any help in advance...Mark

Hi there,
When I bought my FTO last year the passenger sill had some rusting at the back.
I would like to get this fixed/replaced (see attached picture)

Has anyone had this done themselves?
How much did it cost and does anyone know of a place in Scotland (preferably Edinburgh) that I could get this work done?

Also there is some rusting on the underside of the car which I may have looked at while I am doing this. Does anyone have experiences they can share of bodywork done to their FTO. The cost involved and advice?

Thanks,
Dave

Hi can someone help please i cant start the fto i am not getting a spark,i took out a spark plug and held it againest the engine and no spark, but i think i am getting petrol because the plug is wet when i take it out,the battery is fully charged,can someone help please,please reply tdunphy@o2.ie

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Every year the Mitsubishi Plant in Normal, IL puts on an event called MOD (Mitsubishi Owners Day) as known as Back to Normal. (See flyer for more info)

This year my inside source has told me that the Mitsubishi Plant is possibly going to be having a Galant FTO on display... hence why I'm here!!

I want to reach out to all of you FTO owner's that live close enough, and or just want to takw a good road trip and come out and join all of us this year at MOD. The turn out is as always amazing with all kinds of Mitsu's to see and vendors.

They section off the cars so all the same line is together. They even break down all the eclipses/ talons into the different generations. Lancer has seperate from the Evos even!

AMS will be there. Buschur too I think (last year they couldn't make it).

Free food. Tours of the plant. Tshirts you can buy, and so much more! I hope to see some of you out there!