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1986 L200.. I Need Help!, running problems

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ThatGuy95 View Member Profile	Jul 23 2008, 10:37 PM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 6-May 08 Member No.: 57,222 Status: Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Drives: 1986 Mitsubishi L200 Ute	hi guys.. So, i did a head gasket and belt change on my 1986 L200 which went smoothly enough. Anywho after a bit of issues getting it started again, i reset everything to TDC on #1, but it was on exhaust stroke, not compression stroke.. (amateur mistake, i know.. i've copped a bit from my mates for that) Once i got that sorted and fixed i took it for a test run. it was all good for the first half hour or so. but when i started the ute again and was on my way back home i lost all power and it felt like it was dieseling... I pulled over, popped the bonnet and my extractors were glowing red hot.. I know this can happen on turbo manifolds, but being a 4g63 SOHC non turbo i did not expect to see this happen.. Now it sounds like it's running on 3 cylinders so i thought i might have burnt a couple of exhaust valves or something, but i've done a compression test and the compression is about 145 on all cylinders... This is where i need help.. I don't know where to go from here. i've tried going forward & backward a tooth on the distributor but to no avail.. Has this happened to anyone before?? if so i'd love some input or advice.. cheers

KiT TeUnG 2549 View Member Profile	Jul 23 2008, 10:55 PM Post #2
Veteran Group: Members Posts: 1,853 Joined: 21-May 08 Member No.: 58,134 Status: Location: Chiang Mai , Chiang Mai ,TH Drives: 1997 Mitsubishi Diamante VR-S SUPER INVECS II , 1990 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 MR, 2006 Mitsubishi Triton PLUS 3.5 DOCH , 2001 Mitsubishi Galant GSR	IS yur catalytic converter or part of the exhaust clogged/plugged. If itis clogged and highly restricting the exhaust flow it will cause the issues yu are having.

ThatGuy95 View Member Profile	Jul 30 2008, 10:04 PM Post #3
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 6-May 08 Member No.: 57,222 Status: Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Drives: 1986 Mitsubishi L200 Ute	Hey everybody.. turns out it was a faulty distributor.. i replaced the distributor and it's running smooth as.. cheers for ya help

chain rattle View Member Profile	Jul 30 2008, 11:07 PM Post #4
Magna Buff Group: Moderator Posts: 1,236 Joined: 12-January 06 Member No.: 19,697 Status: Location: brisbane australia Drives: 1989 TN .SE magna wagon /1990 TP magna sedan	thanks for the feed back ThatGuy95 :clap:

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