hi i have a spacewagon 2.4 gdi petrol manual ,its blowing a bit of smoke out the exsaust on accelleration ,i was going to try some AMETECH engine restorer in to see if it fixes it i read its the only one that really works,but ive also read that it can knacker your oil pump ? has anybody tried it ? and whats the result been . i would be very interested in your responses if any
regards kev

Mine is 1998 spacewagon 2.4 gdi and has the same problem. The dealer said it may due to leakage of engine oil (that's why blue smoke on acceleration). I have tried some engine restorers but it didn't help. I just sent it for engine rebuild. Hope it of help.

kev,

I had a similar problem a couple of years ago when the engine was cold and I used a 'forte' garage supplied injector cleaner type fuel treatment, it had barely scraped through the emissions for the previous years test as the paperwork came with the car. Added it to the tankful of fuel and did a couple of hundred miles and the smoke disappeared completely,it was about a tenner at the time and I'm not saying that it would do the same to your car only that it might be worth trying.

At the next MOT 10 months down the line the emissions were so low they barely registered which was unexpected and it's gone through another one since then too with similar results. Due again late august and I'll be running another can through it before that one too although there's still no smoke.

Hi Kev,
the eroneous quote about an oil pump in 1998 was withdrawn as unsubstantiated.
Ametech can fix anything that is worn metal on metal but not if something is broken.

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here are a couple of interesting links:
50,000 professional and amateur hotrodders on:
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BMW biker forum etc
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Ford truckers:
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/363952-a...ne-restore.html

Land Rover Users
http://cgi3.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...d=enginerestore

Big Block Guys:
http://www.bigcoupe.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.p...237f4ecf4226d50

real clients with real problems solved &
money saving tips on car repairs:
http://www.americantechnology.co.uk/index....=WEBPAGE&page=4
http://www.americantechnology.co.uk/index....=WEBPAGE&page=3

the factory would like to have someone on this forum get a free can of Ametech & do a review on this oil with real life problems. call if interested 01394 675317 ask for Roz mention Mitsubishi forum.