On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:33:11 -0500, John wrote:
> In the 90's Mitsubi**** changed manufacturing on the 2.0 engine and it
led
> to about 6% of the engines developing "crank walk" - that hurt thier
> reputation. I have owned two of these "un-reliable" cars and have not
had a
> single problem. In fact I am putting some major effort into my second
to
> turn it into a 400 hp AWD convertible. The first one had 125k with no
> problems. The second has 130K and still going strong!
I hope you and those 400 horses have a good time together.
In the early 90's Mitsubi**** was selling one of the worst Jap engines ever
seen here. It was called the 2.0 or 2.6 Astron and the car it powered was
called a Magna (Diamante). The Astron engine suffered from head gasket
failure,
excessive bore wear, valve stem seal leaks, crankshaft problems, excessive
fuel consumption,
excessive oil consumption, camshaft wear, timing chain problems, water
pump problems, it was noisy and breathless. The Astron engine is infamous
in Australia.
My kids like to play spot the stinky Mitsubi**** when are out driving. You
can usually smell an Astron engine before you are in visual range. On the
few odd times it isn't a '****i it will be a Mazda.
I won't even mention the infamous automatic transmissions.
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