2003 Mitsubishi Montero Sport - Page 6 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Its called the belt tensioner, usually a spring loaded
pulley that has a stud in the rear that may break due to harsh turning of the wheel or old age

your turbo sounds like its a bit on the sick side to me it should kick in at 1800---2000rpm so your thrashing the engine till it gets to 2500rpm time it was looked at

COULD BE A BAD VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKING OIL ON EXHAUST MANIOLD.

No more than 60,000 miles.

did you place it in neutral when you did so?
try placing it in neutral hit the button then reverse for 50 feet it should disengage

coolant level ,or put some card in front of the rad

NO. No routine service requires the engine to be removed. I'd expect the belts to be replaced though.

NO. it uses the same fuse as the tail lights. If the tail lights are working th efuse is good. The bulb is most likely burned out.

This vehicle doesn't appear to have a cabin filter. There is a aerosol spray to neutralize and deodorize that you can buy at most local auto parts stores specially made for the a/c evaporator.

could be any number of break problems, it is just telling you that the breaks need checking and before something fails.

SES light comes on for a variety of reasons. You can go to an autozone and a parts salesperson who was making pizza last week will put a $30 analyzer on it for free and tell you what codes come on and what they may mean from a book. Or you can go to a dealer and someone who works on these for a living and may have seen this before will attach a more expensive and dedicated analyzer for 60-100 bucks and tell you something else. You get what you pay for.

most salvo auto parts stores will test your codes for free they can only offer parts not service. but its the only company that does it for free

you have low oil pressure, so adding oil will not cure the light, if the engine is knocking u have damaged the engine bearings and it will need to be torn down and rebuilt.

they did the service and did not reset the service light, try disconecting the negative battery terminal for a few seconds and reconect

Yes it is the condensor.

Have it checked and replaced.

Find the oil leak and fix it
If coming from the timing case replace the gasket.
If from rocker remove it and replace the gasket
as if you have a oil leak then its fixable
1st check oil is it engine oil (black) or something else??????????

this is a technical problem that the guys down in concord california can take care of easily

follow the instructions in the owner's manual

you cannot do such a thing without major mods to the chassis

check the fuse box on the driver side of the car underneath the dash near the door the fuse is probably blown