Can't get it to handbrake turn.Ģ15/70/16 seems over-tyred, and for snow a narrower wheel/tyre would be an advantage. However, bumper-mounted fogs serve as cornering lights.Ī bit choppy, especially the short wheelbase version. Changing the headlight bulb on the battery side is a problem, especially as disconnecting the battery means you have to reset the tickover.ĭiscoloured headlight lenses exacerbates dismal performance. Changing to a larger battery means you have to address that small/large terminal pillar terminal issue. Adequate, especially with ABS drums on the rear are hardly a deal breaker.īelt squeaks/slips so you briefly lose power steering when you go through water. The plungers on the fronts need greasing when you change pads. Steering alignment never seems to need adjusting.ĭisc/drum. Good, but central diff cross-member sticks down. Propshaft universal joint into rear diff has a H/D shield.
Or as template for making a heavy duty guard.įuel tanks (there seem to be two) are shielded in the same thin plate material, but adequate as a stone guard. Alternatively, get another from a donor and double-skin. Totally inadequate for bad bumps, so you might as well remove it for extra cooling. Sump shield, thin plate but foam rubber between sump. Dash light that shows 2/4WD can malfunction and flash, but no worries it's just the electrics playing up.
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O/D, LSD rear, central diff locking, crawler gear, auto and manual options. It's the sort of car you run on snow tyres year round.ĢWD/4WD, can switch on the move. General Comments:Īn all-function, no-fashion off-roader for bad conditions, especially snow. Hitting a bump caused a drip-drip water leak from the N/S. Snow tyres, obviously, year-round preferably.
But no way can you stop! The problem with snow driving is the other vehicles rather than the conditions. Engaging Low and taking out of overdrive (and obviously engaging difflock) is the way to tackle a steep downhill ice covered slopes. The secret is diff-lock, in addition to 4WD and LSD. Both ice-covered up hill and downhill slopes.
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The big plus with an iO is its ability to cope with deep snow. The plastic radiator can split if the engine overheats. The 2.0- and 1.8-litre engines may be different in this regard. This is essentially a write-off "kiss of death" on a 20-year-old. This may be the stems of the inlet valves have carboned up as the lubrication hole on the valve lifters is too small (1.0mm). The dreaded Mitsubishi tick will cause Shaken failure as the hydrocarbon reading is too high to pass on emission. But there are four of them to work through. Easily fixed, especially with a complete transformer/stem from a donor. From 100,000 km the stem insulation on the stem from the transformer to the spark plug can fail causing a misfire at the spark plug end.
Also difficult to remove, although a 22mm open-ended should do the trick if you work it back and forward. The O2 sensor can be expensive (21,000 yen) and difficult to access. Whether steady or flashing is significant. The check engine light covers a multitude of sins.