Mitsubishi Pajero timing belt woes!

Stigy

Hi all!

I have a Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin which is a Japanese Import and am after some advice on parts! The car has 55,000-miles on the clock and is a 2000 V-Reg model. The vehicle has no documented service history with it, so I'm not sure if the timing belt has been replaced. So I'm going to play it safe and fit one myself. Trouble is, I'm having real problems sourcing one! If I tap the reg in to a lot of sites search engines it comes back as a Mitsubishi Carisma, and nobody lists a 1.6-litre Pajero, just a 1.8 in this guise! (although I'd imagine they're the same engine just bored out). I know it's legitimate as I've verified it's history through old MoTs (although I wasn't with the wife when she bought it, so only done so after the event!).

The engine is a 4G18 engine, which is also in the Carisma and several Protons etc. Now in theory the belt should be the same I guess, on all engines of the same type, but being a Japanese Import I'm not so sure. Can anybody advise?

Thanks in advance! :beer:

Horizon81

The Pajero - a classic travellers car of choice! Why not try and find an owners club, I'm sure they're more qualified than anyone on here for that particluar import.

jase1

4G18 is also fitted to the Space Star and Lancer. I was under the impression though that the 4G92 (16V version) was fitted to the Carisma, you should check that.

Given that the Lancer is Japanese-built (the Space Star and Carisma are Dutch), and the Protons use essentially JDM engines to build their cars, and all these cars use the same cambelt, I would be very surprised if there was any difference between all of these and the Pajero. £65 from most motor factors -- I'm getting this done on the 4G18-equipped Space Star shortly myself.

Stigy

jase1 wrote: »

4G18 is also fitted to the Space Star and Lancer. I was under the impression though that the 4G92 (16V version) was fitted to the Carisma, you should check that.

Given that the Lancer is Japanese-built (the Space Star and Carisma are Dutch), and the Protons use essentially JDM engines to build their cars, and all these cars use the same cambelt, I would be very surprised if there was any difference between all of these and the Pajero. £65 from most motor factors -- I'm getting this done on the 4G18-equipped Space Star shortly myself.

Thanks for the info. The 4G18 engine is a SOHC 16-valve, and I would assume that it doesn't matter what car it's fitted to, being the same engine code would mean that all fitments etc are identical. I might get a belt for any model with that engine code and assume it'll be okay.

I called a Mitsubishi dealer and even they couldn't find the engine in that car!

Thanks again! :beer:

jase1

4G18 is 16V? Hmmm, didn't know that, I'd assumed it was 8V.

Yeah it seems you're right. Just that you don't see too many SOHC 16V engines.

Stigy

jase1 wrote: »

4G18 is 16V? Hmmm, didn't know that, I'd assumed it was 8V.

Yeah it seems you're right. Just that you don't see too many SOHC 16V engines.

Indeed, I believe I said it before in another thread, but I forget :beer:

Mitsubishi are one of the few manufacturers to make 16-valve SOHC engines. Although obviously not wanting to come across as patronising, you can tell a 16-valve engine from the positioning of the plug leads on top of the rocker cover. Although not halfway accross and on-top of the rocker cover as DOHC units, the spark plug leads are still at the top of the rocker cover, so as each plug is in the middle of each of the four valves. 8-valve units tend to have the plugs diagonally at the side of the engine as they only have 2 valves per cylinder and not four, if that makes sense.

jase1

That's useful info to know, cheers, bookmarked