New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[boosted]

Starting the engine (diesel-powered vehicles)

1. Insert the ignition key and fasten the seat belt.
2. Apply the parking brake.
3. Depress and hold the brake pedal.
4. Fully depress the clutch pedal (with manual transmission(.
5. On vehicles with manual transmission, place the gearshift lever in the "N" (Neutral) position. On vehicles with automatic transmission, make sure the selector lever is in the "P" (Park) position.
6. Turn the ignition key to the "ON" position. The diesel preheat indicator lamp will first illuminate, and then after a short time go out, indicating that preheating is completed.
7. Operate the accelerator pedal as described below in accordance with the atmospheric temperature and or engine condition and then start the engine.

• When the atmospheric temperature is moderate or the engine is warm, start the engine without depressing the accelerator pedal
• When the atmospheric termperature is low and the engine is cold, start the engine while depressing the accelerator pedal

Note:
- if the engine is cold, the diesel preheat indicator lamp is on for a longer time.
-When the engine has not been started within about 5 seconds after the diesel preheat indicator lamp went out return the ignition key to the lock position. Then turn the key to the on position to preheat the engine again.
-When the engine is warm, the diesel preheat indicator lamp does not ocme on even if the ignition key is placed in the on position. Start the engine by turning the ignition key right to the start position.

I posted this a while back - it's in the owner's manual - you really have to depress the accelerator when the engine is cold i.e. early morning starts - so it's probably not a battery problem -though you gotta make sure that the battery fluid level is always at the right level

[Arvin Cristi]

sir boosted, what they are describing is really for cold starting, the reason why you have to depress the accelerator is so that there would be enough warm fuel to compress and combust inside the combustin chamber when the engine is cranked, diesel engines are very notorius for not starting up properly regardless they be new or old, when the weather gets really cold...and i do mean cold, usually the only time you would be doing that here is when you want to start up an engine wich is already what we call "LOOSE COMPRESSION" usually these are the jeepneys, AUV's and old diesel engines..

[Arvin Cristi]

i also forgot to mention that early morning starting should not necessitate you to do a cold starting procedure... not in manila or other nearby provinces anyway.. maybe in baguio but highly unlikely, because i didn't have to do that when i went there january this year.

the only time i remember doing cold starting was in the states with my old dodge ram diesel at winter..

[sTrAdA_08]

guys, tanong ko lang kung meron dito strada owner na naka super black tint?
kasi im having a hart time driving at night.. im planning to change my tint.. our ride is not yet 1week old..

tanong ko narin kung saan maganda magpapalit ng tint? ung front and windshield lang... how much?

tnx!

[Arvin Cristi]

guys, tanong ko lang kung meron dito strada owner na naka super black tint?
kasi im having a hart time driving at night.. im planning to change my tint.. our ride is not yet 1week old..

tanong ko narin kung saan maganda magpapalit ng tint? ung front and windshield lang... how much?

tnx!

sir strada_08, musta sir... as for the tint, personally am using medium(3m) on all my glass, as well as a few of the other members here, i think sir av8or5, the patirach and moxxx have dark on theirs.

i paid P3,000++ for mine( 4 side windows, 1 rear, 1 full front and 1 visor front)

[sTrAdA_08]

sir strada_08, musta sir... as for the tint, personally am using medium(3m) on all my glass, as well as a few of the other members here, i think sir av8or5, the patirach and moxxx have dark on theirs.

i paid P3,000++ for mine( 4 side windows, 1 rear, 1 full front and 1 visor front)

sir, ok po ba ung medium tint at night? nahirapan kasi ako sa dark.. ndi ko makita ung side mirrors and ung end ng truck bed..

saan po kayo nagpalagay ng tint?

[drey]

BOSB, Guys,

Download nyo to'! 5th Gear used the New L2OO for an offroading trip! Video is 35O MB. *******s po iyan!

http://www.*************/tor/1216083

[Arvin Cristi]

BOSB, Guys,

Download nyo to'! 5th Gear used the New L2OO for an offroading trip! Video is 35O MB. *******s po iyan!

http://www.*************/tor/1216083

sir drey, pano magbukas ng *******?
thanks!!

[Arvin Cristi]

sir, ok po ba ung medium tint at night? nahirapan kasi ako sa dark.. ndi ko makita ung side mirrors and ung end ng truck bed..

saan po kayo nagpalagay ng tint?

that's actually sir the reason why i choose to just have the mediums... medyo hirap din ako sir sa dark tints paggabi.... but some people complain about the medium tints naman kasi maliwanag naman daw ang loob pag araw...

sir, sama kayo sa sunday para makita mo din yung ibang mga units ng members natin at matry mo yung feel sa loob ng mga sasakyan witht he different tints

[sTrAdA_08]

that's actually sir the reason why i choose to just have the mediums... medyo hirap din ako sir sa dark tints paggabi.... but some people complain about the medium tints naman kasi maliwanag naman daw ang loob pag araw...

sir, sama kayo sa sunday para makita mo din yung ibang mga units ng members natin at matry mo yung feel sa loob ng mga sasakyan witht he different tints

sir, hindi ako pwede eh..

last question nalang po.. may marerecommend po ba kayong place kung saan pwede mag pa tint? QC area po (UP diliman)

tnx!

[Arvin Cristi]

Mga BOSB's!!!!!

si sir strada_08 nagpapatulong sa tint installer sa diliman area....

bakit parang ang tahimik yata ang thread ngayon... mukhang busy mga boys ah!!!!

[Arvin Cristi]

sir strada_08, what i did with my tint pala was i first had a medium visor put at my front glass, tapos pinapatungan ko ng medium uli na full. effect niya is yung front ko kitangkita ko without the compromise of the fully dark tint, pero kung maaraw nahahrangan naman ng visor ko na parang superdark ang lumabaas dahil sa nagpatong na tint

[ThePatriarch]

sir, hindi ako pwede eh..

last question nalang po.. may marerecommend po ba kayong place kung saan pwede mag pa tint? QC area po (UP diliman)

tnx!

UP diliman? lapit na tayo sa banawe area... try mo sa goldcars

[boybit]

sir boybit, ano model ng OME shocks kinabit mo? did you change all 4? did you also add a steering stabilizer? how much did it cost you? sorry sir kung ang daming tanong......

dalawa lang sa likod, d ko alam ang model eh., dont have steering stabilizer, just planning to install differential stabilizer at the back. yun ome kinuha ko lang sa pinsan ko bago sell car, sandali nya lang nagamit

[av8or5]

i also forgot to mention that early morning starting should not necessitate you to do a cold starting procedure... not in manila or other nearby provinces anyway.. maybe in baguio but highly unlikely, because i didn't have to do that when i went there january this year.

the only time i remember doing cold starting was in the states with my old dodge ram diesel at winter..

i totally agree with you..with our weather conditions in the philippines it doesnt necessitate for a "cold starting procedures"...our temperature doesnt get cold enough.

Like for example...i didn't use my truck for almost 3 days straight..and when i started it before going to work, it took a few seconds to start..for me..its normal..because i haven't used the car for quiet sometime. thats normal and doesnt mean theres problem with the unit...that happens to all cars, old and new.

[av8or5]

regarding tints,

just like what patriarch mentioned, head on to banawe, dami mga shops doon with a selection of tint..dont fall for those who wave tints around..go to a shop.

mine is 3m medium tint all glass was tinted. free with the unit. or try patriarch tint..i think its magic 3m tint

[boybit]

sir, yung standard change oil procedure would require you to change oil and filters every 5K kms, pero and sabi nila since i was using the fully synth oil, just change oil every 5K and the filter every 10K, this actually goes against everything i know regarding engine maintenance pero yung ang sabi nila na sabi daw ng mitsubishi.... really weird when some oils brands would make it the other way around, every 5K ang filter and 10K ang oil

baka baligtad ang ibig sabihin nila. fully syntheic oil is changed every 10k and filter every 5k, papayag kaba ng bago ang langis worth 4k tapos luma filter. nung 5000km pms ko top up lang ako changed the filter, OWS,Varsol, this things r for cleaning battery terminal, and putting some chemicals like armor all, all over the rubber gasket ,hose inside the hood, ok naman sa kanila na mag dala ka ng sarili mong langis basta same na binebenta nila, for example. turboxp 450 lang sa eldorado 490 ata kanila per liter. yun crdi motul, naka direct nako sa supplier. kaya mas mura 450 lang ang price. nadale nga nila ako ng detailing eh w/c they charge for 1200, konting punas lang ng polishing wax, tapos yun washing nila eh wala pang pressure washer, mas ok pa sa labas nalang pagawa, may buffing pa at mura pa.

[boybit]

actually sir, setting the battery thing aside, i noticed that if you leave the key at the ignition /start setting after the heater lights have turned off for a few seconds longer than usual, the vehicle does go through a hard start...pero if you start immediately after the heater lights are gone the engine starts good!!!! weird!!!!

its not weird the heater plug is connected to ur combustion chamber, all diesel have this to start easier when cold, there is a timer and heat sensor connected to the heater plug, when it sense heat through the chamber the heater plug will not activate but when its cold it activate during starting. so when the heater indicator is turned off that means the supply of heat is interupted. thus stop producing heat to the chamber. if u dont start immediately the heat inside the chamber would be transfer to all metal part and the temperature inside the chamber would dramatical cool. so u r starting with cold engine again..diesel engines are compression ignition engine. the diesl will only burn when the air is highly compress and produce enough heat to burn the diesl.thus when the engine is cold the compression will not make enough heat to burn the diesl. specially on the turbo engine coz the compression ratio of the turbo engine is lower by approx 15% against natural aspirated diesel engine. unlike in gasoline engine or spark ignition engine. the gasoline is ignited by spark to burn the gas thats y it dont need heater.

p.s. if ur using turbo xp oil ,though the label and SA says its fully synthetic.but in fact its not. it is type 3 base stock dertived from mineral oil on extensive hydrocracking process w/c almost perform as fully synthetic. It is considered fully synthetic in U.S. but not in europe. coz fully synthetic base stock would be type 4 (PAO) chemically derived and 5 (esther) chemically derived . type 4 is use by mobil 1 thats y its expensive and type 5 "esther" is used by motul

[drey]

Guys, post ko lang ang vid sa Youtube mamaya...

P.s. Iba ito ha... Di ito 5th Gear.
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[boybit]

exactly sir moxxx!! kaya ang ginagawa nalang namin ng mekaniko ko is change oil at 10K and filters at 5K, pero when i was driving 3K a month we did 5K changes for both the oil and filter....

as per sir thepatriarch, tama si sir tungkol sa price ng mitsu turboXp as compared to the other brands, MAHAL per liter!!!!! am planning on eventually changing to motul when the warranty lapses. i think sir boybit uses otul on his

right now still using xp. till nxt change oil, naparami kasi bili ko eh 4 gallons, pero may reserved nako na another 4 gallons of motul. cguro kung palit lang ng filter or top up d na ko sa kasa. mahal ng labor ,tapos pag mababa ang billing mo kasi owner oil provided. gagawa cla ng ibang service like detailing, lubrication the leaf spring. ang mahal pa ng lubricant nya. samantalang used oil lang pwede na sa welye d pa tumitigas ,yun lubricant na tulad ng gamit nila parang wd40 na white nagiging aspalto ang tigas pag natuyo