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Yanz
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 Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:30 am Post subject: something is wrong with my FTO |
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Hey Peepz....
There is something seriously wrong with my car...i have a 95 Tip Tronic Mivec FTO....whenever i drive it for some reason it drops down to 3rd gear and gets stuck n the "N" light flashes n i have to turn off the car n turn it back on for it go away but then it just keeps coming back....
Is it the gearbox?? |
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RichardH
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:58 am Post subject: |
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It is indeed. This is "limp home mode". The transmission has some kind of fault.
Here's some great info, in the UK FTO Owners Club forum's "Grease Monkey" section...
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=470
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Yanz
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| So i gotta get a new gear box then or at least a 2nd hand one....where can i get one in perth??? |
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RichardH
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Have you actually been told by a reputable garage that you need a new tip box?
- Rich |
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Yanz
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| Well no I havent actually been to a garage yet....which one do u recommend i go to?? |
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RichardH
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:48 am Post subject: |
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First off, follow the "ECU code" extraction instructions (see new 'sticky' in this forum's "General" section). Getting that info will be good for your "Bullsh*t Sensor" when talking to any garage about the problem. 
Crockenberg Motors would be my recommendation for getting an honest opinion on the requisite course of action. Mal Crockenberg knows FTOs very well. Welshpool - 9358 0302. I don't know if he's keen on opening up those transmissions though.
Any Mitsubishi dealer will be familiar with the INVECS-II tip box these days (they are using them in Magnas, etc.).
So... don't assume you need to spend thousands of bucks just yet. It could simply be a sensor that's failed.
Good luck!
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yanz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| where is a mitsubishi dealer in perth?? |
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RichardH
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Yellow Pages and White Pages service now.... 
Paceway Mitsubishi on Scarb. Beach Rd.
Melville Mitsubishi on Canning Highway.
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Mitsiman
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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RPW has a 2nd hand low km auto FTO box - not sure if its a triptronic or normal auto but if you drop buy we can check your box against the one we have and if it is the same then I am sure we can do a deal.
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