Dear Friends,
First of all, I would like to state that I/we are based in Istanbul/TURKEY and unfortunately we have almost zero service support from local Mitsubishi over here. Luckily, I am a managing partner of a workshop which can handle extensive mechanical work including engine and gearbox builds etc etc. In the past, we have fully prepared and rallied Evo8,9s and also rally serviced Xs. However, we are not experienced neither with the SST nor with the ECU mapping kind of work. Currently, we do not own a MUT3 or PassThru Can + Tactrix system but this is another subject which I will mention and kindly ask your advice further in this thread.
I am having the following issues with my own stock 2008 MR SST’s gearbox ( 65.000 miles ).
Me and my son ( mostly him ), we have been driving our X since we have bought at 55.000 miles. We found out that the previous owner has serviced the car with Motul SST oil and a new filter recently prior to our purchase and we have not changed the oil since then.
When we bought the car there was a slight clutch slip which I could call also a kind of shaking during the initial roll and little bit from 1. To 2. Gear.
Then, lately the SST developed a rattling noise easily audible when the engine is idling. The noise gets kind of decreasing when the rpm increased but that is only due to engine noise is masking the rattling noise. I have not been driving the car for a while and my son told me that this noise started some time ago. Today, I took the car out for a test drive.
Normal mode light load easy test drive up and down with the auto gear changing showed not a significant slip. Sport mode in a more sportier drive also did not show up any issues to worry about and it even felt firmer gear changes up and down. Meanwhile, I have covered approx. 10 kms or so. Then I stopped and engage the Sport mode ( the car has the SS mode from the factory ) and pushed it hard thru the gears. But, I have lost the “ even “ gears and the SST was reluctant to change down, it kind of stuck on the 5th until I was down to 20-30kms of road speed. Then I tried accelerating and it was also reluctant to raising the gears but when I pushed It did by jumping the even gears. Something was seriously wrong. I pulled over and switch off the engine and started again. Even gears came back but certainly the slip was very prominent now. I drove back to workshop mainly on the Sport mode which the gear selection was OK. I did not try the SS mode again. However, I have noticed that even the roll out at the traffic lights was producing very significant slip.
We have a simple diagnostic device which connects to the car via the OBDII and it showed the code 1879 but since the this diag. Device is not something that I could rely on on the Evo X, I am not sure if there are any other codes which I am not able to see.
It seems that my clutch pack is gone. But, what else could be wrong ? What kind of repair and repair procedures waiting me ?
For example, if I buy a quality uprated clutch pack ( thinking about power increase in the future ) from Kozmic or another reputable supplier then as the car being a 2008 model how am I going to install without having the “ teach-in” capability or without having the PassThru Can ?
I have lots of concerns but as being quite far away from the nearest service somehow we have to service our SST. Therefore, I would very much appreciate your help and advice to find the best direction towards the repair.
Also, I have read lots of posts regarding the PassThru Can and Tactrix but I am confused and I am not sure which is the latest update on the procedures to install the software to my computer and run the PassThru Can successfully.
Thank you.
Kerem
First of all, I would like to state that I/we are based in Istanbul/TURKEY and unfortunately we have almost zero service support from local Mitsubishi over here. Luckily, I am a managing partner of a workshop which can handle extensive mechanical work including engine and gearbox builds etc etc. In the past, we have fully prepared and rallied Evo8,9s and also rally serviced Xs. However, we are not experienced neither with the SST nor with the ECU mapping kind of work. Currently, we do not own a MUT3 or PassThru Can + Tactrix system but this is another subject which I will mention and kindly ask your advice further in this thread.
I am having the following issues with my own stock 2008 MR SST’s gearbox ( 65.000 miles ).
Me and my son ( mostly him ), we have been driving our X since we have bought at 55.000 miles. We found out that the previous owner has serviced the car with Motul SST oil and a new filter recently prior to our purchase and we have not changed the oil since then.
When we bought the car there was a slight clutch slip which I could call also a kind of shaking during the initial roll and little bit from 1. To 2. Gear.
Then, lately the SST developed a rattling noise easily audible when the engine is idling. The noise gets kind of decreasing when the rpm increased but that is only due to engine noise is masking the rattling noise. I have not been driving the car for a while and my son told me that this noise started some time ago. Today, I took the car out for a test drive.
Normal mode light load easy test drive up and down with the auto gear changing showed not a significant slip. Sport mode in a more sportier drive also did not show up any issues to worry about and it even felt firmer gear changes up and down. Meanwhile, I have covered approx. 10 kms or so. Then I stopped and engage the Sport mode ( the car has the SS mode from the factory ) and pushed it hard thru the gears. But, I have lost the “ even “ gears and the SST was reluctant to change down, it kind of stuck on the 5th until I was down to 20-30kms of road speed. Then I tried accelerating and it was also reluctant to raising the gears but when I pushed It did by jumping the even gears. Something was seriously wrong. I pulled over and switch off the engine and started again. Even gears came back but certainly the slip was very prominent now. I drove back to workshop mainly on the Sport mode which the gear selection was OK. I did not try the SS mode again. However, I have noticed that even the roll out at the traffic lights was producing very significant slip.
We have a simple diagnostic device which connects to the car via the OBDII and it showed the code 1879 but since the this diag. Device is not something that I could rely on on the Evo X, I am not sure if there are any other codes which I am not able to see.
It seems that my clutch pack is gone. But, what else could be wrong ? What kind of repair and repair procedures waiting me ?
For example, if I buy a quality uprated clutch pack ( thinking about power increase in the future ) from Kozmic or another reputable supplier then as the car being a 2008 model how am I going to install without having the “ teach-in” capability or without having the PassThru Can ?
I have lots of concerns but as being quite far away from the nearest service somehow we have to service our SST. Therefore, I would very much appreciate your help and advice to find the best direction towards the repair.
Also, I have read lots of posts regarding the PassThru Can and Tactrix but I am confused and I am not sure which is the latest update on the procedures to install the software to my computer and run the PassThru Can successfully.
Thank you.
Kerem