Injectors

[403delica]

I could be mistaken on this, my info on this was gathered from a well respected Delica mechanic from across the pond, who I conversed with quite often before I brought my first L400 over in the summer of '09. I was told the lifter was a hydraulic type, and the shim was a sacrificial surface designed to wear before the cam or lifter. I will have to pull a lifter out of one of my core engines and see if it has any oil holes, making it a hydraulic type. The highest mileage ones I see out here, are mine with just over 220km, and my wife's white one we sold in march of '12, which I think also had around 220km when we let it go, but I believe it is still starting and running well, aside from a block heater cord issue last winter. If I'm wrong I apologize, I will, report back once I physically remove one of the here and check.

Jason

X2 its a wear surface as far as i know.

[403delica]

totally should have read the whole post

[djelica]

Thanks everyone for your input.

So they can be adjusted. Anyone know what Mitsubishi recommends for servicing? Again I just want to do the right thing and have my L400 run as long as possible.

Cheers, Darren

[davidwwc]

Hi Guys,

Just wondering how hard is it to adjust the cam with shims on the L400?

DC

[Diver]

It's a bit of a faff, but not hard. Firstly measure to see if they need adjusting as I described above. Chances are they won't. It's pretty rare for them to need any attention after initial setting up but possible if it's a high mileage vehicle with the original head or if oil changes have been neglected.
I don't know if Mitsubishi have a recommended time-scale for checking but it's simple enough so worth a look whenever the rocker cover is off. Maybe combine the job with replacing leaky half-moon seals or making sure the breather baffle in the top of the rocker cover isn't becoming blocked.....