Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Hi All,

I just received a 1988 Mitsubishi L300 which I purchased sight unseen from a charity in LA and had shipped cross country to the East Coast. Sadly, the motor condition was not nearly as good as described so I suspect I will be relying heavily on these forums to get my sweet little van on the road.


Best,
Ian

Welcome!
Also, photos!
I have a soft spot for the 80s Delis.

Welcome! Yes indeed, get photos up!

The body is really clean, but the motor is another story. Blown head gasket is my guess.

Mainly, I am looking for information on parts sources (gaskets, belts etc) and any tips on potential engine swaps. I REALLY want to keep this van, but the speedo died at 200K miles, so who knows what else is wrong besides the fact that it is blowing a lot of steam out the exhaust, and there is oil all over the engine compartment.

Also, if anyone in the PA area can recommend a good mechanic that would be great. I have plenty of small engine experience but I have yet to mess with an auto motor; plus I don't have my own garage anymore.

gas engine comes in lots of usa cars/trucks

get a used motor and swap....make sure the cooling system is in good shape...

Nice van you can get same engien as mitsubishi galant
the heads and block almsot same 2.4 liter engine;
hope you cna put it in the road nice van
cheers;
Mardy

That's great news! Do I have a lot of options as far as years, or do I need to focus on 1988?

92-94 is fine try to get as low mileage as you can yopu should do little modification for this:
just get the complete block and head and the rest used the one you have before to make it as original
before
hope this help
cheer;s
Mardy