HOW TO USE THIS
MANUAL
SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR AND SERVICING EXPLANATIONS
This manual provides
explanations, etc. concerning procedures for the inspection,
maintenance,
repair and servicing of the subject model.
ON-VEHICLE SERVICE
"On-vehicle Service" is procedures for
performing inspections and adjustments of particularly
important locations with regard to the construction and for maintenance
and servicing, but other
inspection (for looseness, play, cracking, damage, etc.) must also be
performed.
INSPECTION
Under this title are presented inspection and
checking procedures to be performed by using special
tools and measuring instruments and by feeling, but, for actual
maintenance and servicing procedures,
visual inspections should always be performed as well.
INDICATION OF
DESTINATION
General Export and GCC are used for convenience
to indicate destination.
1."General Export" means territories
other than Europe, GCC, Australia, New Zealand,
the U.S.A., Canada and Japan.
2."GCC" indicates countries that
are members of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council
of nations.
3.In some instances, vehicles with other
specifications may be shipped to some countries.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
STANDARD VALUE
Indicates the value used as the standard for
judging the quality of a part or assembly
on inspection or the value to which the part or assembly is corrected
and adjusted. It is given
by tolerance.
LIMIT
Shows the standard for judging the quality of a part
or assembly on inspection and means
the maximum or minimum value within which the part or assembly must be
kept functionally or
in strength. It is a value established outside the range of standard
value.
REFERENCE VALUE
Indicates the adjustment value prior to
starting the work (presented in order to facilitate
assembly and adjustment procedures, and so they can be completed in a
shorter time).
DANGER, WARNING, AND CAUTION
DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION
call special attention to a necessary action or to an action
that must be avoided. The differences among DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION
are as follows:
- If a DANGER is not followed, the result is severe bodily harm or
even death.
- If a WARNING is not followed, the result could be bodily
injury.
- If a CAUTION is not followed, the result could be damage to the
vehicle, vehicle
components or service equipment.
INDICATION OF TIGHTENING
TORQUE
Tightening torques (units: N·m) are set to take
into account the central value
and the allowable tolerance. The central value is the target value, and
the allowable tolerance
provides the checking range for tightening torques.
MODEL INDICATIONS
The following
abbreviations are used in this manual for identification of model
types.
2WDIndicates the 2-wheel drive vehicles.A/CIndicates the
air conditioner.CVT Indicates the continuously variable
transmission.DOHC Indicates an engine with the double overhead
camshaft.INVECSIndicates the intelligent and innovative vehicles
electronic control system.MIVECIndicates the Mitsubishi innovative valve
timing electronic control system.MPIIndicates the multipoint
injection.M/TIndicates the manual transmission.
EXPLANATION OF MANUAL CONTENTS
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