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.
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.
2000Indicates models equipped with the 1,998 mL
<4B11> petrol engine.2400Indicates models equipped with the
2,360 mL <4B12> petrol engine.3000Indicates models equipped
with the 2,998 mL <6B31> petrol engine.2WDIndicates the
2-wheel drive vehicles.4WDIndicates the 4-wheel drive
vehicles.A/CIndicates the air conditioner.A/TIndicates the
automatic transmission, or models equipped with the automatic
transmission.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.SOHCIndicates the
single overhead camshaft.
EXPLANATION OF
MANUAL CONTENTS
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