Well turns out I've owned a 1989 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6 Turbo for 2 weeks and not even known it...

A member of the family who I lost touch with died last month and it was only yesterday that I found out he'd left me his Mitsubishi in his Will...

The last time I saw the car it was 5 years old, shiny as hell, had a meaty 2.6 turbocharged motor... When it got towed to my front door this morning it was far from that!

Now the car is 21 years old, faded as hell, has a non-starting 2.6 turbocharged motor and the once mint alloys have now been left to corrode...

Turns out just a few weeks before he died he bought a bunch of parts and planned to start restoring the ole girl.

They were all in the boot... Which wouldn't open!! After a bit of "fixing" it opened! Here is what was there:

Set of windscreen wipers
Bosche battery
Brake disks and pads
Exhaust muffler

Not much but at least it will lower the cost of restoring it by just a bit!

After a bit of poking around it seems the engine has blown the head gasket and needs lots of TLC.

So I guess now the first thing I should do is to take the engine apart and see what's what with that head gasket!

You'll be seeing a lot of me on this site, as it's going to take me a while to get the beast roaring again... Hopefully not too long though!

 

well if you need any help i have been giving my 87 2.6 liter starion for 2 years now. i need a cpu for an 89 actually so if you run into a spare dont be scared to let me know

willey

 

Well I changed the head gasket, oil, filter, spark plugs and fuel filter and gave her a crank and it fired up almost instantly!

Though she still needs lots of work!

 

well what kind of problems do you have with it?

 

Wow, welcome I didn't even notice we had another Starion owner. I also own one and love it. If you haven't yet I would suggest joining up with starquestclub.com that's a forum I am also a part of and it's specifically focused on the Starion/Conquest platform.