General information
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In diesel-powered vehicles,
poor-quality diesel fuel can
cause deposits form in the injector, resulting in black smoke and rough idling. If these problems occur, you are advised to add a cleaningadditive to the diesel fuel
when you refuel the vehicle.
The additive will break up and remove the deposits, thereby returning the engine to a normal condition.Be sure to use a genuine MITSUBISHI DIESEL FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER. Using an unsuitable additive could make the engine malfunction. For details, please contactyour MITSUBISHI MOTORS Authorized Service Point.
Filling the fuel tank
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Fuel tank capacity3-door models: 69 litres 5-door models: 88 litres
WARNING
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When handling fuel, comply
with the safety regula-
tions displayed by garages and filling stations.
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Before removing the fuel cap, be sure to get rid of your body’s static electricity by touching a metalpart of the car or fuel pu
mp. Any static electricity on
your body could create a spark that ignites fuel vapor.
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Perform the whole refuelling process (opening the fuel tank filler door, removi
ng the fuel cap, etc.) by
yourself. Do not let any other person come near thefuel tank filler. If you allowed a person to help you and that person was carryin
g static electricity, fuel
vapor could be ignited.
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Do not move away from the fuel tank filler until refueling is finished. If you moved away and did something else (for exam
ple, cleaning your wind-
screen) partway through th
e refueling process, you
could pick up a fresh char
ge of static electricity.
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If the tank cap must be replaced, use only a MIT- SUBISHI MOTORS original part.
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3-8 Instruments and controls
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NOTE●
When the vehicle has been re
fuelled, the pointer in the
fuel gauge takes a short while to stabilize.
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The fuel gauge will not give
an accurate indication if the
vehicle is refuelled with the ignition switch in the “ON”position.
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When the engine on diesel-pow
ered vehicles fails to oper-
ate owing to running out of fuel, it may sometimes be dif-ficult to start after refuelling.
This is due to air entering
the fuel system. Therefore, ai
r must be bled from the sys-
tem. (Refer to “Bleeding th
e fuel system” on page 6-9.)
Fuel lid markThe fuel lid mark (A) indicates
that the fuel tank filler door is
located on the right side of the vehicle.
Low fuel warning lamp
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The warning lamp (A) illuminates when the fuel level is get-ting low (approx. 10 litres) with the ignition switch in the “ON” position. Refuel as soon as possible.NOTE●
On inclines or curves, due to
the movement of fuel in the
tank, the low fuel warning lamp may indicate incorrectly.
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