Mitsubishi Pajero In-Tank Filter (DIESEL) Replacement Generation 4 Pajero / Montero / Shogun

[@richardgunn7477]

Thanks for this. FYI - At about 140k I was having fuel starvation when I got to a quarter of diesel left in the tank. The engine would stop running and I would need to pull over and pump the fuel to bleed the line. I would then drive to the nearest servo to fill up. Only happened when I got down to a quarter of the tank. Mitsubishi service centre had no idea what the problem was (just plug in the electronic computer which did not show a fuel problem). Went to a local mechanic who removed the same fuel filter. He did not realise the mesh was white until he had cleaned it (unfortunately no spares). Now have 194k on the clock and will be ordering and installing a new filter myself. Thanks again for a great video.

[@TravelingBanker]

I wonder what caused it? Good thing it is a cheap part and not hard to fit

[@randindragonheart4558]

I'm having the same issue, but petrol. Waiting on shipping for the replacement parts and carry a jug of gas around with me in the meantime :D

[@TravelingBanker]

@@randindragonheart4558 interested how you go with the petrol version

[@orves2682]

Thanks for the video!! My Pajero was losing power and uphill felt like running out of fuel, tried a few things but this trick was the one that fixed the issue. Thanks a lot

[@TravelingBanker]

That’s awesome mate

[@paulybrittenden]

Mate You make fantastic easy to follow videos. THANKS HEAPS.

[@TravelingBanker]

Cheers mate, have some more coming this month

[@half-heartedadventures1500]

I'm so happy you took the time to make this video and post it. Cheers.

[@TravelingBanker]

Martin Livingston cheers mate, more coming

[@dontrump4697]

I've always wondered what is under that hatch! Now I know - thanks for that. Unfortunately I have constructed a false floor over this part of the back of the Paj so doubly difficult to access now. Strange but I have never seen this on the Pajero Service Maintenance Schedule? Mines done 105k so will probably have to think about replacing it one day.

[@TravelingBanker]

It shouldn’t give you trouble unless you have an algae growth in the tank. I was curious that day.

[@filibertoalvarenga3269]

OK thanks friend

[@MrVebod]

Great video! Having problems with my 2015 Paj when fuel level drops below 1/4 tank. Cleaned the filter yesterday, was quite dirty, hoping that fixes my issue. Whats the purpose of the second hose connected to the filter?

[@samli14]

Hi Mate, very clear guide, thanks a lot. Could you also inform what’s the part number of the O ring seal? I think it’s better to replace it as well. Many thanks!

[@TravelingBanker]

Appears same across the models MN106046 / MR271159 and you can cross check with your VIN on partsouq.com

[@AJ_MD]

Great video. You sound like Mr In-between!

[@TravelingBanker]

Haha, cheers mate🤙

[@TheBillzilla]

Champion! I have to do this with my Pajero soon.

[@paulp6386]

Thank you champion! Followed your advice and had it swapped out in 1 hr. Ps, you do have to swear a few times for things to work :)

[@TravelingBanker]

Glad to hear it. Any issues with the filter? How many k’s?.. yes, swearing is caring 😂

[@paulp6386]

@@TravelingBanker Yes, filter was totally clogged (greenish look on mesh) Would not start under 1/4 tank. Was about 165K.

[@TravelingBanker]

@@paulp6386 you think it was a bug/growth? Will you treat the tank with a biocide

[@paulp6386]

@@TravelingBanker Possibly. I put through a Nulon fuel system cleaner 1 month before it started to do it. I assume it cleaned it and got stuck all over the filter.

[@TravelingBanker]

@@paulp6386 interesting. Wonder what the main fuel filter looks like. I’ve never got around to cracking one open after a service.

[@fjadventures]

Great video thanks, Replaced mine easily by following this.

[@TravelingBanker]

Cheers mate

[@steveknox9052]

Good clip , thanks for the help 👍

[@SergeyPRKL]

does this apply to both gasoline and diesel? If not, please tell us wich one it is in the title so we don't need to look the video until 0:32 ;) This video did match my car!

[@TravelingBanker]

Done mate. It is noted as diesel in the description and now added to the title. Thanks for your feedback :)

[@SergeyPRKL]

@@TravelingBanker Keep on doing good videos. This did encourage me to do the same. My high pressure pump failed last year, and i replaced it (1600 euros :| ) haven't changed this yet. But i keep looking the main fuel filter. BTW the fuel level sensor, does it have own inspection hatch?

[@TravelingBanker]

@@SergeyPRKL cheers mate. Fuel sender access should be forward from the fuel filter access, closer to the front seat. Supply pump is not cheap! I cracked a piston last year so next video is replacing engine with newer model engine and ECU.

[@aashzlifeadventures]

Hi mate, I have mitsubishi challenger 2011 4d56, 192000 kms. It keeps stalling while driving, three lights comes on dash when it stalls. Fuel filter light, oil pressure light and battery light. Mechanic said that its something electrical, he have changed power distribution box, glow plug control relay and fuel filter. I have spent $750 on it. Today I drove it for 50 kms and it stalled again. Fuel tank was 1/4 full, then I try to start it again and it started then i drove it to fuel station and filled up the tank full. It didn't stalled now. Do you reckon it can be my clogged pre fuel filter? Any advice will be appreciated 🙏.

[@TravelingBanker]

Gday mate. If it’s stalling when below 1/4 full it could be something do with the tank, worth a quick look. Dad’s hilux was doing something similar on a trip.. turned out to be water in the tank (when the fuel level dropped low enough, the pickup starting pulling a bit of water through, because it floats on top of the diesel). Have you checked the main fuel filter?

[@aashzlifeadventures]

@@TravelingBanker thanks for the reply mate, yes i have changed the main fuel filter, yesterday I drove it for like 150 kms with loose fuel cap and it was driving fine. I am thinking problem is the fuel cap because when I open the fuel cap there is alot of vaccume in the fuel tank. I have replaced it with new fuel cap. I will find out today if it fixes the problem.

[@partyrocking101]

Great video! Very helpful. Thanks!!

[@TravelingBanker]

Thanks mate 👍

[@user-mi8nw7ei6b]

הסבר יפה ומדויק ,🙏👍👌

[@TravelingBanker]

Happy to help, thanks.

[@steveberg2685]

Thanks, very helpful.

[@TravelingBanker]

Great to hear

[@filibertoalvarenga3269]

Do you know if the mitsubishi sport 1999 v6 3.0 engine 6g72 if it has a lid for sacr the gasoline bonba or you have to remove the tank to be able to remove the bonba from now on I hope your contentment God enlighten you friend

[@TravelingBanker]

I’m not familiar with your model but from experience there should be an access lid from inside the car, under the carpet. You could check the parts for your model on partsouq.com

[@TravelHaole]

mate how did you get those little nuts off? I could barely fit a small ring spanner in there to loosen them. Its too angled to use a ratchet too.

[@TravelingBanker]

It was tedious. A ratchet spanner would have been handy or a shorter socket.

[@WoXaS888]

Very interesting video. I have a problem with mine pajero. When I want to start it I turn the key and it takes 3 seconds before motor starts running. Some people told me that there is air in fuel system. Can maybe changing this filter solve my problem when its dirty? If you know somethin please write. Sorry for my bad English. I am Vojisav from Serbia.

[@TravelingBanker]

Pozdrav Vojislav ! .. it could be a few causes but the tank filter is the last one to check. Easy things to check are: clean main fuel filter; drain any water from the main filter; does the priming pump on the main filter work; are the clamps on the fuel hoses tight. If the car is slow to start but runs ok with good power and fuel economy then it could be glow plugs. If the car is slow to start and you have performance issues then could be fuel supply issue (leaks / pump/ injectors). Hope this helps, you could search pajeroclub.com.au

[@WoXaS888]

@@TravelingBanker Thank you very much, i will check everything. All the best 😁

[@franciesruber6881]

Hi, come across your channel, ...is this the same in gas/ unleaded...

[@TravelingBanker]

G'day, it is different inside the tank (petrol model has a fuel pump) but the access to it is similar.

[@orves2682]

Nice vídeo mate!! Pretty easy to follow. Do you know where the fuel sender is located? Want to replace that one too but I can't find it 😂

[@TravelingBanker]

Thanks! Fuel sender is forward of the filter access. So remove that rear seat and lift carpet (i.e. access is between driver seat and rear passenger seat).

[@orves2682]

@@TravelingBankerHey!! Thanks for the quick response Mate!!! Appreciate the help. I'll work on that soon, I'll let you know how it goes

[@mikewasowski1411]

Hi, we’re there any issues with the car that made you do this? What were the symptoms?

[@TravelingBanker]

No symptoms. Car had some kms on it so thought I’d open it up and see what I’d find and post the result 🙂

[@knash4972]

Thats some bloody red dust mate

[@TravelingBanker]

Plenty red dust from Plenty Highway, NT

[@annateneggi4387]

Hi mate great video , is there any way i can clean the filter instead of replacing it?thanks

[@TravelingBanker]

G'day, it's a mesh filter. If it's in good knick, no reason why you can't clean it with your favourite solvent :)

[@annateneggi4387]

thanks I dont have anything in house, going to Bunnings tomorrow, what do you recommend as solvent? Thanks

[@TravelingBanker]

@@annateneggi4387 if it were me, I'd use a can of MAF sensor cleaner

[@johnnystoka6625]

Do you know anyone that has put an Aisin auto into a Gen 3 as I have heard the Jatco autos are weak if you are going to chip your diesel from standard ?

[@TravelingBanker]

You mean the a5awf (aisin a750f)? Into where the jatco was? I did that last year. Yes, engine has been dyno tuned (at ECU, not a chip)

[@johnnystoka6625]

@@TravelingBanker So is it only on the Jatco that the planetary pins have to be welded to make them reliable or is it better putting in a Aisin auto ? And if so what do you need to do the conversion ? Will the Aisin auto ECU communicate with the Gen 3 engine ECU and shift without issues ?

[@TravelingBanker]

@@johnnystoka6625 some transmission specialists do not recommend welding the planetary pins in the Jatco. Mine did 250,000km and it was the torque converter that failed, not the planetary.. so you should expect long life from a replacement/rebuilt Jatco. There’s a lot to consider with a transmission swap and I wouldn’t know where to start with a Gen3. I will put up a video soon on what I did on my Gen4.. needed the Aisin transmission + the transfer case + the ECUs for both and matching up wires + new wires + matching flex plate (flywheel) + front & rear propellor shafts. If your Gen3 is a petrol the transmission ECU is built-in to the engine ECU, which makes a transmission swap difficult. For the Gen3 diesel, it may be possible but as I said, there is a lot mechanically to line up + electrically. If the Aisin ECU doesn’t get the inputs it needs (eg CANBUS - it does torque control of the engine ECU as part of its operation), then you might be able to use an aftermarket transmission ECU (fundamentally, you are only controlling 7 solenoids in the gearbox.. it is the interaction with other ECUs in the vehicle that causes issues). Hope this helps

[@johnnystoka6625]

@@TravelingBanker Thanks that would be great . So maybe peen the pins I have heard people do that also also . The Jayco auto is fine only done 70,000

[@TravelingBanker]

@@johnnystoka6625 should have many safe kms ahead. You might get more value from a valve body upgrade. These should come with updated fixes to the valve body for the torque converter control and better oil flow to the planetary gearset.

[@garethmacminn2760]

Mate would it make a leak or something if one of the six nuts on the tank lid was broken of? Cheers

[@TravelingBanker]

Imagine it wouldn't be pretty. I'd use some fuel tank putty/epoxy to help seal it.

[@MC-jf6ic]

Did you need to relieve the fuel pressure?

[@TravelingBanker]

No. Not under pressure

[@MC-jf6ic]

@@TravelingBanker Do u know the location of the fuel pump relay?

[@TravelingBanker]

@@MC-jf6ic not on mine, it is a diesel

[@jackman2865]

It it the same for petrol and diesel. Gen 4

[@TravelingBanker]

Pretty much same process except you’re pulling out the in tank fuel pump assembly - there’s a different filter on it compared to the diesel version.

[@jackman2865]

@@TravelingBanker thanks mate. All the best for you're blog. Very informative

[@TravelingBanker]

@@jackman2865 many thanks

[@fazar150]

for rubber suspension parts. mitsubishi pajero are there any similarities with other cars? if yes with what car? thank you

[@TravelingBanker]

Not sure. I always check partsouq.com/

[@fazar150]

@@TravelingBanker i am from indonesian. In indonesian parts and accsories for pajero montero very rare parts sir😭

[@robbiecryer]

It may be a dumb question What made you change the tank fuel filter in the first place. Cheers

[@TravelingBanker]

Question of the day... 250k on the clock, wasn't sure what I'd find if I inspected it. The part was only $30 so thought I may as well replace it. Apart from making this vid, was a waste of a Saturday 😂

[@robbiecryer]

@@TravelingBanker Lol. Thanks anyway

[@heavypizzas6004]

@@TravelingBanker I’ve got 125,000 kays so half of yours. Sounds like I shouldn’t bother checking it for a while… would you agree mate?

[@TravelingBanker]

@@heavypizzas6004 under normal conditions, i can’t see it needing attention for a long time (if at all)

[@heavypizzas6004]

@@TravelingBanker cheers mate

[@moisesherediaarandia1759]

Los que son a diesel también llevan ese filtro?

[@TravelingBanker]

It is diesel

[@josephakiki326]

How can i fix the nuts that snapped off

[@TravelingBanker]

Did the stud snap off?

[@starlinsanchez8318]

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[@sahansathsara2191]

petrol or diesel

[@TravelingBanker]

diesel

[@azizltt748]

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