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Rubber Air boot

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I need a NEW rubber boot from the air box to the turbo for a JA. Does any one supply these?
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David McLeod wrote:I need a NEW rubber boot from the air box to the turbo for a JA. Does any one supply these?
Not that I know of, and Mitsubishi would probably want your first born child in exchange for one as well. Best bet is to just make one with some metal pipe and silicone joiners.
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SpidersWeb wrote:
David McLeod wrote:I need a NEW rubber boot from the air box to the turbo for a JA. Does any one supply these?
Not that I know of, and Mitsubishi would probably want your first born child in exchange for one as well.
Haha yeah it'd be cheaper to go mpi, buy a new ecu and throttle body and have it professionally installed and use a piece of mandrel bent pipe + a pod filter rather than go to mitsubishi and ask for a new air boot.
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First (and last) time I enquired, Mitsubishi could get new ones, but they had to come from Japan and were (at the time) $170 each - probably more now. Do the fix yourself as the other guys have said, and save the money for some go-faster bits.
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Post by Instigator_88TSI »

are they the same as the US rubber accordian boots? do you have a pic?

if so I have a few

let me know

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They're slightly different the US ones. The power steering resevoir gets in the way of the US ones.
Best bet is to repair yours (if it's broken at the turbo end, it's easy).
See Alspos's website (don't have the address on me now, but i'm sure it'll be listed in his user profile).

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Your game is slipping Chris, normally you post a link straight to it.... :D

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~gillyfis ... tarion.htm and look under mods - inlet
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Thanks for the replies. It looks like it will be a repair job. Cheers
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Sorry Al, I'll try harder next time, I promise!
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Post by David McLeod »

Thanks Al, I checked out you repair instructions and I'll go with that. Cheers
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Post by Mr Ralliart »

You can repair them but I think it would be a better idea to make a new one coz that rubber goes hard and brittle and chunks have been known to suddenlly break off , get sucked into Turbos and ....... :glare:
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Post by David McLeod »

Thanks for the warning. My Mechanic also mentioned the same. I've had the car since new (yes, I'm that old) and I recall replacing it with a new one around ten years ago. As that isn't an option now I'm hoping it isn't quite as perished as a 20 year old one would be. However the turbo was only replaced in the last year or two. Fancy, I only got 18 years and 280,000km out of the original turbo. And they said it was out of warranty!
I'll talk to my mechanic again.
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Post by Instigator_88TSI »

can one of you guys send me a pic of this rubber boot/?

the_instigator_7@hotmail.com

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This is from the standard JA.
The widebody ones have that hose fitting which comes out right where the power steering resevoir is.
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I can vouch for Al's fix, it certainly inspired me.... :beer
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