I wonder about those 6G72's.
They 'appear' to be just fine in service.
BUT...
Ferinstance, many were fitted with bad oil pressure senders.
Not immediately bad, but about 160,000Kms bad.
f.cked a hell of a lot of engines, that 2-bit part.

And yes, then there's the timing belts.
Seems to me that missing the odd oil change managed to decrease the
lifespan of the belts to a remarkable degree.
Some say that the nitrile belts can only go round a certain number of
times, and then they die.
Some say their lifetime depends to a large extent on valve train
friction they need to overcome.
(I'm in the latter group there)  

And then there's the cooling systems.
Not all that flash at all if not maintained to within and inch of
their lives.

So, I reckon even though the engine was used in heaps of applications,
it'll most probably never achieve 'legend' status.
Either good or bad:-)

Seems to me that Mr Mitsubishi had high hopes for the Pajero, what
with water-proof instruments and decent air-cleaning systems and a
clever drive-train. (Jeep?)
But they didn't try hard enough with their engines.
Rather, the bean counters got in there about two thirds of the way
through development and did a number on the car.
Hell, the even sold Pajero with that idiotic balance-shaft 'Astron'.
A 4WD, complete with drivers foot-well vent FFS, with an engine
literally designed to kick itself up th' arse waay too early for
comfort.
Says it all, really.

I'm sure most people have no idea about timing belts.
I've had 2 V6 Tritons go over 350,000 without any oil use, then again,
I baby them with regular oil changes.

Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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