I bought a 2002 Mitsubishi lancer es with 210,000 miles

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Asked by TurboGrafx Oct 09, 2017 at 04:52 PM about the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer ES

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I would like to know what I should be looking into, I plan on getting all of the
fluids drained and set to factory specs, I'm no true mechanic. Just a guy
behind a PC that's really good with tools.  I bought the car for only 300
dollars, So putting out money is no biggie, But I prefer to temporarily keep
things low by doing everything myself! The car has a somewhat fresh
inspection.  Any help would be highly appreciated ;D Very humble to any help

Getting ready to retire from driving mopeds

5 Answers

Change the fluids (oil, transmission, coolant, belts, hoses and filters) and tune it up and you should get your $300 worth of transportation.

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Thank You F_O_R!! Also there is this, This seems to be the only thing that scares me, I think it might need something like a valve cover gasket? or?

If the valve cover gasket leaks go ahead and replace it. The cost is minimal. Don't over tighten the bolts!

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Thanks!! I was informed to use throttle body cleaner. I will look into as of why 'maybe something could be replaced and perm fix'. That I know of this covers everything thank you once again ;)

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I would only clean the throttle body if there is a problem. Just use a good fuel system cleaner in the gas such as Techron.

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