yesterday i let my friend drive my evo 4, he drove it harder than i have ever done, im now getting the warning light come on.

this is whats happening:

When the engine is cold it starts up fine, but once it gets to normal running temp the engine warning light comes on, the engine still runs. I have no lose of power.
But once i turn the engine off and try to start it again the engine fires up and dies, the warning light stays on while firing up and stays on.

So i can drive it to work at the end of the shift is fine to drive but i cant drive it anywhere else ie popping to the shops......any ideas?

I'm looking over any simple things it could be before it has to be looked at.

checked oil level and topped up as it was on minimum. fault hasnt been cured
awaiting on new NGK iradium spark plugs

the other thing i have been told to try is lambda sensor. where will i find it and is there only one sensor on the EVO 4.

anyone post a link as to where i can buy one from?

thanks.

 

Anyone?

spoke to mitsubishi and they mentioned the crank sensor.

anyone got an idea before i fork out ££££ at the dealership?

 

Sounds like a crank sensor, but have the fault codes read, just to make sure.

 

i would take it to mitsi garage. ul pay an arm an a leg but get them to plug in the fault code sensor thing and see what comes up.
my m8s evo 5 was doing something similar and it turned out the loom had arked about and melted so was playing all sorts of games

 

If EML light comes on then get the fault code off it sounds like crank sensor though as they do tend to play up when warm on cars but never when cold.

 

thanks for the replies lads, thats the 4th person that has said it'll be the crank sensor. booked in for friday afternoon. £60 on machine plus £30 for crank sensor, thats the quote.

Just hope it isn't a melted loom, i dont really drive it hard no more than 4,500 RPM at most.