Mitsubishi Carisma Elegance (2003) 1597cc 102bhp Petrol

[Tim Lavin]

Good Evening.

First time on here, & a bit of a cry for help.

My Son works in the building trade & regularly has a 100-mile round trip to site.

He's off to work in Australia in September, and last month paid just over a grand for a 20-year old low mileage Mitsubishi Carisma to see him through until he leaves for Oz.

Everything was going good with the car until last Thursday, when it wouldn't start for him.

We got the AA out, and they found the in-tank fuel pump not to be working, and recommended a replacement.

We had it recovered to a garage where it currently is.

Lad who owns the garage can't source the replacement part from his suppliers.

Try as I might, I've drawn a blank in sourcing one. I've tried dozens of breakers yards, and parts suppliers, and cant get one anywhere. Tried a local Mitsu dealer and they batted me off more or less saying I've no chance.

Only thing I've seen is a breaker in Lithuania selling on ebay who has about 6 for sale, but although for the Carisma 1.6, they're for slightly lower bhp versions, so not sure if these would be compatible.

I'm unable to match the registration / vin with any of the universal pumps that are on the market (vin = XMDLNDA1A3F023970)

Would any one be able to advise:

Where I could buy one (a stockist/breaker or a specialist / rare parts sourcing consultant)?
Any alternative pump that would be compatible?
Could the old pump be reconditioned / repaired?

Whilst his car is off the road it's making it difficult for my lad in getting to his jobs and thus affecting his earnings.

Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Tim

[Heaveho]

Replace it with a Walbro. Not standard, but it's a common upgrade on performance cars. A couple of my Jap cars have them fitted.

[bobthemonkey]

Is there a matching Volvo part? The S40 of that era was on the same platform.

[The Rotrex Kid]

It may also share a renault part, I’m sure when my parents has one (circa 2002) it needed a throttle body and there was a renault part.

[Normodog]

https://shop.euroimpex.lt/en/dalis/239202/electric...

Looks like it might be correct. But what's useful is this listing has the part numbers that you can cross reference elsewhere.

Just popping the part numbers into Google pulled up some more results.

Edit to add, looks like you can get new ones from China (AliExpress) using those part numbers. A decent motor factors should be able to find a uk supplier.

Edited by Normodog on Saturday 4th May 21:52