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Old 02-07-2008, 02:06 AM
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Mitsubishi Fuso...???

I found one locally for sale. They claim it has a bad turbo. They give no symptoms. I asked to come and look at it. Does anyone have any experience? It has 220,000+ miles.

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Old 02-07-2008, 03:36 AM
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They are nice trucks, there turn radius is very good, similar to the Isuzu trucks
and much better then any ford or GM truck. Decent power as well, 75/80mph with out problems.
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Old 02-07-2008, 08:14 AM
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I drove one once thinking of replacing my scout for snow pushing with it in my parking lot and such. It was too big for my application.

They look a lot smaller in a picture than they are.

It seemed pretty high quality to me.

Lots better than my scout!

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Old 02-07-2008, 10:31 AM
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The FG 4wd model is gaining popularity as the foundation of expedition campers:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=72
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Old 02-07-2008, 11:44 AM
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I am wondering what they mean when they say the "turbo is not working". It may be a little big for my needs. '22 box!
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Old 02-07-2008, 01:20 PM
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Nice way to say blown turbo?

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Old 02-07-2008, 02:04 PM
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I guess that could be the worst case scenario. I was just wondering if they had it looked at by a shop or maybe there was just a sudden loss of power and they assumed the turbo quit.

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