Wow, alot of the mitsubishi guys have been having these problems on their remanufactured 4cyl and V6 motors..

Personally.. I bought a montero with a remanufactured (canadian) motor in it.. with a 5yr/100k mile warranty in it.. and 2years/30k into the motor it had slop in the crank bearings, but ran like a top otherwise. The warranty was transferrable, but it does not say anything in the warranty agreement about having to pay $100 to transfer the warranty, it just states it transfers one time and and the second owner does not get labor, only parts. Well.. the shop claimed I didn't pay the $100 fee to transfer the warranty (which has to be bogus) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> He refused to tell me who the company was he got the engine from, and just about forced me to leave his shop when I started mentioning legal stuff.

Anyways.. I ended up having to install an new crank/bearing kit for the new owner of the truck because I was forced to sell it cheap (he paid for parts) and really set me back being so broke at the time.

I say screw remanufactured motors.. it's worthless. I am considering a remanufactured shortblock for my SR, but that's only because I can actually take it apart and check everything prior to building the rest of the engine on top of it.

BTW.. after 30k miles you should have seen the bearings/crank.. it looks like it was assempled with dirt for assembly lube. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Sorry to hear about your troubles man.. you're not the only one out there.. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />