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Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0  | Brava engine has cut out! Hi guys, could do with some advice please. My mate phoned me today saying that his 1.6 S reg Brava had started ok and then after a few seconds it started mis-firing and stopped. I went to have a look but he had run the battery low, with the ignition switched on you could hear a "buzzing" under the rear of the car for a second or two and then the buzzing stopped. I am guessing that was the fuel pump so I assume that is working, I have put the battery on charge overnight but I was wondering what else can have failed. I put a cambelt on it a couple of months ago and the cams are still rotating ok, could it be a cam or crank sensor fault? I think that I will pull a plug lead off and try another plug in the end to see if there is a spark tomorrow but any other ideas are welcomed! Why do cars act up when the weather is bloomin freezing eh!! Thank's for reading this. Pete.
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Posts: 15,604 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 662 Trader Rating: 1   | Re: Brava engine has cut out! Could be crank sensor, but you are right to check the spark first. Cheers SPD
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Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Brava engine has cut out! Thank's for the reply. Well I charged the battery, pulled a plug lead off and tried for a spark with a spare plug and everything appeared ok. I tried to start it and it spun over and kept firing and finally it started, some knocking from the engine for a second or two (which I assumed was unburnt fuel) and it starts and runs fine now. I am getting it tested for fault code tomorrow as the owner is worried that it may re occour. It did cut out on the M6 at 60 mph a couple of years ago, he pulled on to the hard shoulder and it restarted and has been fine, until now! Take some finding these intermitant faults. I may put a crank sensor on anyway just to eliminate it, do you use genuine Fiat ones or buy them from a parts supplier? Pete.
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Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Brava engine has cut out! Well I took the car to my local garage today but they were unable to read the codes as the diagnostic point is different from their code reader, so I am just going to "let it develop" and if it acts up again I will try a crank sensor. I guess that after 12 years it could probably do with one, I assume that they must fail at times. Pete.
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Posts: 15,604 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 662 Trader Rating: 1 | Re: Brava engine has cut out! It can be as simple as muck or water confusing the sensor. Find a good autospark and he should be able to test the crank sensor. Cheers SPD
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