Hi, can anybody please tell me what ignition coil is needed for a cinquecento 1.1 on an 'S' plate?
I'm afraid i am totally unfamiliar with these cars, my mate has one & he's been told it needs a coil but just after buying one on ebay i've now heard conflicting details regarding which type of coil it needs.. are there many different ones for these cars?
Also, what's the deal with the clutch cable.. is there an inherent problem with these cars, he says he's gone thru 3 or 4 cables in little more than a year?
Thanks in advance for any info.

it doesnt have an ignition coil in the traditonal sense.

it has two coil packs that are triggered by the ECU. they are on the right hand side of the engine, above the thermostat.

they are the same coil packs as found on most of the fuel injected 8v FIAT engines.

clutch cables.. there is a design flaw with the clutch cable on the RHD cars. to go through that many cables though i'd say the clutch itself is dying.

Unless the cables aren't snapping, they're just unclipping from the hook in the passenger footwell and he's being ripped off by a garage and billed for a new one each time.

it should look like this

2 look like this

Thanks very much for the info, it was very helpful.. i assume that those coils are both the same & can be replaced individually, i have bought a single one off ebay so hopefully i can just replace the faulty unit.
I will check the clutch cable myself too, to see if it has broken or simply become disengaged.. cheers for that.
Oh, and say "hi" to the rabbit pls.. it's ears are mad, nice one!

yep you can replace one at a time, they same same

Hi again, i removed & tested the twin coil units (marked BAE 800), & one of them was open circuit on the secondary winding, the other unit showed a resistance of 3.68M ohm.. now then, the unit i got as a replacement is marked BAE 800B and has secondary resistance of only 7.23K ohm, both have a primary value of 0.7ohm & are marked 12v..

I've no idea what the correct values ought to be, but considering the massive difference in secondary winding resistance between these two units, would it be foolish to go ahead and use them, could doing so damage the ignition system electronics or would any problem simply affect the HT side, given that the LT resistance is exactly the same value on each unit?

cheers

The nominal value of the coils @ 20 degrees C is

Primary 0.5 to 0.6 ohm
secondary 6.6 to 8.1 K ohm

IT has been known when they fail to fire HT back up the LT side and cook the ECU so always better to be safe than sorry

I was expecting to hear summat like that, cheers though & nice one for givin' us the proper resistance values.