Stilo RuSZ' Stilo 1.8 16v Dynamic

Yorkshire007 said:

I have a set off front Lowering Springs going sooooooo cheap....... sorry for hijacking the post.

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Are they for the JTD / Multijet - from what i understand, the diesels are the same across the diesel range, likewise petrol are the same across the petrol range.

Whats the condition?

They are for the JTD, I have two sets of fronts. One set is 35mm Prodrive, and other is a 45/55mm Eibach set. Both set's are like nearly brand new.

Okay i hope the jtd is same as multijet, i will check tomoorow... im on the sauce right now, its been a terrible two weeks back at work since the trip to portugal.. computers can be stressful for the experts, more so when deployments have been done without "proper" testing... i shall say no more

jatkinson said:

russ i have a debadge grill , lowring springs window shades ,, all yours for cheap if you want ?

hit me up on fb , and we can talk about it ,,, since i should realy put it in the classifieds

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Jimmy, as arranged at the wedding, I'll take he deserves badge grill and blinds

Well Stilo failed her MOT on Saturday. She's currently having work done and will be back on the road on Monday.


Offside and nearside front tyres, cuts to thread on inside (no way I could see them..)

Offside suspension ball joint split and leaking

Nearside ARB bush excessively corroded

Rear nearside brake failed, brake caliper stuck on and failed, needs new pads as well.

Few hours and grazzed knuckes will sort it... my mj is in a bad state. Or was but all is removed now... no suspension on the car. No shocks. All waiting for.coiolovers tomorrow and noticed my rear pads are less than 1mm left so that will be done on Friday... tomorrow intercooler is coming off for a deep clean and various bits and bobs are getting cleaned up and painted to protect them. Im loving this, i feel the love coming back now.

Passed this morning. List of advisorys to sort out attached below
Garage said other rear brake caliper seized as well but got it cleaned and working.

It must be a crappy rear brake setup on these things. Must be very little in the way of bias to the rear which means the calipers never move much and leads to them seizing. They seem a right sodding nightmare.

Glad you're back on the road again though matey and out of the missus' car

So payday has rolled around once more. And as a result of that, and the car having an MOT, i have ordered a few things for the Stilo.

Here's upcoming plans. Going for a bit of a stealth look.

Ordered Flyeye kit. So going to Flyeye the front headlights and side repeaters

Ordered external temperature sensor. Coz I'm fed up of the car always saying it's -25° and not having Aircon.

Ordered Wind Deflectors, because why not.

Plans:
Debadge the tailgate getting rid of the grey FIAT logo and tacky Stilo badges.

Remove rear window wiper and bung the hole.

Tint rear windows, tailgate and sunroof

Change the alloys. Ideally blades, but know there has to come by.

jatkinson still got the debadge front grille?

Been a while since I updated. Got a few jobs done

Fly eye kit applied. Still needs a heat gun on it to shrink it and remove some creases. But happy with how it looks.

Also changed the Ariel and stangly get better signal than before!

Need to change my HU back to my Pioneer DAB one. Finally got the correct adapter cable for it.

Still on the list.

Debadge the boot.
Badgless front grill
Blade/claw alloys in black
Tinting

Ive got a huge list for mine but things always seem to get in the way.

So far i have done a mini service, overhauled the brakes, running brembo discs and ebc green crap pads, new front suspension and arms, abarth rear badge and new front badge, climair deflectors cos i prefer them to heko... now some wheels, vinyls, tints and fly eyes too (all round) in deep navy blue (not sure yet).

Looks good btw.

Not updated in a while.

Stilo now has a name, Nero. I know it’s typical of a black Italian car been called that, but kept calling it that every so often, so it’s stuck. Haha.

Debadged the boot, so it’s looking a bit cleaner.

Got the radio working I normally use and switch, cable issue as stated previously. This is Bluetooth and DAB (adapter)

Few little issues still to sort:
- Gearbox, still reverse. Need to change oil and grease selector
- change engine oil and spark plugs, not had a service for a while so going to self do it
- handbrake cable needs changing as it’s got very little reserve travel now. Think other calliper (rear drivers) has now seized.
- change dash bulbs on heater as one has gone

New update. Wind deflectors fitted.

Bad news!! Got a flashing EML light.

Drove to work (5 miles and about 10min drive). No issues at all. M
Sat in car park with engine idling for 5 minutes. Suddenly the engine judders and the revs start hunting. EML flashes.

Turned off engine and restarted. Now lumpy when revving the engine but not hunting.

Read the diagnostic code and comes up with P0303 - cylinder 3 misfire which is quite generic, ultimately however it means that the ECU has shut of cylinder 3 due to a fault. Could be one of various reasons; spark plug, ignition pack, head gasket and manifold leak to name a but few. JOY!!

Essentially I don’t have the time at the moment, so driving a 3 cylinder car for a few days.

However...

Got a plan. Quick diagnostic test to see if it’s the coil pack. Remove coil pack from cylinder 3 and move to cylinder 1. Clear the pending fault codes.

Restart the engine. Hopefully one of three things

Best case:
Fault follows coil pack to cylinder 1 - means faulty coil pack.

Medium case: error stays on cylinder 3 - means it’s not the coil, likely something else

Worst case: faults on cylinder 1 & 3 - EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG

Not switched coils yet, just done a few looks over the engine. Coolant level is unchanged and no mayo in the cap, unlikely to be head gasket. Oil level is ok, no less than a week or so ago, so unlikely oil leak. No blowing/sucking sounds for manifold, so unlikely to be manifold leak. Well, other than when driven, but that’s because it’s dropped a cylinder. Earth strap on battery appears ok, not sure where engine/gearbox strap is.

So just to move the coil pack to see if that points a direction. After the drive home no other errors showing, so ECU seems ok.

Yep definitely a coil pack failure. Switched the coil from cylinder 3 which was misfiring and put into cylinder 2. Code changed from P0303 to P0302 Cylinder 2 misfire. So that leads me to decide that the coil pack had failed

Simple 5 minute diagnostic test to work out and fix.

New coil ordered. Well, I say new. It’s from a scrapyard. Working when removed. Got 2 for £15. So if one fails on me in the near future I have a spare.

Vehicle is due a service in the summer, so will order new ones and new spark plugs then. This is just to get me by for a few months.

glad it was the coil, was hoping mine was but turned out to be damaged exhaust valve

Mytheroo said:

glad it was the coil, was hoping mine was but turned out to be damaged exhaust valve

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Ouch that’s not good!

Well I’m making a presumption that it’s the coil because the error followed the coil.

However I cleared the error on Friday and whilst it’s still misfiring it hasn’t reappeared...

New coil arriving Tuesday.