Technical P0101 error on Panda 1.1 I.E. 4x4 ECO

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Technical P0101 error on Panda 1.1 I.E. 4x4 ECO

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My wife has a Panda 1.1 I.E. 4x4 ECO. Yesterday morning the car overheated and the check engine light came on and went into limp mode. Loaded the car on a trailer and brought it home. Bought a Code reader today and as per help of this forum got the Fiat ecu scanner software. Refilled the radiator(she ran the car without water) and checked the fault codes. The P0101 error came up on the faults and every time I reset it the car goes back to normal for a few seconds and goes back into limp mode with the same error:bang::bang:

Does anyone have any ideas where I should start checking to repair this?
 

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hi the sensor you're looking for is usually located near air filter in the air intake pipe and measures the air flow to engine giving the ecu signals for air to fuel ratio! Hence Maf sensor(mass air flow).fellow members could b more clued up on your engine as I've got mjet not the petrol engine.have you found out why it's lost its water?
 
Thanks tshark35.

I will check that tomorrow. The car was in a smash last year and the panel-beater replaced a lot of the front parts including the radiator and for some reason the radiator is leaking. I'm going to start taking it apart tomorrow as well to see exactly what went wrong considering that radiator should not be older than 9 months and shouldn't be leaking yet.
 
hi, and welcome, :)

be wary of the head-gasket after over-heating:(

our "street" 1.1 of 2004 is now on it's second head gasket :bang:

sorry I can't help you on MAF location as our air intakes are probably quite different,

however unplugging "likely candidate" sensors should find it quickly.. = If you unplug the faulty sensor the ECU will put in an average value and the car should run o.k. = plug it back in ..should run poorly again,

good luck,

Charlie
 
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Thanks Charlie. I checked a few more things today. it does not look like the head gasket blew. I unplugged every sensor(and other plug) I could see. Got errors on fiat ecu scan from MAP/Baro, throttle, and EVAP. but cant find the MAF sensor. Does anyone know where I can get a workshop manual for this car.

Ps: another interesting thing I found is that the computer serial is IAW 5NF.S8 and as far as I can figure out that is suppose to be from the stilo 1.6 16v and the likes. not an 1100 panda.....
 
had a look in Haynes manual to assist you and doesn't appear to list it (typical sods law) only other logical place for it to be would be throttle body area.
 
Ive also been looking everywhere on the net and as far as I can figure out it does not have a MAF sensor. But what else would give the P0101 Mass Air Flow (2) error. Does the Haynes manual list anything about that tipe of error on the FI?
 
seems Haynes shows that there's an air temp/pressure sensor on end of intake manifold and might be this sensor that's bringing up that code but I'd be expecting it would have come up with map sensor fault if it is this sensor that's gone kaput .
 
I just unplugged the map sensor and the scanner gave a map sensor error so thats definitely not it. I read on another car forum earlier that other sensors could also give this tipe of errors and that the p0101 error is a very generalized error code....
 
There is definitely no MAF in the 1.2 or 1.1 engines - all air calls are done off the MAP which will be on the throttle body somewhere (not sure exactly where, as I only have experience of 1.2). P0101 is very generic, but might clear with an ECU reset after clearing the code. Unplug the ECU for 24 hours if possible and all trims should be cleared. Might help.
 
Thank you very much R1NGA. I will try that this afternoon when I get home. I really hope that sorts out the problem. Will keep everyone updated.
 
Hey guys. Replaced the radiator today and now that ive got proper water pressure. I am starting to suspect that the head gasket might be blown. Would that also cause the P0101 error. The pressure builds up quite quick in the water system after the car idles for a few minutes.
 
Rad pressure will run at about 7psi (0.5bar) when up to temp, which is quite a bit, so don't assume the worst too quickly. Head gasket issues will use water and cause rough running, but if bad enough to go down to 2 cylinders then it will be eating water all the time I'd have thought. P0101 is a bugger to track down, so do keep an eye on water levels and report back.
 
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