hub61 said:

Hi, '05 1.2 petrol 4x4, parked car up at night, no issues but would not start next morning. Turning over with good battery but refuses to fire/start. Code reader shows no faults, timing belt OK, plenty fuel, no other warning lights etc showing. What should be my first port of call?

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Had exactly same problem, But the codes pointed to the crankshaft sensor.
DONT use a cheap replacement! there is no marking on it to identify it!,, I had one which worked for 1 day then back to non starting. The 'original' part was put in and she starts up first time every time.
One way to check is to remove the sensor (the AA did this for me 3 times in 3 days!) and she started but then next morning the same thing which once the sensor had been removed and replaced she started again. I was told at the time that the wiring may have corroded causing this problem but as ive said, once the new original part was installed ive had no problems and no more sleepless nights worrying if she'll start in the morning. Hope this helps?

hub61 said:

mechanic tells me the fuel pump is U/S, will find out tomorrow hopefully when new one fitted.

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I should have read further down lol! read your other posts now and hope you can get that 'elusive' pump! failing that maybe a trip to the breakers?

Hi, good news.....new pump in and now running fine.
Bad news.......fuel gauge not working, any ideas???

Either the fuel gauge with the new pump is faulty or the wiring is damaged somewhere.

(1) Check wiring is connected. If no change got to (2).
(2) Swap the working gauge from your old pump to the new pump.

Okay, swapped new pump in to another Panda, gauge is fine. Since there is only 1 connection (so I'm told) on to pump, and the new pump is getting power, is there a joint/switch somewhere further up the wiring that connects to gauge? Miles to go on computer does not work either. My mechanic is a bit pi**ed off to say the least.

hub61 said:

Okay, swapped new pump in to another Panda, gauge is fine. Since there is only 1 connection (so I'm told) on to pump, and the new pump is getting power, is there a joint/switch somewhere further up the wiring that connects to gauge? Miles to go on computer does not work either. My mechanic is a bit pi**ed off to say the least.

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Have you attached the float?

The little long coat hanger like rod with a plastic floating bit attached to it, this floats in the fuel and its angle is how the fuel pump knows how much fuel is left.

You can clip the old one off and onto your new pump if it doesn't come with one.

Be fragile to not break the clips as you're dealing with plastic here.

Sorry if this isn't the issue, but wanted to mention it in case you might have overlooked it.

Good luck

Yes, working fine in another Panda.

Long saga finally over, mechanic(apprentice) had loosened a wire in the connector during one of the many pump fittings. 10 weeks to change a fuel pump, not happy is an understatement!!
Just waiting for the bill now, ready to do battle.

hub61 said:

Long saga finally over, mechanic(apprentice) had loosened a wire in the connector during one of the many pump fittings. 10 weeks to change a fuel pump, not happy is an understatement!!
Just waiting for the bill now, ready to do battle.

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Mechanic fault finding by swapping components at owners expense. Time to find another mech or get to know how the car works. The owner is less likely to rush a job and forget a connector.