glenn2602
Member
First of all, I've sent a message to a member called rallycinq, asking him if he wants this car? He has first refusal. A while back he sent me a fuel injector at no cost, to try and help with a particular problem. He's the sort of guy who makes a car club/forum what it is. So, fair play .. if he doesn't want the car it'll go to anybody who does want it. Free ..
I bought the car 2 years ago at auction. It had stood in a garage for a long time. It always had a problem with the injector warning light remaining on. I think every sensor was changed .. but .. still on.
About 3 months ago at start up, it sounded as though somebody had stuck a screwdriver in a rotating fan. The noise/cause was traced to bits of alloy in a cylinder. Where it came from and how it got there, I have no idea.
The head was lifted, the alloy removed, and the head refitted. Other than a few pit marks on the piston there was no apparent damage to the valves or bores. A compression test wasn't done.
The car seems 'tappety' and has an erratic tickover- like a surge, as though a valve wasn't fully opening or closing. The car has been standing in my back yard, unused. I doubt if the car has covered more than 300 miles since it came into my possession 2 years ago.
I'm told that it's possible that a piston ring broke and the bits found their way into the cylinder. The car starts and runs - I've just driven it 3 miles - it's first outing in many weeks.
It's maybe a car for somebody who has the time and inclination to remove the engine and put things right.
It has 31,000 genuine miles on the clock. There's a crack in the rear bumper but there's not a spot of rust on the bodywork. I think there's about 1 month or so MOT remaining.
I'm now at an age when you 'can't be bothered' to work on cars any more. The Fiat was seldom used and as I also have a Jeep and a Saab which are seldom used, there's very little point in keeping the Cinq.
Anybody who is looking for an old Cinq to do mechanical work on - here's the ideal car, subject to rallycinq ..
I bought the car 2 years ago at auction. It had stood in a garage for a long time. It always had a problem with the injector warning light remaining on. I think every sensor was changed .. but .. still on.
About 3 months ago at start up, it sounded as though somebody had stuck a screwdriver in a rotating fan. The noise/cause was traced to bits of alloy in a cylinder. Where it came from and how it got there, I have no idea.
The head was lifted, the alloy removed, and the head refitted. Other than a few pit marks on the piston there was no apparent damage to the valves or bores. A compression test wasn't done.
The car seems 'tappety' and has an erratic tickover- like a surge, as though a valve wasn't fully opening or closing. The car has been standing in my back yard, unused. I doubt if the car has covered more than 300 miles since it came into my possession 2 years ago.
I'm told that it's possible that a piston ring broke and the bits found their way into the cylinder. The car starts and runs - I've just driven it 3 miles - it's first outing in many weeks.
It's maybe a car for somebody who has the time and inclination to remove the engine and put things right.
It has 31,000 genuine miles on the clock. There's a crack in the rear bumper but there's not a spot of rust on the bodywork. I think there's about 1 month or so MOT remaining.
I'm now at an age when you 'can't be bothered' to work on cars any more. The Fiat was seldom used and as I also have a Jeep and a Saab which are seldom used, there's very little point in keeping the Cinq.
Anybody who is looking for an old Cinq to do mechanical work on - here's the ideal car, subject to rallycinq ..