hi, had my stilo for about 6 months and it doing my head in for some reason it likes to cut out its a 1.8 dynamic. it will idle fine but when u rev it to about 2000 rpm it will bounce to zero thn to about 1500 thn zero then 1500 then die i'm not the best with cars got basic skills but cannot figure this out. when it dose this the dash says low oil pressure but also says that when you stall it any ideas will be great.

it would be interresting if some body comes up withe any thing as i put a post up for my 1.6 with almost the same probs im hopping to go and see shadyman next week see if he can come up with any thing will put it up if he dose and wil whatch yours

Mike

Widly fluctuating idle speeds can sometimes be caused by a dirty inlet control valve. There's a guide on how to clean it here:

https://www.fiatforum.com/stilo-guides/83260-cleaning-your-inlet-control-valve.html

cheers phil will have a go

Are you getting any fault messages when it cuts out?? How often does it do this?

I got a 1.6 03plate..strangely cut out yesterday whilst pulling into my street decided to take it my local garage..had a message 'alternator loose connection' on the dash..hopefully they check if any loose wiring,earth,battery terminals fusebox etc they did say they ordered a brake light switch for it..just thinking about it now it has cut out 2other times this year whilst braking before a red light..Mine doesnt rev that bad but when idle it revs between 6000 to 9000rpm constant.is this normal??.only had rear exhaust box and cambelt changed this year not sure if related

Let us know how you get on

it has cut out a few times stoping at lights ect. going to try what phil said today its always the same message (low oil pres) never had a altionator fualt tho. had a good look about on the net and this seems to be a reguler fualt with stilos will post tonight. will see if it dose the trick.

I also have the same issue on the 1.8, going to have a go at cleaning it this week. For some reason i can't search '1.8 inlet valve' on this forum so a quick q....

Are there any other differences in the procedure for the 1.8 aside from this;

"for 1.8 (once clip is off) - remove air pipe --> you will find a nice mesh protecting your inlet (it is secured in place by a thin metal o-ring) --> using a very fine pin (or similar) hook the o-ring through one of its circular holes (there is one at each end) --> pulling towards the centre and up - remove o-ring --> remove metal mesh"

Do the mesh and o-ring go back easily, for example? Haven't done anything in / near the engine before and don't want to screw it up..