Hi every one as I said in the newbie section I picked up my stilo jtd 115 to day from Newmarket Suffolk bought it from a breakers yard, vehicle dismantlers ltd. why it was there I don't no its got an mot till October, tax ran out 23 12 2016, the guy at the breakers fixed the bonnet release lever,topped up the brake fluid reservoir, I drove the 75 miles back to my place wickford Essex no problems in fact it went really well plenty off power good fuel consumption every thing works as it should apart from the fuel gauge and front windscreen washers its a dark metallic red with a light beige interior and I think none standard black 17 inch alloys with 225 45 17 bridgstone tyres plus a L g head unit im well pleased with it especially the price I paid, its a 2005 model no sun roof reg no CW05ckX do any of you guys no this car or the previous owner why was it in the breakers yard
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Morning redcat. Congrats on your new car, sounds like you found a diamond in the rough there.
Shame it ended up at a breakers yard but it's probably not the car's fault. Stilos are a difficult market sadly. They're not the most desirable car and probably overlooked for the more well known punto or other marques like peugeot or citroen if you're looking for a small hatch. It's a travesty really as the common rail jtd engines for their time were one of if not the best diesel motors around.
The lower value cars are at a point in the market now where they're only fetching close to scrap money, so someone looking to get out of a car quickly and offload it might well consider breaking or selling to a breaker as opposed to getting nailed on part x.
There is of course no reason why a breakers yard can't buy or take in a car to flip for a bit of extra cash too.
I know one of the big yards not too far from me has two sections, cars for sale or salvage or cars for parts. the salvage stuff is sometimes minor accident damage or MOT failure, some of them are just cheap cars they've bought up and will just service and flip.
Only thing I would say if she's needed a brake fluid top-up is keep your eye out for leaks. Obviously check brake lines but check clutch lines too - runs off same reservoir. The slave cylinders around the bell housing can be known to leak.
Good luck with it - enjoy it and don't forget to post some pics up!
Shame it ended up at a breakers yard but it's probably not the car's fault. Stilos are a difficult market sadly. They're not the most desirable car and probably overlooked for the more well known punto or other marques like peugeot or citroen if you're looking for a small hatch. It's a travesty really as the common rail jtd engines for their time were one of if not the best diesel motors around.
The lower value cars are at a point in the market now where they're only fetching close to scrap money, so someone looking to get out of a car quickly and offload it might well consider breaking or selling to a breaker as opposed to getting nailed on part x.
There is of course no reason why a breakers yard can't buy or take in a car to flip for a bit of extra cash too.
I know one of the big yards not too far from me has two sections, cars for sale or salvage or cars for parts. the salvage stuff is sometimes minor accident damage or MOT failure, some of them are just cheap cars they've bought up and will just service and flip.
Only thing I would say if she's needed a brake fluid top-up is keep your eye out for leaks. Obviously check brake lines but check clutch lines too - runs off same reservoir. The slave cylinders around the bell housing can be known to leak.
Good luck with it - enjoy it and don't forget to post some pics up!
Thanks for your reply Atermis yes il have a look over the break and clutch pipes. The yard I bought it from did have a few other cars for sale about 10 of them . The reason the windscreen washer wasn't working was cause I wasn't pulling enough on the wiper stalk haha
well, at least that's a cheap / easy 'fix' then!
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Replaced my washer motor two months after I bought mine, got it from Euro car parts cheap.
turned out to be wrong way round on the electrical connector pins, fronts where squirting the back and back squirting on the front... so instead of messing with the plug... I swapped the hoses round, they're just about long enough to swap around in case you find yourself in the same issue as me.
turned out to be wrong way round on the electrical connector pins, fronts where squirting the back and back squirting on the front... so instead of messing with the plug... I swapped the hoses round, they're just about long enough to swap around in case you find yourself in the same issue as me.
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dtimmins 1985 thanks you never no what strange things happen to cars probly the previous owner didnt look properly when putting a new pump on your car, mines ok though, what does the switch to the right of the heated rear sceen switch do, the one with the snow flake symbol on it, havnt got an owners manual yet its coming in the post from ebay
what does the switch to the right of the heated rear sceen switch do, the one with the snow flake symbol on it, havnt got an owners manual yet its coming in the post from ebay
Snowflake switch is to turn the air conditioning on.
You can download an owner's handbook from the forum downloads section here: https://www.fiatforum.com/downloads.php?do=download&downloadid=2
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Thanks Davren so its got manual air con thats good doupt it works though il have it checked out. the owners manual came in the post today reccken itl take a few months to remember what all the electrical gadjets do. i usualy drive my 1972 mk2 triumph 2.5 saloon
There's several things about the Stilo that are not mentioned in the owner's manual.
There's a thread about it here: https://www.fiatforum.com/stilo/82058-stilo-hidden-features.html
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Just to add, sometimes on JTDs the hydraulic fluid leak might be due to leaking clutch cylinder ! So keep an eye on the level and if the clutch starts misbehaving you have found the cause of missing fluid !