dawpooldad
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Hi,
I have the 1.1 active Eco and a great little car it is too!
I hope that someone can confirm the origin of the engine. Is it a later version of the F.I.R.E. engine?
The reason I ask is that when having a M.O.T on the other car (1954 Morris Minor Ser.II). The mechanic was talking about the "old days with proper timing chains" and we got onto the subject of cam belts and the damage caused when they break. He said that there were only a few car engines that could shred a cam belt without problems and that the Fiat F.I.R.E. was one of them.
Is this true of the current Panda and is it still possible that the belt can go without major damage?
I wouldn't, of course, advocate not changing the belt when it's due, but I remember changing a cam belt on an UNO once for my sister in law with this engine and it was a doddle!
Thanks in anticipation.
Rgds
dawpooldad
I have the 1.1 active Eco and a great little car it is too!
I hope that someone can confirm the origin of the engine. Is it a later version of the F.I.R.E. engine?
The reason I ask is that when having a M.O.T on the other car (1954 Morris Minor Ser.II). The mechanic was talking about the "old days with proper timing chains" and we got onto the subject of cam belts and the damage caused when they break. He said that there were only a few car engines that could shred a cam belt without problems and that the Fiat F.I.R.E. was one of them.
Is this true of the current Panda and is it still possible that the belt can go without major damage?
I wouldn't, of course, advocate not changing the belt when it's due, but I remember changing a cam belt on an UNO once for my sister in law with this engine and it was a doddle!
Thanks in anticipation.
Rgds
dawpooldad