Darth_Punto
New member
Hi,
For the past month or so my Punto has been considerably slower in accelerating all the time and had problems starting the car in the cold.
Before Xmas there were several mornings where i'd try to start the car and after it failed once the battery would be dead. Anyway I replaced the spark plugs, put a new exhaust on (it was blowing) and later fitted a new battery, funnily after the battery was fitted the car was back to normal for about a week.
Now it is as slow as it was before, it is even slow in accelerating in 3rd gear at about 25-30 mph, which is unusual. Also it is having problems starting in the cold, however the battery hasn't failed me yet, so it does start eventually.
Does anybody have any ideas what may be wrong with it? The only solution I can think of (and I no very little) is that when the battery was replaced the Computer was reset which solved the problem for a while. But I have no idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ta
For the past month or so my Punto has been considerably slower in accelerating all the time and had problems starting the car in the cold.
Before Xmas there were several mornings where i'd try to start the car and after it failed once the battery would be dead. Anyway I replaced the spark plugs, put a new exhaust on (it was blowing) and later fitted a new battery, funnily after the battery was fitted the car was back to normal for about a week.
Now it is as slow as it was before, it is even slow in accelerating in 3rd gear at about 25-30 mph, which is unusual. Also it is having problems starting in the cold, however the battery hasn't failed me yet, so it does start eventually.
Does anybody have any ideas what may be wrong with it? The only solution I can think of (and I no very little) is that when the battery was replaced the Computer was reset which solved the problem for a while. But I have no idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ta