JulesCognac16
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Hi all,
During a recent run out the engine management warning light (amber)
came on and stayed on, so I drove around 5km to the Fiat dealer in Cognac.
I then drove home (around 10km) with no problem.
They booked me in for a diagnostic a week later : on the way in to the
dealership,having slowed for entry to a roundabout, the car stalled without
any warning.Fortunately this was only around 1km from the dealer and it
restarted without any difficulty - it did however sound a bit rough.
Later that day I got the call from the garage - the classic good news/bad news
scenario : "good news - we've identified the problem" at which point my
thoughts were that the bad news might involve serious wallet damage but no
"bad news - the part that needs replacing is no longer available".
They did provide me with a schematic (attached) - the offending part is the
hose 60652289.
Trawling the internet reveals that loads of suppliers know about this part,but
apparently no-one actually has any stock.
I have e-mailed Henk at Barchettaparts and Paul at DTR (nothing positive to
date) ; also tried fiatdalys.lt and numerous local & not so local breakers but
no joy.
Has anyone else experienced this problem ? and if so how did you resolve it
Is there a viable alternative or do I need to see if it can be custom made (and
if so any recommendation for where to get it done).
Grateful for your thoughts/advice on this.
Jules
During a recent run out the engine management warning light (amber)
came on and stayed on, so I drove around 5km to the Fiat dealer in Cognac.
I then drove home (around 10km) with no problem.
They booked me in for a diagnostic a week later : on the way in to the
dealership,having slowed for entry to a roundabout, the car stalled without
any warning.Fortunately this was only around 1km from the dealer and it
restarted without any difficulty - it did however sound a bit rough.
Later that day I got the call from the garage - the classic good news/bad news
scenario : "good news - we've identified the problem" at which point my
thoughts were that the bad news might involve serious wallet damage but no
"bad news - the part that needs replacing is no longer available".
They did provide me with a schematic (attached) - the offending part is the
hose 60652289.
Trawling the internet reveals that loads of suppliers know about this part,but
apparently no-one actually has any stock.
I have e-mailed Henk at Barchettaparts and Paul at DTR (nothing positive to
date) ; also tried fiatdalys.lt and numerous local & not so local breakers but
no joy.
Has anyone else experienced this problem ? and if so how did you resolve it
Is there a viable alternative or do I need to see if it can be custom made (and
if so any recommendation for where to get it done).
Grateful for your thoughts/advice on this.
Jules