steve20vt
Member
Hello multipla people! I've come to join the many seat brigade over from the coupe and marea sections of the forum.
I've been after a multipla for a couple of years now but finally the time came to get one. I was planning a crazy Polish style coupe engine transplant but I have way too many projects on at present.
So for now my coupes take performance priority.
Anyway the time came and I don't like spending lots of an initial purchase (I work in the motor insustry so parts cone cheap) I was looking to spend about £800 on a multi.
A late ish round nose would suffice, typically there were none around local to me so I'd been waiting and checking all the usual places.
Then I spot a square nose not a million miles away, a years test and 83k miles on a 56 plate wanting £1300
Downside, it's been a cat c write off a couple of years ago, but the owner had literally just swapped a used bonnet on and had a headlamp plastic welded and it was back on the road.
Looked okay in the pics but not so good in the metal, but it would do if the price was right.
Considering it had just gone through a test and had a load of repairs done I have it the once over (in the rain) and picked out a few faults to drive the price down.
The road test proved it drove straight and steered okay, the brakes were good and no dash lights apart from the service light blinking.
It's an early 2007 1.9 multijet with the dreaded dpf but all seemed okay.
Offered silly money and almost offended the guy but we settled on a great deal less than he was after.
I got it back to the workshop and was surprised to find a list of things that shouldn't have passed the test that were not even advisories.
It had failed on rear brakes (wheel cylinder leaking) but they'd missed a radius arm bearing totally collapsed (is picked up the knock on road-test expecting it to be a subframe bush worn)
Next was a blow from the downpipe flexi
Side skirt obviously loose
Front suspension arm, front bushes obviously worn
Those were the most serious things I found, there are lots and lots of other more minor niggles. But it wouldn't be a fiat if I didn't
The egr valve also made itself known so that's getting blanked. Once I've sorted all the bits and bobs out it should be a good little multi.
Most of the bits are here to get it sorted so I'll be on with that next week.
I'm not one that can leave things how it came from the factory so expect some changes along the way.
I think the wheels will be the first thing to get binned in favour of some Stilo blades please, then I'll look into a remap and some suspension and brake improvements.
But for now there's a list as long as my arm to get through!
I'll chuck some photos up as and when I do bits.
I've been after a multipla for a couple of years now but finally the time came to get one. I was planning a crazy Polish style coupe engine transplant but I have way too many projects on at present.
So for now my coupes take performance priority.
Anyway the time came and I don't like spending lots of an initial purchase (I work in the motor insustry so parts cone cheap) I was looking to spend about £800 on a multi.
A late ish round nose would suffice, typically there were none around local to me so I'd been waiting and checking all the usual places.
Then I spot a square nose not a million miles away, a years test and 83k miles on a 56 plate wanting £1300
Downside, it's been a cat c write off a couple of years ago, but the owner had literally just swapped a used bonnet on and had a headlamp plastic welded and it was back on the road.
Looked okay in the pics but not so good in the metal, but it would do if the price was right.
Considering it had just gone through a test and had a load of repairs done I have it the once over (in the rain) and picked out a few faults to drive the price down.
The road test proved it drove straight and steered okay, the brakes were good and no dash lights apart from the service light blinking.
It's an early 2007 1.9 multijet with the dreaded dpf but all seemed okay.
Offered silly money and almost offended the guy but we settled on a great deal less than he was after.
I got it back to the workshop and was surprised to find a list of things that shouldn't have passed the test that were not even advisories.
It had failed on rear brakes (wheel cylinder leaking) but they'd missed a radius arm bearing totally collapsed (is picked up the knock on road-test expecting it to be a subframe bush worn)
Next was a blow from the downpipe flexi
Side skirt obviously loose
Front suspension arm, front bushes obviously worn
Those were the most serious things I found, there are lots and lots of other more minor niggles. But it wouldn't be a fiat if I didn't
The egr valve also made itself known so that's getting blanked. Once I've sorted all the bits and bobs out it should be a good little multi.
Most of the bits are here to get it sorted so I'll be on with that next week.
I'm not one that can leave things how it came from the factory so expect some changes along the way.
I think the wheels will be the first thing to get binned in favour of some Stilo blades please, then I'll look into a remap and some suspension and brake improvements.
But for now there's a list as long as my arm to get through!
I'll chuck some photos up as and when I do bits.