deeinlondon
Member
I have a year 2000 Fiat Punto Sporting 1.2 - with about 25,000 on the clock
I've had it since new and drive it very carefully but living in London there's speed humps everywhere.
I had the car MOTed and there weren't any issues at all with the car except a hole in the middle of the exhaust.
The garage replaced the middle part of the exhaust reusing the back section and ever since then I've noticed a thud when I go over a speed hump, even very slowly.
I told this to the garage and they took the car for a test drive and I was in the car at the time and you couldn't hear any thud but when I was back alone in the car by myself you could hear it over speed humps even at very low speeds.
I just came back from a long weekend trip where the car was fully loaded with lots of bags and 2 extra passengers and and at certain points you could feel the vibration of the exhaust.
What I can't understand is I never had any noticeable problems until the exhaust change .. any ideas why?
Is worn out springs or struts likely to be the problem? Should both be replaced?
Are they hard to replace yourself? I've done things like rotated my own tyres, oil changes, exhaust changes before.
Else I can pay my local garage to do it but I'd be interested in buying the parts myself so I can choose a good quality product. The ride of the Punto has always been very hard, I've had the car since new, is there anything I could do to make it absorb the bumps in the road?
I've had it since new and drive it very carefully but living in London there's speed humps everywhere.
I had the car MOTed and there weren't any issues at all with the car except a hole in the middle of the exhaust.
The garage replaced the middle part of the exhaust reusing the back section and ever since then I've noticed a thud when I go over a speed hump, even very slowly.
I told this to the garage and they took the car for a test drive and I was in the car at the time and you couldn't hear any thud but when I was back alone in the car by myself you could hear it over speed humps even at very low speeds.
I just came back from a long weekend trip where the car was fully loaded with lots of bags and 2 extra passengers and and at certain points you could feel the vibration of the exhaust.
What I can't understand is I never had any noticeable problems until the exhaust change .. any ideas why?
Is worn out springs or struts likely to be the problem? Should both be replaced?
Are they hard to replace yourself? I've done things like rotated my own tyres, oil changes, exhaust changes before.
Else I can pay my local garage to do it but I'd be interested in buying the parts myself so I can choose a good quality product. The ride of the Punto has always been very hard, I've had the car since new, is there anything I could do to make it absorb the bumps in the road?