hi there i hope some one can help
i have a 1995 punto 1.1 55sx
THE PROBLEM
when i drive down the road (when its cold) the car drives mint the power is there the lot but when it gets warm it starts to hold back like a miss fire but if you put your foot to the board it picks up and goes but as soon as you ease of the throttle its back again but it only does it when it gets warm its just like its over fuiling if any one can help or if any one has had the same problem and solved it i would be greatful if you could tell me how you solved it oh and one other thing every so often the little red injecter (if this is what you call it) light comes on on the dash it only comes on for about 30 secs to a minute then goes out i dont no if this related to the problem mentioned above hope some one can help im desperate

cheers eva

Has the car had a service lately?
The injector light could be all manner of things...you ould try running some injector cleaner through the vehicle to see if that helps.

thanks for that will try some injecter cleaner and yes it had a full service excluding cambelt the other day but could you give me some reasons as to why the red injecter light comes on

cheers eva

may need a set of plugs or a new lambda probe more likelly

why not get the codes read as the light has been on they will be stored in the memory

then it will be easy to fix

littlepip17 said:

may need a set of plugs or a new lambda probe more likelly

why not get the codes read as the light has been on they will be stored in the memory

then it will be easy to fix

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how do i read the codes can i do it my self like you can with vauxhalls or do i have to take it to a dealer ship

cheers eva

xevax said:

how do i read the codes can i do it my self like you can with vauxhalls or do i have to take it to a dealer ship

cheers eva

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only be read with a computer

dealers have the best one thou i know i use one every day

fias test equipment is one of the best

all these other scanners are just rubbish

should be something like 30to40 for a diagnostics test

if you go to a dealer ask for a print out

you will get a sheet labbled examiner at the top

scan this and post it on the forum and we can all have a look

littlepip17 said:

should be something like 30to40 for a diagnostics test

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lol, my local Fiat dealer charges £80 for a diagnostic.

had the same problem with my nplate 55s. put new spark plugs in and it's been ok since, but check for loose ht leads as well.

Rockbottom said:

lol, my local Fiat dealer charges £80 for a diagnostic.

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if you new what was really involved in printing out the codes from a cars ecu
you would call 5quid a rip off lol

no harder than using a pay phone honestly

then again dealers have to pay for the diag equipment some how

great news ive sold the problem i put a new lambda sensor in took of the battery terminals then replaced every thing gave the carb a good clean with some carb cleaner took it for a run this afternoon for a hour now shes mint good on fuel and no holding back and no misfire so thanks for every ones help and advice you were great THANK YOU

littlepip17 said:

if you new what was really involved in printing out the codes from a cars ecu
you would call 5quid a rip off lol

no harder than using a pay phone honestly

then again dealers have to pay for the diag equipment some how

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How much is an Fiat diag equipment? The real one....

And yes, any cost is too much cause you just plug a diag tool (special cable computer), and read through some menus, but you gotta charge something, 20ish is OK if you ask me, it will keep the borring "read my codes only after car wash" guys away
I see myself in this sittuation every day, how to explain to someone that installing Windows is an wizard thing, but I charge it cause it's what I went to school for, and try it yoursel, and I bet youll mess something up, like forgeting to backup not so obviuous things such as emails, contacts, favorites, history maybe...

And IMO it should be free of charge after it has been serviced at a garage, no matter what was the car in the garage for...

oktopod said:

How much is an Fiat diag equipment? The real one....

And yes, any cost is too much cause you just plug a diag tool (special cable computer), and read through some menus, but you gotta charge something, 20ish is OK if you ask me, it will keep the borring "read my codes only after car wash" guys away
I see myself in this sittuation every day, how to explain to someone that installing Windows is an wizard thing, but I charge it cause it's what I went to school for, and try it yoursel, and I bet youll mess something up, like forgeting to backup not so obviuous things such as emails, contacts, favorites, history maybe...

And IMO it should be free of charge after it has been serviced at a garage, no matter what was the car in the garage for...

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i check ecu's for errors and updates after every service on fiats it's part of the service and the updates are esensial

and yes it's ery eay to destroy an ecu with even fiats examiner

just start doing something like an ecu update then unplug it that destroys the ecu

and they cant be force flashed after that happens

littlepip17 said:

and yes it's ery eay to destroy an ecu with even fiats examiner

just start doing something like an ecu update then unplug it that destroys the ecu

and they cant be force flashed after that happens

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Like any EPROM chip. Same with me when I flash BIOS on your PCs motherboard