How long does your Punto Mk.1 take to warm up in these cold winter mornings? Mine seems to take about 45 minutes to and 1 hr 1/4 before heat starts to appear, this always coincides with the needle reaching half way on the temp gauge.

Hi mate,

Sounds like your thermostat is stuck to me. What engine is it? But either way it should warm up much quicker than that.

Hope that helps,
Alan

yeah, somethings wrong, thermostat probably ^^^^

you should feel heat coming through after 10 min at most

Thanks for the replys. Engine is a 1.2 8V. How much approximately to get a thermostat replaced at a dealer?

its an easy job - IIRC under 20 quid for parts, you should maybe try it yourself

do it yourself fella, there 15 quid from most motor factors- even fiat.


there really easy to replace aswell- just take hose off replace thermostat and put a new gasket on and jobs a good 'un

About 10 min these days (-5C outside temp) before needle start moving at all, and about 15min before I start feeling wormer inside... JTD'02

Sigtran said:

About 10 min these days (-5C outside temp) before needle start moving at all, and about 15min before I start feeling wormer inside... JTD'02

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Sounds about right for the JTD.

Alan