Ive just purchased a 1987 fiat uno 60s with the 1116cc engine, considering it was ment to be my back up car it's not doing very well!! Made it 250 yards and refused to start, got home on the back of a recovery truck..yay!!
Had a look at the car and although the engine starts well from cold, the engine gets up to normal temperature (90c) and the fan cuts in. But once it's hot it won't re-start? The starter motor seems to crank over very slow which kills the battery which was the wrong one as from an escort! So ive replaced the battery with a heavy duty one but to no avail.
The previous owner told me the cambelt has been replaced last year, and he's replaced the plugs. Looked through the previous recipets and seen that the distributor, rotor arm and ignition module have been replaced. So think i can rule that out?
So i replaced the coil, cranks over better but still no joy.
I tried again today whilst the car was up on on ramps, and fan didn't cut in and got to 100c. I turned it off straight away, my dad said from previous experience to change the thermostat and engine temparature switch and fan switch. So il have to do that whatever happens, but don't think this is related to the original problem.
However my colleagues at work said to do a compression test, to see if the engine lacks compression. But wouldn't the engine not run well when cold? another said try cleaning/ replacing the earth straps?
Im not sure what to do..:bang:
Any help would be appreciated!!
Had a look at the car and although the engine starts well from cold, the engine gets up to normal temperature (90c) and the fan cuts in. But once it's hot it won't re-start? The starter motor seems to crank over very slow which kills the battery which was the wrong one as from an escort! So ive replaced the battery with a heavy duty one but to no avail.
The previous owner told me the cambelt has been replaced last year, and he's replaced the plugs. Looked through the previous recipets and seen that the distributor, rotor arm and ignition module have been replaced. So think i can rule that out?
So i replaced the coil, cranks over better but still no joy.
I tried again today whilst the car was up on on ramps, and fan didn't cut in and got to 100c. I turned it off straight away, my dad said from previous experience to change the thermostat and engine temparature switch and fan switch. So il have to do that whatever happens, but don't think this is related to the original problem.
However my colleagues at work said to do a compression test, to see if the engine lacks compression. But wouldn't the engine not run well when cold? another said try cleaning/ replacing the earth straps?
Im not sure what to do..:bang:
Any help would be appreciated!!