General Looking for carburettor help

[razorgazes]

Hi, my newly purchased (from a really unscrupulous vendor) cinquecento has a dodgy carburettor. Does anyone know where I can source a carburettor and repair kit?

 

[portland_bill]

Might need a lot more info before anyone can help here.

Cinquecento were all fuel injected, so no carburettor.

 

[razorgazes]

It's the thing with the black cap on it - it's a 0.9. I don't know much about cars sadly. My mechanic referred to it as a carburettor which is fed by injection. He might have been trying to simplify things for me.

 

[Prawny12009]

has it been plugged into a diagnostic machine?

 

[portland_bill]

It's the thing with the black cap on it - it's a 0.9. I don't know much about cars sadly. My mechanic referred to it as a carburettor which is fed by injection. He might have been trying to simplify things for me.

My thought is that your mechanic does not know the difference. Calling the throttle body a carburettor, to someone who may not know what a carburettor is, is not simplifying anything.
Let's start from the beginning, with a fault description, not a crap diagnosis. "Dodgy carburettor" does not tell us anything. Tell us what the problem is, and let others chip in with their knowledge and experience.

 

[razorgazes]

OK, so what happens is, when the car turns on it runs for about 15 mins, smells a lot of fuel then shudders to a stop if the revs aren't high enough

The mechanic thinks that there might be a pinhole in the accelerator pump diaphragm, and he thinks that someone has tried (and failed) to change it since one of the screws is broken. He can't source any parts (we are in the very far north of Scotland)

 

[David C]

OK, so what happens is, when the car turns on it runs for about 15 mins, smells a lot of fuel then shudders to a stop if the revs aren't high enough

The mechanic thinks that there might be a pinhole in the accelerator pump diaphragm, and he thinks that someone has tried (and failed) to change it since one of the screws is broken. He can't source any parts (we are in the very far north of Scotland)

Can you post a picture of the unit?

It should be a single fuel injection throttlebody.
They don't have an "accelerator pump", but a carburettor (which you shouldn't have) would do.

 

[Ralf S.]

Can somebody have fitted a carburettor (Uno 45, 127 etc.) onto the beast?

We need a photo.


Ralf S.

 

[portland_bill]

Can somebody have fitted a carburettor (Uno 45, 127 etc.) onto the beast?

We need a photo.


Ralf S.

Or perhaps a complete Uno engine?

 

[Ralf S.]

Does it look a little bit like this:

ORIGINAL CLASSIC FIAT UNO 45 CARBURETTOR WEBER 32 TLF 4-252 | eBay

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Ralf S.

 

[razorgazes]

Does it look a little bit like this:

ORIGINAL CLASSIC FIAT UNO 45 CARBURETTOR WEBER 32 TLF 4-252 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ORIGINAL CLASSIC FIAT UNO 45 CARBURETTOR WEBER 32 TLF 4-252 at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

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Ralf S.

I'll try and get a photo tomorrow. I think it might look like that