Technical MPG issue
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Technical MPG issue
Quite easy, you know those buttons on the dash on the right hand side you'll see a "H" which will set your time on-board clock and one above it just keep tapping it to flick through the readings from the ECU, you will come across MPG.
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Not all versions have a MPG figure
So if you've got a vanilla dash - (speedo and fuel) then you've got no MPG figure
The active dash onwards do tho!
The mk2b has a constant MPG figure - ie when you go hoofing it - it tells me 11mpg and i start crying
But take the dash like you do your salt
Better off using Fuelly - and getting a signiture like me below
Ziggy
So if you've got a vanilla dash - (speedo and fuel) then you've got no MPG figure
The active dash onwards do tho!
The mk2b has a constant MPG figure - ie when you go hoofing it - it tells me 11mpg and i start crying
But take the dash like you do your salt
Better off using Fuelly - and getting a signiture like me below
Ziggy
Wait, so that means I have an Active? or has someone put an Active dashy in my Punto cause I asked Fiat dealership what range my Punto is and they said bog standard....although it never says anything apart from "Fiat Punto 1.2 8v"...weird...
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Your reg docs will tell you
If it says
punto - its a vanilla one that somebody has put a new dash in
Insurance websites often tell you too!
tbh a active dash is SOOO worth it
Ziggy
If it says
punto - its a vanilla one that somebody has put a new dash in
Insurance websites often tell you too!
tbh a active dash is SOOO worth it
Ziggy
Yeah it just says Fiat Punto, nothing else so yeah vanilla all the way with added stuff from an active. Always made me wonder when I brought the car
And I couldn't agree more with the active dash
Just get an Active dash and you'll be all good, you even get the bonus of a rev counter....sooo worth it as Ziggy said
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i dont think a mk2b will work in a Mk2 - as the canbus system is alot more active in it
An active / sporting or HGT will do you fine
It'll need proxy alignment - so get a dash with less miles then your cars current milage
Ziggy
An active / sporting or HGT will do you fine
It'll need proxy alignment - so get a dash with less miles then your cars current milage
Ziggy
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Depending on what you cars current milage is
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-PUNT...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2ec53dd063
i cant vouch for the dash working, but something like that will work a treat for you
If you've got a car thats above 86K
Or say at 80K - drive the remaining amount then fit it
But remember you do ideraly need a dash set that LOWER then your cars current milage, give or take a few of course
Ziggy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-PUNT...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2ec53dd063
i cant vouch for the dash working, but something like that will work a treat for you
If you've got a car thats above 86K
Or say at 80K - drive the remaining amount then fit it
But remember you do ideraly need a dash set that LOWER then your cars current milage, give or take a few of course
Ziggy
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https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-guides/228925-changing-instrument-cluster-low-spec-punto.html
Nice little guide there for you
Yes it'll all plug and play
I did a swap back on my old punto - way before it became a big boom
And it was plug and play - and it all worked
I went for a drive first - got engine hot - so i could check needle worked
fuel compared to old reading (ok)
and checked the Rev counter worked
I didnt check speedo because of the milage - it'd upset my old set because the milage would change on a tiny scale
Anyway
I dropped it off at my local auto sparky - and he fitted it - programmed it in (proxy alignment) To match my current mileage As dash was lower then my cars current milage
It went of from 70k to a slow death from 100k to 110k No problems!
The bulb malfunction light soon started coming on cause i had a lazy bulb
sometimes a dash fitted displays an error that isn't there (ps / eml etc)- should be cured with proxy alignment
Ziggy
Nice little guide there for you
Yes it'll all plug and play
I did a swap back on my old punto - way before it became a big boom
And it was plug and play - and it all worked
I went for a drive first - got engine hot - so i could check needle worked
fuel compared to old reading (ok)
and checked the Rev counter worked
I didnt check speedo because of the milage - it'd upset my old set because the milage would change on a tiny scale
Anyway
I dropped it off at my local auto sparky - and he fitted it - programmed it in (proxy alignment) To match my current mileage As dash was lower then my cars current milage
It went of from 70k to a slow death from 100k to 110k No problems!
The bulb malfunction light soon started coming on cause i had a lazy bulb
sometimes a dash fitted displays an error that isn't there (ps / eml etc)- should be cured with proxy alignment
Ziggy
Or just sign up to fuelly and save yourself time, money and hassle.
See the signature in the post above yours!
It's a website where you can track your fuel consumption. Lots of Forum members use it; and you can compare your consumption with other owners of the same model, etc.. See here...!
Personally, I use an app on my iPad called Road Trip HD; but I believe that Fuelly do an iOS and an Android app, as well....
