I've since given up on locating Service Manuals for my exact model of car (2017 Tipo Wagon w/ MultiJet II 1.6)
I believe the starter is just about dead as I'm getting the following odd noise and the engine will turn start about 1 out of 10 attempts. -
I'm hoping that maybe there is another car with the same engine/layout as my car for which I can use to successfully extract and replace the starter. I've watched some youtube videos - but most are 'MultiAir' engine and I'm not sure it is Apples to Apples. I did read somewhere that most Fiat engines stuff the starter behind the engine - but having a more granular resource at hand would ease my stress before going into this.
Any help or words of encouragement would be much appreciated.
Billy
EDIT: I should have mentioned as well - my battery was quite old and I attributed my initial issues to bad battery (the voltage was around 12.33 and it's been super cold here lately). I've since replaced the battery and voltage is around 12.66.
I believe the starter is just about dead as I'm getting the following odd noise and the engine will turn start about 1 out of 10 attempts. -
I'm hoping that maybe there is another car with the same engine/layout as my car for which I can use to successfully extract and replace the starter. I've watched some youtube videos - but most are 'MultiAir' engine and I'm not sure it is Apples to Apples. I did read somewhere that most Fiat engines stuff the starter behind the engine - but having a more granular resource at hand would ease my stress before going into this.
Any help or words of encouragement would be much appreciated.
Billy
EDIT: I should have mentioned as well - my battery was quite old and I attributed my initial issues to bad battery (the voltage was around 12.33 and it's been super cold here lately). I've since replaced the battery and voltage is around 12.66.