Panda The Marshmallow is getting ready

[Tonymik85]

In preparation for the Winter, the Marshmallow got new tires as the old ones were... close to not be called tires anymore
Also, the radio from TEMU arrived and is now installed. For 25$... it kicks high enough:
- Radio, AUX, BT, SD, USB, car-kit function over BT, remote control and above all else, plug and play - love it.
The speakers are sh1t3 but they do the job, so I'm happy with the purchase.

 

[koalar]

They look not far of my full snow directional tyres

Except mine are very soft rubber so can not be driven on dry roads without over heating

 

[Tonymik85]

Took the Marshmallow to service, changed the distribution and water pump, replaced some rubbers underneath (don’t know the english terms), but they held the grease on the spinning rods. Also had a leak from the gearbox joint.
Added oil, replaced coolant, replaced a few suspension elements…
Quite cheap if you ask me: 300€ in parts and labor.
Next up…
Removing the stickers, fixing the radio antena, buying the front metal bumper as it is missing (probably after a crash), and it’s close to being done.
Full tank to full tank, i’ve got a 7l/100km in gas consumption. More than my diesel Audi A3, but for a petrol car, I think it’s decent.
More pics to come soon.

 

[rmjbn1]

That's great news

7l/100km in gas

Seems high to me (about 40mpg), unless it's all city driving?

Maybe the chunky tyres are pushing it up, but much more than 6l/100km I would start to think something is wrong. I get around 5.6l/100km or 50mpg (my computer thinks it's 4.7 but it's lying).

Any brakes sticking and getting hot?
MAP sensor cleaned?

 

[Tonymik85]

That's great news

Seems high to me (about 40mpg), unless it's all city driving?

Maybe the chunky tyres are pushing it up, but much more than 6l/100km I would start to think something is wrong. I get around 5.6l/100km or 50mpg (my computer thinks it's 4.7 but it's lying).

Any brakes sticking and getting hot?
MAP sensor cleaned?

Hello @rmjbn1 , it’s primarily city driving. The new tires didn’t get more than 100km yet and the brakes seem fine.

I should check that MAP senzor but I don’t know what that is or where it’s located.

 

[rmjbn1]

 

[koalar]

Held by one T25 bolt on the inlet manifold

Cable throttle are on the right hand side near the throttle body as per video above when looking from the front

The others are here other side

Inlet manifold 1.2 | FIAT Panda (Mk3)

MAP sensor is on the left side when looking from the front of the car just one TX25 and I pulls out The tip often gets covered in oil. Cleans up fine with a squirt of brake/carb cleaner. But keep the tip pointing down. Its best to keep the cleaner out of the sensor its not sealed. Poor...

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I have never need to disconnect the electrical wire to clean it, the wire usually long enough to just pull it out, I have never taken the airbox off


Spray with it point pointing down reduces any chance of oil getting on the circuit board

 

[Tonymik85]

Thanks.
Looks simple enough.
I’ll try to do it and come back with pictures.

 

[Tonymik85]

Held by one T25 bolt on the inlet manifold

Cable throttle are on the right hand side near the throttle body as per video above when looking from the front

The others are here other side

Inlet manifold 1.2 | FIAT Panda (Mk3)

MAP sensor is on the left side when looking from the front of the car just one TX25 and I pulls out The tip often gets covered in oil. Cleans up fine with a squirt of brake/carb cleaner. But keep the tip pointing down. Its best to keep the cleaner out of the sensor its not sealed. Poor...

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I have never need to disconnect the electrical wire to clean it, the wire usually long enough to just pull it out, I have never taken the airbox off


Spray with it point pointing down reduces any chance of oil getting on the circuit board

Thank you for your support!

 

[Tonymik85]

Today was about aesthetics.
I found a set of roof bars and proceeded to install them, however, the Marshmallow had other plans in store for me
3 out of the 4 plastic bolts broke when trying to remove them, so a 5 minutes job turned into a 1hr hustle.
Then I proceeded to replace the broken antena with a used one. Went smoother than expected.

When the sun came down, I was left with a task that I had from day 1: removing the stickers.

For about 4 hours I worked intensely on scraping every single letter and symbol, sprayed and scraped the remaining glue and after that, using a clean microfibre cloth to finalise the job.

I’ll leave you with a few before and after.

PS: there was a terrible paint job so removing the stickers also revealed more flaws.

It is what it is. It can still drive, even with a bad paint job.

 

[koalar]

Looks a lot better
With the effort

 

[Tonymik85]

Looks a lot better
With the effort

any suggestion for a roof rack so I can carry tools and stuff?

 

[rmjbn1]

I'm sort of going to miss that pig.

 

[rmjbn1]

any suggestion for a roof rack so I can carry tools and stuff?

I think the choices are to either fit aftermarket cross bars to the roof rails you have, or there are genuine transverse bars that bolt on in place of the longitudinal rails.
Some info here:

Car Roof Racks | FIAT Panda (Mk3)

How safe is luggage on a roof-rack ( from falling off or blowing away) or are luggage boxes better?

www.fiatforum.com

 

[Tonymik85]

I think the choices are to either fit aftermarket cross bars to the roof rails you have, or there are genuine transverse bars that bolt on in place of the longitudinal rails.
Some info here:

Car Roof Racks | FIAT Panda (Mk3)

How safe is luggage on a roof-rack ( from falling off or blowing away) or are luggage boxes better?

www.fiatforum.com

Thanks. I’ll look around some more.