Interesting - what engine is it?
1.2 8v, hoping one of the technical people on here explain how it works and why fiat made it do this
Interesting - what engine is it?
1.2 8v, hoping one of the technical people on here explain how it works and why fiat made it do this
Got recovered home following engine failure on commute home. Looks like my 1.3mj 4x4 needs a new timing chain at only 106k miles ?
Has it done much damage?Got recovered home following engine failure on commute home. Looks like my 1.3mj 4x4 needs a new timing chain at only 106k miles ?
Still waiting to find out. They won't strip it down till the middle of the week. Good job I'm on holiday next week.Has it done much damage?
Fingers crossed it just 'stopped' and it's just the chain you need. [emoji256]Still waiting to find out. They won't strip it down till the middle of the week. Good job I'm on holiday next week.
Oh no! What happened?Nothing, it is still under repair, hope i get it back by the end of next week.
Ordered parts will arrive Wednesday or Thursday.
Got recovered home following engine failure on commute home. Looks like my 1.3mj 4x4 needs a new timing chain at only 106k miles ?
Got it back, collected it today.
Got recovered home following engine failure on commute home. Looks like my 1.3mj 4x4 needs a new timing chain at only 106k miles ?
I'm interested to know if the fuel economy has changed from before the repair.Got it back, collected it today.
That's good. How is it and more importantly all the problems solved?
I'm interested to know if the fuel economy has changed from before the repair.
My mechanic says that this engine is used in Corsas and Astras as well and has a history of early failures. He'd usually expect them to go for 250k miles without a problem. The car is back on the road but I don't know the full details of what was damaged yet.That's a pain. I've heard of the chains snapping at 70,000 miles and the wrong oil specs have been blamed. Makes me think the chain is not really up to the job if you need a special oil. At one time nearly every car had a chain and breakages were very rare.