Gerrard is a 1.9 JTD (8v) from December 2003 (registered in May 2004). Currently on 154,000 miles.
The beast came with very little service history but I've owned it 2 years and during my tinkering I have discovered that it has worn out or consumed:
1) Front discs - I think it's on it's third set (including the factory fits). It came with new-ish discs but in the 38,000 miles I've done, these have become moderately worn. I'd say 60k for a set.
2) Rear discs - Second set. They hardly wear at all but the beast suffered a persistent sticky caliper that several attempts to cure, one of which involved new discs.
3) Front wishbone arms. Second set. Originals failed MOT at 106,000. One is TRW and the other is something else. No discernible wear, so I guess these last for ages on Stilo.
Whilst I have had it, I've corrected some inherited issues and suffered a few more wearings out:
1) Clutch. OE clutch slave cylinder lasted 120,000 miles. The plate still had some life in it.. but I changed that at the same time.
2) The n/s rear caliper started squealing and neither were good enough for the MOT (see "persistent sticky caliper" problem, above) but luckily I found a fella selling a pair of new/refurbished calipers which he'd fitted to his Stilo to get it through an MOT... which it still failed for a load of other reasons, so he removed the calipers before scrapping it. No problems since.
3) New handbrake cables - at the same time. They were kinked a bit and the casing was damaged... but otherwise they were working okay.
4) Body Control Module - had a defect in the high beam circuit. I had to replace the BCM to solve the problem, which meant sending it off to a pro'. They transferred my EPROMs to a new second-hand BCM.
5) Clocks. Failed around the 118,000 mark. The Post Office lost them on the way to be repaired. The replacement second-hand clocks I had to buy also failed when they had about 121,000 on them. Yellowstilo fixed them and no problems since.
6) Rear suspension arm bushes. One was squealing a lot and the rubber was disintegrating but did not appear to be leaking... (maybe lost its juice?) and was not knocking/MOT'd okay... but I changed them as a precaution around 125,000.
7) Glow plugs - I changed all four at around 125,000. Two were working and two were not. I think the two that were duff must have been the OE ones, since the two that were working were a different brand, so presumably changed prior. They're all Bosch now.. and no problems.
8) MAF. OE Bosch one ran out of puff around 136,000. New Bosch one was a major improvement to fuel economy and paid for itself already. Don't fit cheap MAFs.
9) Horn went AWOL around 140,000... but it looked like a second-hand "low" tone part of a twin-tone setup, so obviously a bodged replacement for the Stilo's single? horn. New air horn fixed it.
10) Silencer rusted out about 136,000. This was an OE Fiat part but I'm not sure it was out of the factory, since it was bolted to the mid-section, whereas factory fit are usually welded. New (cheapo aftermarket) is lasting well though, so it doesn't eat exhausts.
11) Radiatore died on Le Peripherique this summer, c. 148,000. The beast looked like the OE factory fit... a little tired and rusted and couldn't take the ambient 36C temperature whilst stuck in traffic jams.
12) Front o/s driveshaft spider (inner CV) started grumbling at 145,000 miles... but I ignored it since I needed to drive to Paris (above) and then later on to Italia and back. When I took it out, it promptly fell to pieces, so I had to fit a new one. The other side is not bad but I can sense it could do with pensioning off. I have a spare handy.
13) Needless to say, the beast has had brake pads, cam-belts, tensioners, pulleys, water pumps, aux belts, oil and air filters etc. and a bit of oil.. but it doesn't lose oil (half a litre between 12,000 mile services). Just a small weep from the n/s driveshaft and I think also from the crankshaft oil seal... but just "oily sump", not "spots on the floor".
It's not too bad actually..
Ralf S.
