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Title: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: star_whites on 14 April 2009, 19:42:10

Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: unlucky alf on 14 April 2009, 19:45:20

i dont know much about fiats, only that you should be driving it with a balaclava on ;D ;D [sorry :'(]

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 14 April 2009, 19:45:28

FixItAgainTommorrow.....

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: djm1964 on 14 April 2009, 19:53:44

sorry cant offer any help , lets just hope your Mig is back sooner rather than later ( the driving with balaclava was funny though )  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: miggy on 14 April 2009, 19:54:02

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Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

It needs a new elastic band

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 14 April 2009, 19:55:21

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Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

I think that is normal with those! :D :D :D ;)

.........and the light with spray coming from it sound like the windscreen washer bottle is low/empty. ;)

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Welung666 on 14 April 2009, 19:55:22

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Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

It's warning you how much of a idiot you look driving it ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Pete Elite on 14 April 2009, 19:58:22

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Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

It needs a new elastic band

   Blimey i didn't know they were powered by anything that potent ::) ;D ;D.

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 April 2009, 20:02:22

Lol, needs the codes reading......interestingly, the common failures on Fiat petrol engines are head gaskets, there nearly as prone to failure as the K series ones

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 14 April 2009, 20:12:48

fiat bravo/brava is  38 in top 100 reliability list..So not a bad car..
before clit I think of them as a second car..

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: kingplym on 14 April 2009, 20:22:06

thats just how you have to drive a fiat..................

with a balaclava :D ;D :D :y

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Richie London on 14 April 2009, 20:23:23

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Before you all start laughing, this is temporary!!!!

I have had to borrow my brothers 1.4 1996 Fiat Brava  :'( while my mig is off the road having the head gasket done, however it drives like a can of marbles.

I was hoping one of you lot may know something about Fiats. It has a warning light up on the dash that looks like a injector and spray coming from it. The car starts but sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, you get going but have to revs its nuts off to get you going. Once mobile and in third gear its not too bad but in lower gears if you hit a hill it almost stalls unless you gear down and run in high revs.

Any ideads  :'( :-/

my sister has the same car and she said has the iron been left plugged in. look in the boot  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: VXL V6 on 14 April 2009, 20:29:47

You could always ask on the fiat forum for a sensible response.

http://www.fiatforum.com/

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: miggcddave on 14 April 2009, 20:34:09

that light on the dash  means the car needs to go to the car wash ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: over50now on 14 April 2009, 20:37:41

Fix It Again Tomorrow as mentioned, or

Fix It Again Tony.   More personal :P

Bit ironic.   Several years ago (in my Carlton) went to Northern Italy with friends in their Fiat (friends are Italian).

Whilst in Stressa he's steering went toots up.  Took it to FIAT Franchise.

IN ITALY, ITALIAN CAR. BUT RIGHT HAND DRIVE!!!!!!!!!   Guess where the replacement part was.  Yep in the UK. Even more ironic, only one in the UK was in Cambridgeshire.  They live in Cambs.   Unit had to be sent :(

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Richie London on 14 April 2009, 20:47:30

engine managment light

http://forums.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-forums.showdiscussion/thread_id-10761/startrow-1/maxrows-20/b58efb9d.html

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Richie London on 14 April 2009, 20:49:20

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engine managment light

http://forums.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-forums.showdiscussion/thread_id-10761/startrow-1/maxrows-20/b58efb9d.html

same as the punto sister said

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Ian_D on 14 April 2009, 21:58:57

The warning light means it needs to go to the scrapheap to be 'repaired'  :y

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: star_whites on 14 April 2009, 22:00:18

Thanks for all your replies, they make me feel like I wont be getting laughed at all the time at the lights  :o

It really is a piece of french crap but I suppose as long as it gets me to work and back without breaking down then it will have to do. At least it is running and that is more than I can say about my mig at the moment. Give it two weeks and the old girl will be purring again then I can accidentally rev the little fiats nuts off in first all the way to my parents to drop it off  ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: star_whites on 14 April 2009, 22:02:01

Hey it lives at a scrapyard five days of the week as thats were my brother works. Its his works car. The seats are covered in grease and oil and heres me in a shirt and tie with plastic bags all over the seats and a fleece to keep my shirt clean from the seat belt.

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Ian_D on 14 April 2009, 23:44:14

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Hey it lives at a scrapyard five days of the week as thats were my brother works. Its his works car. The seats are covered in grease and oil and heres me in a shirt and tie with plastic bags all over the seats and a fleece to keep my shirt clean from the seat belt.

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: The Red Baron on 15 April 2009, 00:00:48

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Thanks for all your replies, they make me feel like I wont be getting laughed at all the time at the lights  :o

It really is a piece of french crap but I suppose as long as it gets me to work and back without breaking down then it will have to do. At least it is running and that is more than I can say about my mig at the moment. Give it two weeks and the old girl will be purring again then I can accidentally rev the little fiats nuts off in first all the way to my parents to drop it off  ;D

? :)

Title: Re: Ok No Laughing!
Post by: Ian_D on 15 April 2009, 00:26:47

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Thanks for all your replies, they make me feel like I wont be getting laughed at all the time at the lights  :o

It really is a piece of french crap but I suppose as long as it gets me to work and back without breaking down then it will have to do. At least it is running and that is more than I can say about my mig at the moment. Give it two weeks and the old girl will be purring again then I can accidentally rev the little fiats nuts off in first all the way to my parents to drop it off  ;D

? :)

French getting blamed again for a car they dont make!  ::) Ah well!  ;D