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Fiat Punto Dead! Help please:)

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  • 13-10-2005 11:53am
    #1
    WicklowNo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Wife was on the way to work yesterday and a red light came on around the temperature guage. Within a few minutes of the light coming on the car died!
    The water pump was fixed a couple of weeks ago but when I check the water level yesterday it was empty and there was a burning smell coming from the engine.
    The ignition is working but the engine isnt kicking in.

    Have you any ideas what this might be?

    Its a 1998 Fiat Punto.

    TIA for your help. ;)


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    #2
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Happened to me on my old Punto. Twas a fecked thermostat. If the engine isn't kicking in, could it be seized? Have you checked the oil level, that it hasn't burned off?

    Personally I'd advise dousing it in petrol, claiming off the insurance, and buying a decent car... :p


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    kluivert
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭kluivert


    Any oil left in her, Head Gasket gone.

    Time to bury her i think.


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    StRiKeR
    Registered Users Posts: 951 ✭✭✭StRiKeR


    more than likely the Head gasket is gone, heard alot about them!


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    #5
    joejoem
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    Oh please dont talk like that, I have a 1998 punto!


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    StRiKeR
    Registered Users Posts: 951 ✭✭✭StRiKeR


    a friend of mine got her pinto's head Gasket replaced under warranty only 2 months after she got her brand new pinto from the dealer! sorry but it happened, but that doesn't mean they all like that, I don't know, like I said I don't know the fiat's.


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    JohnCleary
    Registered Users Posts: 10,210 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Most likely a head gasket if theres no water left. Check for water/mayo substance in the oil.

    If the engine seized (which it probably did since she kept driving it) then youll need a new engine unfortunately as fixing it would cost more than the cars worth...


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    Macy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Macy


    Most likely the head gasket. Design fault of punto's that age.


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