Fiat Punto problem

Poppie68

bigjl wrote: »

One significant problem in 4months doesn't make it a money pit

Cooling fans seize, it happens more often than people might think

I personally think the worse cars for those kind of problems are those used for short local runs as the fan rarely kicks in which leads to them seizing up

The part that seized is likely to be fitted to lots of different cars

It could even be as a consequence of the engine under tray not being refitted after an oil change letting more dirt and crud enter the engine bay than originally intended

A £1350 car is bangernomics. If she sells the next car could also have problems, maybe bigger ones.

I would be tempted to price up the part that has failed new as if it is a fault that affects the model then the replacement could be just as bad.

That decision is price driven.

Had a quick look on EuroCarParts

The rad fan is £81 for AC cars and £84 for non AC cars

That is based on the guess that it is the 1.2 petrol (part is the same for the 1.4 petrol, but the 1.3 and 1.9 diesels have a different part which costs £175)

Unless the used part is £10 and comes with a guarantee I would go for new every time.

Thanks
Yes 1.2 petrol, also your right with regards new versus old, plus my husband has a friend who works at EuroCarParts and we always get a good deal on parts.

Poppie68

bsod wrote: »

smoke or steam

what's the level on the radiator filler, if it has water inside, is it clean

oil filler cap clean inside and exhaust gas looks normal?

was she stationary/in traffic at the time

Thanks



She said it was definitely smoke and she was stationary at the time sat outside the nursery after restarting , she had just driven 3 miles with no problem.

Poppie68

forgotmyname wrote: »

The money pit comes in when you neglect warning signs.

The warning light flashed up weeks ago but didnt get it checked out.

There is now a risk that the bill could be much larger than it would have been weeks ago.

I agree, it's a lesson learnt.