Fiat Punto!

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Fri 24 Feb 2006 10:04
Fiat Punto! - MildJim
Morning People!
Have a query if any of you guys can give us some advice I would be much appreciated.
I have 99 Fiat Punto S (60000 Miles)which broke down on the motorway. I was happily driving along when all of a sudden I could not accelerate anymore. As I moved to hard shoulder my car cut out. I was towed to my local garage and he is looking it at it as we speak. Any suggestions with what he might come up with?

Cheers
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Fri 24 Feb 2006 10:19
Fiat Punto! - auld reekie
Faulty coils, defective ecu maybe needing reset or replaced (expensive)could be anything really fuel starvation, the list goes on.
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Fri 24 Feb 2006 11:05
Fiat Punto! - MildJim
The guys just come back from the Garage and he says my cam belt needs replacing & will have to order a kit for it?! Would one of the symptons of a faulty cam belt be loss of power and acceleration? Definatly had fuel in it tho!
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Fri 24 Feb 2006 11:12
Fiat Punto! - Collos25
No cam belt it would stop never to go again till it was replaced,you are lucky it did not destroy the engine.
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Fri 24 Feb 2006 11:22
Fiat Punto! - MildJim
So this guy is charging around £150. Do you think thats reasonable
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Fri 24 Feb 2006 13:27
Fiat Punto! - auld reekie
Sounds a reasonable price if that includes fitting+vat, did he say the cambelt actually snapped ?
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