Fiat Brava 1.2SX Choke Control

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Tue 15 Oct 2002 08:13
Fiat Brava 1.2SX Choke Control - JJDAVIES
I have been reading the past posts on the problems with cambelt tensioners on Fiats, in particluar the 1.4 gets a lot of mentions! Has anybody experinced problesm with the 1.2l engines. I have also seen mentioned that in some cases the wrong size pistons were fitted to these engines. I assume that this would have been immediately apparent, but did this realy happen and what was done to sort it out. Fianlly I am looking to buy a 1999 1.2 SX brava, Tried the car last night. From cold the automatic choke, whilst working, would vary the rpm of the engine, as it was warming up. It was not a smooth transition from high to low rmps. Once the choke was off the engine would tick over nicely, all be it what sounds like some tappet noise. Should this concern me on a 1.2? The car has done 23K miles and has a full service history with oil changes about evry 6K.

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