well!where do i start!
the clutch was on its way out!so i bit the bullet and replaced the bugger!
clutch is fine but whenever i drop it down a gear at slightly higher rev's,causing it to engine brake,there is a big clunk!almost as he its forcing the gear in to location!
any ideas?

Anything on the market that uses it as a donor?

Fix it again tomorrow (fiat)
sounds like the gearbox, they often give that sort of noise out when decellerating. Alternativly have you checked all of your mounts?

just delivered the wifes punto hgt to the breakers yesterday bloody thing has cost me a fortune over the last year and i certainly wasnt going to replace the engine after a big end has gone, the local fiat dealer used to rub his hands when i turned up....never again!

if its a 1.2 its quite common for the difs to explode and exit through the casing. the old bravo 1.2 box is stronger and will fit the older punto engines

its coming close to changing from my crap fiat punto to my cubed fiat punto!

If its a 1.2 8v, then the head gaskets don't last more than 30k, some of the heads a porous and cannot be skimmed - such joy!

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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
If its a 1.2 8v, then the head gaskets don't last more than 30k, some of the heads a porous and cannot be skimmed - such joy!

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Sounds like a needle roller bearing in the gearbox main shaft is seized --- causing friction between the two ends of the shaft in effect it is like trying to engage to gears at once. --- usual cause is low oil level, only cure is strip the box or new gearbox.