jimrick52
Newbie
Hi, my Name is Jim and I have a problem.
My wife and I recently purchased a used Fiat Brava sx80 1.2 16v,and have had nothing but trouble. After driving for a few miles we experience a total loss of power (engine still ticks over) revs show as normal, but nothing on the throttle???. Took the car back to the garage and was told I was using the wrong fuel, they said the octane rating was too low for the engine. tried using the more expensive fuel,and even added a injector cleaner,and went for a (recommended 20 mile drive for the cleaner to take effect) but the car broke down every couple of hundred yards or so. Took us an hour and a half to complete the distance,and the engine sounded awful. This is very worrying as my wife is the main user. Has anyone had similar problems? and if so how did you cure it. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
My wife and I recently purchased a used Fiat Brava sx80 1.2 16v,and have had nothing but trouble. After driving for a few miles we experience a total loss of power (engine still ticks over) revs show as normal, but nothing on the throttle???. Took the car back to the garage and was told I was using the wrong fuel, they said the octane rating was too low for the engine. tried using the more expensive fuel,and even added a injector cleaner,and went for a (recommended 20 mile drive for the cleaner to take effect) but the car broke down every couple of hundred yards or so. Took us an hour and a half to complete the distance,and the engine sounded awful. This is very worrying as my wife is the main user. Has anyone had similar problems? and if so how did you cure it. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.