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Old 15th November 2009, 14:25   #31
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As promised, here are updated pics post detailing. sorry about the Mr. Blurry Mobile Cam!

Also, good news - Rear windshield rattle has stopped - Culprit. Broken shards of glass in the rear stop lmap.

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Old 15th November 2009, 15:40   #32
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Thats one choc-a-bloc parking lot i have ever seen.Is it near your apartment?There are numper to Bumper cars parked.How does one ever get out in an Emergency?
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First let me Congratulate on owing this beauty. You've got the job done at right place from right people.

Get your injectors,de carbonization & also fuel tank cleaned. Would be beauty to drive.
Nojy the babe.
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First let me Congratulate on owing this beauty. You've got the job done at right place from right people.

Get your injectors,de carbonization & also fuel tank cleaned. Would be beauty to drive.
Nojy the babe.
Thank You. I assume you have been to Shailender at Milan Auto before - He seems to know his stuff quite well and was very nice to deal with. I think, my first order of business would be to get the injectors cleaned, throttle body cleaned and maybe fuel lines and tanks.

But I would not want to get a decarb done for the simple reason that you could inadvertentley remove 'good' carbon deposits.

The second stage would be working on the brakes and front suspension and some minor body work to eliminate rust ridden areas.

Lastly, I would look at getting the Pipercross air filter and checking on any cooling issues!

Phew.... thats a lot of work to be done, but I am excited to have this completed over the next few months.

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Thats one choc-a-bloc parking lot i have ever seen.Is it near your apartment?There are numper to Bumper cars parked.How does one ever get out in an Emergency?
Actually that is my office and we have quite a large number of valets here who park and retreive your car. Also, this is a Saturday, so there are a fewer number of cars in the lot than on a regular weekday!
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Hi Vcash
Milan Auto whom you are referring to who is at Santacruz is a specialist for Palio/Siena?
I am having issues with the headlight wiring of my Petra and i need to find someone who can solve the issue once and for all.
The low beams dont light up and wherever i have given the car for repairs and also added this issue to be solved, they just play with some wires inside the bonnet and it starts working but only for few days.
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Hi Vcash
Milan Auto whom you are referring to who is at Santacruz is a specialist for Palio/Siena?
I am having issues with the headlight wiring of my Petra and i need to find someone who can solve the issue once and for all.
The low beams dont light up and wherever i have given the car for repairs and also added this issue to be solved, they just play with some wires inside the bonnet and it starts working but only for few days.
I do not know if they are a specialist in Palio's / Siena's but I think that they know there stuff quite well. Like I mentioned before they are tuners more than a regular repair garage.

Try them out if you like or wait till I get back with my report post my service in a few weeks.

Thanks.
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I do not know if they are a specialist in Palio's / Siena's but I think that they know there stuff quite well. Like I mentioned before they are tuners more than a regular repair garage.

Try them out if you like or wait till I get back with my report post my service in a few weeks.

Thanks.

I will eagerly await your report.
Just want to decide from now where to give my car for service where they guys are experienced with Palio/Siena and dont try to rip us off. Since the car will complete 5 years will want advise about changing belts, discs and other things needing attention
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Update - The GTX off late had started to rev itself quite often and sometimes the engine would also cut out - This was very common at traffic signals when the car was in neutral.

One day, she simply would not power the wheels - My first instinct was "Crap, Broken Axle?". But then after some high revving to clear the injectors, she drove fine.

Anyway, I took the car to Shailender and asked him to clean my injectors and fuel lines. His recommendation was to look at that as a last resort and he checked my spark plugs which happened to have shorted - These were replaced for Rs. 600.

The second thing he did was clean the throttle body and found a lot of deposits around the IC. He cleaned that. This too cost Rs.600.

So the end result is that the car does not rev itself or stall anymore, however now I do sense some missing taking place above 3.5K RPM and also the NVH seems to have increased by 25%.

Any ideas on what is amiss here?

P.S. Did two Fuel Cycles:
1) 6.8 KMPL: Mumbai City Snarls with AC
2) 4.6 KMPL: Super Mumbai City Snarls with a lot of Self Revving!!!
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TB cleaning - 600 INR? that is way too high? were you present at the time of cleaning? you can use System G with regular petrol from now on.

Second, 4~6KPL - What is the distance that you drive (irrespective of Traffic and AC)? My car returns an average of 6KPL without AC (average distance from point A to B - 5kms)
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TB cleaning - 600 INR? that is way too high? were you present at the time of cleaning? you can use System G with regular petrol from now on.

Second, 4~6KPL - What is the distance that you drive (irrespective of Traffic and AC)? My car returns an average of 6KPL without AC (average distance from point A to B - 5kms)
I was not present at the time of cleaning, but from earlier reviews and previous experience with Shaliender - I don't think he would rip me off. Apart from TB cleaning, he also cleaned the IC.

I don't drive the car daily. But when I do - it's anything between 20 kms to 30 kms. Ofcourse there are shorter runs to the market etc. as well which would be under 2 kms.
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you mean the Idle Control Valve (ICV) right which is present inside the Throttle Body? The TB in the 1.6 cannot be opened up like in the 1.2. They will most likely use a TB cleaning spray clean the gum in and around the ICV which controls the air flow.

But since you are happy with the work i am sure there is nothing to worry about the charges

Enjoy the car - take care and drive safe.
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Additional update:
After a little more extensive driving, here are the problems I am now facing post getting the TB and ICV cleaned and sparkplugs changed.
1) Cold Start in the morning takes a very long time. Atleast 4 to 5 ignition cycles.
2) The car is hitting dead spots above 3K RPM. I am now sure of this - Loss of power delivery , then a massive jerk.
3) Engine is not revving itself but sometimes at idle, the rev meter bounces below 1K RPM and sometimes stalls on it's own.

Experts - Please advise on what I should have looked at now. Thanks!
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the same old palio problem. Keep it like that.

Possible reasons:
1. sticky ICV
2. bad fuel

try and use System G with regular fuel - use as per directions - i have been using it since 48K on the odo.

Reset the ECU once - disconnect the negative terminal for 10minutes // and the ECU connectors.

Does the car regain power after the jerk? if yes then i guess the ICV is still sticky.

Related thread: Technical: Palio 1.6 - stalling problem - The FIAT Forum
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the same old palio problem. Keep it like that.

Possible reasons:
1. sticky ICV
2. bad fuel

try and use System G with regular fuel - use as per directions - i have been using it since 48K on the odo.

Reset the ECU once - disconnect the negative terminal for 10minutes // and the ECU connectors.

Does the car regain power after the jerk? if yes then i guess the ICV is still sticky.
Thanks for the reference and the info. Fuel quality should not be bad, considering I only fill petrol at IOC company owned & operated bunks.

The car does regain power after the jerk. Will have the ICV looked at once again.

Spoke with Karizma_Devil as well and he felt that it might be an ignition coil issue. Will have that looked at too.
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AFAIK - ignition coil issues will make the car sputter like its missing a beat.

Also the jerks are not regular right - i mean do you get the jerks always at 3000 rpm? // only when the car is hot.

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