head gasket punto

cranoo

Anyone Know how much it would cost to get the head gasket done on a punto

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Mercury_Tilt

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Gmodified

Go to some local mechanic which will be much cheaper around 300

Occidental

Had a 01 Punto done in KwikFit 2 weeks ago at cost of just under €400. Less than 3 years old and under 20,000 miles. Aren't Fiats wonderful.

unkel

Originally posted by Occidental
Aren't Fiats wonderful.

It's a well known problem with puntos. Having said that, buying one new saves at least €1000 compared to similar cars from the competition, so there is room for the odd extra repair bill

cranoo

Clutch at 7000 and now a head gasket at 23000 holy jaysus im not buying another one of those **** FIAT'S :mad: and I drive Artics for a living so I didnt give it a hard time :rolleyes:

Mercury_Tilt

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unkel

Originally posted by cranoo
Clutch at 7000

Ouch :eek:

Hopefully covered by manufacturer's warranty?

cranoo

it sure was covered by them, the clutch was not gone totally, you could feel a lump in the clutch pedal (clutch release bearing is on the way out) so I got them to replace the whole clutch kit,

bishopofn

Hi

My gf had a 00 punto 1.2, 40k on the clock.

Head gasket went.

Eight months and ~9k miles later it went again.

The car was very soon after traded in....

[fyi http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/default.html ]

$lash

ive owned two punto 1.4 gt turbos & have never had any problems - its only the 1.2 8valve engine which has head gasket problems

dsimpson

I know a guy in cumber in county down who would do it for 150 straight up!!


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