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Car Forum / Fiat Cars / April 2004Punto judder when pulling away
My Punto is nearly 3 years old. I have been experiencing an intermittent problem for about the last year. When pulling away the car will sometimes judder badly. Other times it pulls away fine. I've checked the engine mountings, so I think it's clutch related, but I'm not sure where the problem lays. If it's a clutch problem, is it straightforward to replace (There is not yet a Haynes workshop manual for this model) Has anyone else out there had this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. Strange you should mention that Delboy, I too have a Punto 1.2 which is just over 3 years old. I am also suffering from the "Juddering" problem which is starting to become an annoyance! I have taken my car to the main dealer 4 times in the last 6 months & to this day, they say they can't find a problem! I am led to believe that the problem is a common one which they are investigating. > My Punto is nearly 3 years old. I have been experiencing an intermittent problem for about the last year. When pulling away the car will sometimes judder badly. Other times it pulls away fine. I've checked the engine mountings, so I think it's clutch related, but I'm not sure where the problem lays. If it's a clutch problem, is it straightforward to replace (There is not yet a Haynes workshop manual for this model) Has anyone else out there had this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. > Double strange you should mention it! I had a new (refurbished) clutch less than a year ago and my 1.2 punto (V reg) has also started to judder nastily. But as with all Fiat problems; only now and again. Time for a service soon so I'll see what they say. > Strange you should mention that Delboy, I too have a Punto 1.2 which is > just over 3 years old. I am also suffering from the "Juddering" problem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > out there had this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. > > Once had a similar problem with a Peugeot 505. It turned out to be the gearbox not being bolted securely to the engine. Strange you should mention that Delboy, I too have a Punto 1.2 which is just over 3 years old. I am also suffering from the "Juddering" problem which is starting to become an annoyance! I have taken my car to the main dealer 4 times in the last 6 months & to this day, they say they can't find a problem! I am led to believe that the problem is a common one which they are investigating. > My Punto is nearly 3 years old. I have been experiencing an intermittent problem for about the last year. When pulling away the car will sometimes judder badly. Other times it pulls away fine. I've checked the engine mountings, so I think it's clutch related, but I'm not sure where the problem lays. If it's a clutch problem, is it straightforward to replace (There is not yet a Haynes workshop manual for this model) Has anyone else out there had this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. > Its more than likely oil on your clutch plate causing the judder. Its a fairly common thing on a lot of cars. Basically, the crankshaft oil seal (where the crankshaft enters through the clutch housing) is leaking. Engine oil gets on to the plate and then it gives a very bad judder. This can be intermittant and sometimes worse than others. When cold it can generally be at its worse. Its a big job - clutch out to get at the offending oil seal - but you might be able to help things short term by adding an engine oil seal additive (like 'Stop Leak' etc from Halfords). This helps worn oil seals and can work wonders some of the time. As a test, if you rev the car like hell on a quiet road and purposely slip the clutch and keep doing so for about 30 seconds or so (real high revs to induce real slipping on the clutch) it will burn off the oil temporarily (until more leaks on to it) and you will find the judder has gone! Paul > Strange you should mention that Delboy, I too have a Punto 1.2 which is > just over 3 years old. I am also suffering from the "Juddering" problem [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > out there had this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. > > |
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