Fiat 500 Dual Air Turbo

Well boss has got seven clutches lined up now to be done. My CV is in. The boss has put a sign out for an experienced mechanic offering £30K per annum. Just before Christmas I was asked to look at a Fiat 500 (not this one) with a cylinder misfire. I was told the exhaust valve(s) were leaking? I used my WPS500x in each cylinder and found no evidence to suggest any pressure variations (rise) when the cylinders are on their exhaust strokes. My boss came to me after he fitted a new lambda senser to eliminate a cylinder misfire, which clearly was never going to work. He then advised me that the autoelectrician he uses said that the timing chain stretches and that would be the cause, but again, his guesswork not mine, the WPS500x provides no evidence of such a fault, and no P0016 code to back up his theory. Hopefully the car has gone to a proper garage now.

Getting to the Fiat 500 Dual air turbo clutch the bearings manufactured and fitted are not that substantial and don't really last that long. The clutch assembly had thousands of miles left in it, yes a total waist of a good clutch.



While I was asked to fit the clutch I was asked to look for a water leak. Turns out while there was more than one leak I found a leak from (somewhere) high up the rear side of the engine cylinder block above the starter motor. Getting the starter motor off was something else! The top bolt was completely inaccessible and I ended up removing the alternator to remove it. Once off I could see water/coolant had dripped down but still was unsure what the cause was. I ended up removing the oil filter plastic housing assembly and once removed could see the O rings were both split and flattened out. Initially I looked at it and thought there must be coolant passages because it would not have a cooler attached to it! Moving on....