Hi I have a 2008 1.3 fiat 500 multijet that has broken its timing chain. I have replaced the chain but now need to remove the cam carrier so I can get to the camshaft rockers. The injectors are solid and will not move . Does anybody know where I can buy or hire an injector puller. I have had them soaking in penetrating fluid for 24 hours and still no sign of them moving PLEASE HELP
Technical 1.3 multijet injectors stuck in head
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Really sorry to hear about the broken timing chain - we were only discussing cam belts in the last couple of days. I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything works out ok.
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Wow, broken chain... any indication of cause of that? Did the valves survive?
Ouch. What mileage is the car on?
I think Rallycinq had an injector issue and he is pretty handy with a toolkit too so he may be able to help. Fingers crossed there isn't too much internal damage.
I think Rallycinq had an injector issue and he is pretty handy with a toolkit too so he may be able to help. Fingers crossed there isn't too much internal damage.
Ouch. What mileage is the car on?
I think Rallycinq had an injector issue and he is pretty handy with a toolkit too so he may be able to help. Fingers crossed there isn't too much internal damage.
I seem to remember when he had the injector issue it took a while for the dealership to get the injectors out.....
Ouch to the timing chain failure...... so much for them being better than cam belts! You might not want to know this, but as far as I know you're the first 500 to have a timing belt/chain fail. A rather dubious honour!
That's not necessarily the definition of a safe engine btw
A safe engine can also mean that in their journeys the valves and piston never occupy the same physical space therefore if the chain or belt breaks they can't hit
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Cillit bang with bleach is the answer you seek.
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I seem to remember when he had the injector issue it took a while for the dealership to get the injectors out.....
Ouch to the timing chain failure...... so much for them being better than cam belts! You might not want to know this, but as far as I know you're the first 500 to have a timing belt/chain fail. A rather dubious honour!
I also know of a 500 diesel that has suffered the timing chain breaking, that broke the rockers too
Nice. I'm guessing that being a 2008 model it's the 75bhp model which possibly doesn't mode well for the 95bhp one or ones that have been remapped. Yet another reason to go for a 1.2 over the dismal
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Remapping the engine isn't going to break the cam chain. Sounds like a fundamental fault with it, tensioner failure or under specced chain.
Of course, but putting extra load on the chain is only going to shorten the life of the chain or expose faults earlier.
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But you're not putting extra load on the chain - the load exists there anyway. The load comes from the torsional oscillation of the camshaft as it lifts the valves, and then as the springs snap the valves shut and try to 'drive' the cam onwards.
I'm not so sure there's a real reputation on this engine, but google "VAG/Audi BKP or BRE engine" and you'll see how badly some engines fare with poor chain drive systems.
I'm not so sure there's a real reputation on this engine, but google "VAG/Audi BKP or BRE engine" and you'll see how badly some engines fare with poor chain drive systems.
Well it's common to see uprated timing belts for modified cars.
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Not exactly 'common', but the reason is because of higher lift, longer duration cams, coupled with higher valve spring ratings..
he's not joking
Correct, not joking.
Its now on the Suzuki master tech course notes (same engine)
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Its now on the Suzuki master tech course notes (same engine)
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Or check into the recall on GM 3 pot units with a poor chain design.
Going back in time to shortly after the earth cooled and the dinosaurs had died, fitting a duplex chain set to a Kent engine was a requirement when upping the power output.
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