Technical Twinair cam chain replacement

[Brassick]

I have a 2013/14 Panda Antartica with the 0.9l twinair engine, poor little bugger has done 93k miles, Fiat say replace chain at 150k km (98k miles). Has anyone any thoughts on this? I've got to replace the water pump so I'll be halfway there to change it.

 

[Panda IIs]

I have a 2013/14 Panda Antartica with the 0.9l twinair engine, poor little bugger has done 93k miles, Fiat say replace chain at 150k km (98k miles). Has anyone any thoughts on this? I've got to replace the water pump so I'll be halfway there to change it.

Well mine's on 94k+ (I can't be bothered to check!) and it doesn't show any signs or sounds of wanting to be changed but then I do give it gratuitous oil changes. Why are you "going after" the water pump?

 

[varesecrazy]

I have a 2013/14 Panda Antartica with the 0.9l twinair engine, poor little bugger has done 93k miles, Fiat say replace chain at 150k km (98k miles). Has anyone any thoughts on this? I've got to replace the water pump so I'll be halfway there to change it.

Unlike the diesels.. Very few people report chain issues on the TA

My previous experience leans me toward good oil=good chain life

 

[Funky Spike]

Unlike the diesels.. Very few people report chain issues on the TA

My previous experience leans me toward good oil=good chain life

Yeah.

On 173k ish. No rattles, regular oil changes matter.

I think timing change is a big job. I enquired about a leak on the timing cover and it's pretty much an engine out job, apparently.

Spike

 

[Big gerry]

I have a 2013/14 Panda Antartica with the 0.9l twinair engine, poor little bugger has done 93k miles, Fiat say replace chain at 150k km (98k miles). Has anyone any thoughts on this? I've got to replace the water pump so I'll be halfway there to change it.

My advice is if you don’t have any chain slap on cold start leave it alone I changed mine at 100k and it didn’t need it

 

[Brassick]

Well mine's on 94k+ (I can't be bothered to check!) and it doesn't show any signs or sounds of wanting to be changed but then I do give it gratuitous oil changes. Why are you "going after" the water pump?

Suddenly lost all coolant in the middle of nowhere, fortunately I always have a gallon of water in the boot. Filled the expansion bottle water everywhere, initialy thought it was the pump, turns out it's the radiator.

 

[Panda IIs]

Suddenly lost all coolant in the middle of nowhere, fortunately I always have a gallon of water in the boot. Filled the expansion bottle water everywhere, initialy thought it was the pump, turns out it's the radiator.

Ah, hopefully that's straight forward, did something hit it?

 

[Brassick]

Ah, hopefully that's straight forward, did something hit it?

No, it lived on the Scottish coast and has some corrosion issues, I was already waiting for a new a/c cooler to be delivered.

 

[Panda IIs]

Ah yes, marine environment will do it! My Volvo lived on the East coast in its formative years!