We bought a broken Fiat Tipo that doesn't run!!!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2024
- Jim put in a cheeky bid on a non-running 1995 Fiat Tipo 1.6 SX Liberty on eBay an hour before the auction ended, and accidentally managed to win it. Siôn was then tasked with going to collect the car, and then set about trying to get the Tipo to actually run. Perhaps it is the Gemini aftermarket alarm and immobiliser?
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Factory fitted immobiliser systems started coming in with the fiat range in 1994 with the 172 punto. Easy way to tell if your fiat has an Immobiliser is the ignition key should be blue. A thin black one like that has no transponder chip and therefore it would only have an Immobiliser if aftermarket. Models with factory fitted systems also had a red master key which was required to code replacement keys to the ECU.
I've always loved the type 160 Fiat Tipo since I was a kid. The Tipo deserves to be a modern classic, so well done for buying your Tipo! Best of luck in getting it back to health.
Has soon as I saw the Rev counter not registered any rpms when cranking I knew it was a crank sensor.
Just a little tip that I have discovered over the years
Nice bit of diagnosis, my money would have been on the fuel pump which I've had to replace twice now on my Alfa 145, well done you, lovely car by the way!
Made me smile when she fired up. What a happy idle! Looks to be in great survivor condition.
Great job! Love that car. My parents bought a new 1.6 AGT in 1990 and it was the first car I drove when I got my license 😊
Looks a very nice example, original wheel trims too and engine sounded sweet.
I had my eye on that one! Love the colour. Welcome to the Tipo club.
A China Blue MK2 Cavalier in the background.That brings back memories.
Given that Salvo Montalbano, as a character, never appears to be interested in material possessions, the Tipo was a perfect fit. Old but not classic and definitely not cool, it's exactly the sort of car you'd expect such a character to drive in Sicily, where the series was set. Cars tend to have a longer lifespan there, and over-30-years-old Fiats still are pretty common on the road. Congratulations on your purchase Jim!
Well done. I bought a 1.4S, when it was new, and had an identical failure when it was about three years old. It was quickly diagnosed and replaced by the AA patrolman.
Now that was a satisfying video!
What a fabulous video, Siôn!
I thoroughly enjoyed your step by step diagnosis and troubleshooting. You are a very smart man! 😉
The Tipo is an absolutely lovely color, both inside and out, and although it’s never a car I would have gone for in a million years, if I had actually wanted a Tipo, this color scheme would have been top of my list, so I totally condone Jim’s decision to put a bid on it… and WIN the bidding! 🥳 🙌
I went to college in Farnham, so probably walked by it in Sainsbury... An unbelievable find.
Love the planned road trip to Sicily ! Love the car as well .
Wowsers long time since I've seen a Tipo hatchback lovely colour👍👍so pleased you got it running👌👌
Nice watch, simple to the point with no bs!
So much for Fiats rusting, your Tipo looks spotless.
Those Tipos were built like tanks my parents and brother all had a 1.7 diesel S brand new they were really solid and I believe most steel was galvanised
Such a fabulous video Sion and Jim it brought back many memories back of our Tipos my parents had a racing red 1.7 diesel Tipo S (model below yours) and my brother had petrol blue metallic 1.7 DS we had them on 1 August 1994 and both had consecutive plates M453JOP and M452JOP!
Such brilliant cars so much room and space inside always remember the economy of the 1.7 non turbo diesel dad went from home near Birmingham to Devon with hardly any diesel used he thought gauge was broken!
Would love another now look forward to seeing more of this! Daniel
Should have an update out towards the end of next week about the Tipo
Love it! Glad you fixed it too! In the early 2000s, I spent some time looking for a Sedicivalvole which was rare then and almost non existent now. Ended up with a Citroen ZX 16v as I couldn't find a good one.
That was pretty exciting tbh. Great detective work.
Can't wait for the travels with the Tipo!
Very nice color, very nice enterior, sunroof...and it's the restyling!!😮😮😮
I felt the joy as it started! From that quick look under the bonnet and in the boot, it looks like it may have been kept in a garage. Remarkably decent nick for an M reg.
I hope Jim gets to do a Montalbano roadtrip, that would be entertaining. 😎
Oh it’s so pretty though! Wonderful colour!
Quality work from you beautiful Tipo 👍
Had a fiat tipo sedicivalvole as my second car. 1989 F plate. Got it in 1995. Dark red. Brilliant car. Unfortunately I crashed it in the snow at about 10mph into the back of a brand new Renault Safrane. Wrote the Safrane off folded up like a tin car. Boot floor both rear wings. I had a broken plastic grill and a cracked number plate! Sold it about 6months later and got a Fiat Coupe 16vt
Jenny as my witness, I called crank sensor early on. Always check spark! Love you guys ❤❤
Thank you Jim!!!!
I loved it when you got the Tipo started. It looks like a very nice car. Not seen one in ages.
I went to Sicily a few years ago and have seen the Montalbano locations. To drive around them driving a Tipo would be really 'living the dream'.
Great video - really enjoyed it.
Very well done!! Great to see this well kept Tipo live again!! :)
That's a beautiful Tipo. What a joy to hear it finally come to life.
Ah nice!! Glad you were able to get it running!
Not seen one of these for many years lol and don't think they were very common in the 90s, well done on fixing it, quite exciting when a non runner fires up after finding the issue 😀👍
Great detective work!! 👍
Thats a gorgeous Tipo - love the colour
it is in beautiful condition. keep up the good job
Great to have it fixed. Never had a tipo as it was above what I could afford at the time. They've just vanished off the roads. It does look well. Had a similar alarm back in the day and installers could get away with serious bodgery as long as they got your money you'd never know until it packed up 😪
Might see it if it's at car's and coffee sometime in dundalk 🤗👍🇮🇪
Congratulations! I was mildly obsessed with the Tipo when it launched - I thought it was brilliant. Got to drive a 2.0 8v GT a few years later, and it didn’t disappoint - these are great fun cars. I’ve also driven the Coupe FIAT and have owned an Alfa 145 - both cars spun off the same platform - and they were very entertaining cars with excellent handling. Good to see a Tipo preserved - they are extremely rare now!
Well jel ! What a lovely car, great car the Tipo ! ❤
Well done !!!
Had an ‘88 Fiat Tipo D for a couple of years around 1993. Good solid car, liked it, also love Montalbano.👍
Good fault finding. As soon as I saw Lucas on the crank sensor package, I though "Price Of Darkness"
Love the original Tipo. Great choice of car.
Great fix & yet another classic saved. Jim gives you all the cushy jobs ! Not ! what a lovely car, posh colour & good spec with Leccy windows & sunroof & Rev counter
There is a reference to Montalbano's Fiat Tipo in Excursion to Tindari (by coincidence i read it last week)!
Yay it's alive well done 😊 Wouldn't have thought the crank sensor would prevent a spark bit modern for me 😂 I learnt mechanics on 2cvs and Heralds 😀
I owned a 3 door and a 5 door Tipo in the early 2000s they drove really well were a good small family hatch.
I did wnder at the outset whether it was crank sensor related, although they tend to fail once they get warm, so will start from cold and run for about 10 minutes. That is how the crank sensor on our 1.6 Punto failed. I now carry a spare, just in case!
Interesting to see your ecu is Bosch. The ecu and ignition components on the 1.6 Punto are GM.
Im so excited for this car 😬
Fair play. Easy fix, but it's finding the fault that takes up time. Looks a very clean fiat, though.
The wife and I love Montalbano and I too had a cheeky search for Tipos' Thankfully there were none nearby or I would have been in the dog house 🙂
We nearly were
well done!
Good Car well done.
I totally get the Montalbano thing! I went to Sicily just before "the event" and found his house and the beach, and a few of the filming locations. Beautiful place. Shame I was only in a hired brand new Panda and not a Tipo! ;-) Good luck with the car! Looks mint.
I can remember pushing my mums Fiat Tipo everywhere to get it going as a kid, it was a 1988 F and less than 5 years old at the time. Eventually the inevitable happened and it caught fire and was written off in November 94.
I was distressed to find out that it was repaired and lived until 2004.
Nice dashboard though.
We had a 1.6 twin cam a 1990 g reg pool car. Was utterly horrible. Think it was 130bhp or something but was as slow as. Awful handling but was reliable. I did hire the new tipo in Spain 3 yrs ago driving from Madrid to Gibraltar. Was a diesel and was very impressed. High speed cruiser for sure
I love the colour
Was 'fine collection of wires' the actual words you used when you first saw that? 🤣
It sounds like the spark plugs could be rubbish you may need new spark plugs to get the car to run
My neighbours had a Tipo from new and it did over 300,000 miles before they replaced it.
Nice car, I have 2 DGT Tipos Mk 1 though, no silly electronic controls.
All Carburettor?
Just I'm hearing they can be much more reliable
Twin carbs on the Mk 1, it's on my UA-cam channel, my car collection, bought a red one in 1991 it was one year old and I paid £5500, still have it now but I only take it out in summer, no ecu, it's before electronic control came in so much less to go wrong.
@@michaeldranfield7140 oh will have a look at that
@@michaeldranfield7140 oh that looks lovely!!!
Many thanks for that, time to get it out again soon.
Customers fiat it was the ecu,1300 quid from the main dealer in Newcastle
I did watch this but it would be 400£ to get home I just through out lot cavalier stuff power steering rack and pipes etc
I see you have 1
I cant see one spot of rust on that!
These are so similar to the Fiat Coupe that i wonder if it is the infamous yellow connector causing the problem, or maybe the fuel pump relay?
Interesting video. Crank sensor👍. So much easier to replace than on the coupe engine. The one that’s harder to replace is the crank position sensor.
Buy a tempra and have the whole range 😂
Ha ha another MOntalbarno fan well done
Ahh, chief chief chief! Montalbano is class! The Inspector Bordelli books are better. Set in the sixties, no Tipos, just his Beetle & Fiat 1100s….
Next video? Come on
It's still broken....