Had a fiat 500 Abarth with the same engine, changed that filter every 40,000 miles and the oil every 3000 miles, had it close to 300,000 miles with no issues before selling it, I changed the timing belt at 100,000 aswell.
@@flex-ic2sf they have fiat 500’s Abarths in the USA, maybe if you did a little more research dumbass. You can even get the 1.4 turbo on the fiat 500 sports.
@@christopherpacheco2884 very unlikely, but I don't really know... Maybe in American is different... In Europe 100% all 500 abarth have tjet... But I trust you that in America is different
I have a 2018 Jeep renegade made in Italy. Stamped on the door. Mine has that same filter. 10 mil. socket to remove timing cover and a 10 mil allen to get it out. Brake cleaner to clean and a touch of lock tight to reinstall screw in til the head is in the block approximately 1 cm in.
My neighbor broke the timing belt on his way home I told him 40,000 miles before to start saving up to get it replaced it made it to 146' it lost 16 teeth on the timing belt. Managed to change the belt water pump and tensioner. Some how that car started right up... no valve damage.
Lol I have missed your your humor and teaching somebody that doesn't know how to work on cars what to look for if the owners vehicles figuring much Mike it's always a pleasure
My naturally aspirated fiat has 163k now, still going strong and only just now on its second clutch. 2.5k-4k mi oil changes are the answer to most of the fiat reliability problems, but that multiair filter is HELLUR important!!! 🎉🎉🎉
I like Fiat, old Fiat. Had a 600 from the 70's? Rebuilt it, put a header system on it and painted it Blue. One night returning to the Barracks, I found the center of the parking lot piled with snow. Not in the field next to the lot. Well the little bugger had great traction so I rolled back and forth and rolled on top of the snow mound. The looks in the morning... I explained I was from Florida and didn't know I couldn't do that. But there was a parking space below me. 12 feet below me. I made foot steps on the way down, and climbed them on the way up. Backed down and went to the hangar.
The best preventive maintenance you can do is change your damn oil on time or a little early. My car says to change the oil every 15,000 miles if you use the correct oil. I change it every 5,000 using the same oil that it says to do every 15k. But I am a mechanic, and I have seen what happens to engines when you don't change it often enough. $$$
The multiair engines are pretty reliable as long as you pamper it with service. Use the prescribed oil type, short oil intervals and change the multiair filter regularly. Don't forget to get the timing belt done I time. Every 80k miles I think. When changing timing belt also replace the water pump with a genuine replacement pump. They don't fail that often but it's a fairly cheap part and is cheap to replace when the timing belt is already off the car. It's a lot more expensive to replace when it fails later.
I mean...yeah? They don't do it for funsies, there's very much a reason why maintenance intervals are a thing. And in this case it looks like something that was quite easy to replace.
@@Chlorate299 my point being that it's no uncommon for someone to be 3 to 5k miles beyond recommended service before bringing it in for like 50k service or go slightly over on oil change interval etc
Fun fact... even dealers 'dont know' this and will never find the problem untill you buy a new car from them. There is sometimes also one in a different spot which also clogs up and creates problems. Also not many mechanics know about those. Twinair is just fiats version of vtec, but a lot more complicated.
This video saved my motor! I took off my timing cover to clean the filter and found my timing belt was severely cracked 80,000 km before it was recommended to be replaced
Those little filters are cheap. And it's very true about regular oil changes. The previous owner of my Abarth did a great job and I continued with the regular maintenance schedule. No issues whatsoever aside from having a lot of trouble properly reading the bloody dipstick! 😁
Yeah those are the cam less engines the lifters are oil actuated to open hence they can manipulate them and have multiple valve openings times according to the driver ie multi air. But you probably already know that. Keep up the content I like your channel
@@JDMSwervo2001 On cars that are not American i belive they are more common with timing belts. Becouse several manfactures have had problems with streched chain.
@@fulf only because they're cheaper to produce. They haven't cared the last 15 years that they build extremely unreliable cars, why would they start now?
Yeah I'm willing to bet it would have lasted longer had they kept up with oil changes and stuck with synthetic but I'm also willing to bet they did neither of those things.
I just got a dart with this same engine in it. has 120k and was 95% sure this and timing belt was never changed so took my off day changed them and water pump. Looking at how bad the belt and multi air filter was im now 99.99% sure they were never changed but thankfully I got to them before any issues came up.
Best car I've owned, abused it all my life and never went wrong. Sad to see the states don't get the diesel engines because of regulations, If I drive carefully I get around 60 mpg
Honestly, I would rather him be my main mechanic, he's honest and let's you know what's wrong and doesn't charge you a arm and leg for what you need done
I own a 12 Fiat abarth 500 I had a premature turbo failure that shot shrapnel into the engine and destroyed it at 70,000 mi. But it wasn't completely the turbo's fault The after run pump to keep the turbo cool on shutdown had failed. I change the multi-air screen every 35,000 mi religiously, With the new motor. Not that the 2 are related it is just good practice
I used to work at a Chrysler fiat dealership those dam things came off the truck broken wood take us 20 minutes of cranking them over ( not all at once didn't want to have to do a starter) to get the oil up to the Electric Lifters to get the damn things to run
Well Hell! Who'd know it? OK folks, this is what it is coming down to: #1. When you purchase any vehicle, purchase a subscription to "Alldata" for your vehicle. #2 purchase a bidirectional scanner appropriate for your vehicle. #3. Turn your garage into a mechanic bay with lift, air compressor, appropriate gauges, repair tools, fluids for transmission, A/C, engine, coolant, spare belts, injectors, coils, plugs, various sensors and solenoid. OTHERWISE, BUY A DISPOSABLE SCOOTER.
Thats a odd little filter. But those little cars are to small for me, so i shouldn't ever have to worry about it. Lol. Love the prayer over the motor there at the end. Nice touch Sir. One can learn alot of things from watching you with these videos. You seem to be a natural at teaching others the ways of a master mechanic. Thanks for sharing your passion for excellence in what you do as well as your honesty with your customers Sir.
It won't fix the issue, it'll still have the same problem. Source: I've been driving an Abarth for 6 years. These engines must be daily driven or pretty close to it because sitting is what causes problems, cold temperatures exasperate it. You also can't use shity oil. It has to be 5 w40 and you must change it when the light comes on, most people don't Best solution is after the car sits for awhile, "clear flood mode" and crank that little engine for about thirty seconds to build up the oil pressure. Also, if these car sit for too long they will crank like they have no compression, just keep on cranking and it'll fire up once up multiair brick is full of oil and hydraulics are operating The reason why the variable valve system has a filter is because it's a true variable valve system. The valves are hydraulically operated, lift is calculated stroke by stroke.
Thing is,here in the UK near all FIAT owners incl others change their oil around 10,000m 🤦😂 sometimes 12,000m. They got it in their heads 12,000m is the ave mile people drive,so they go with that 🤦
Quiestion have a 2004 Chevy Silverado. 91k in feb had lifter,push rods, oil pump, camshaft, etc from the gym tick. Now it did it again and it is used oil but can’t find where it has gone. Any ideas.
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"May the power of Chrysler compel you" lol
EXACTLY
PWAHAHAHA 😂 🤣 👍
Got me too😂
I own 4 Chrysler pieces of junk....no such thing as power, maybe evil power. I usually carry a bag of tools wherever we go.
@@msack6904haha me too brother me too 👊🏼✌🏼
FIAT stands for ,Fix It Again Tony.
Had a fiat 500 Abarth with the same engine, changed that filter every 40,000 miles and the oil every 3000 miles, had it close to 300,000 miles with no issues before selling it, I changed the timing belt at 100,000 aswell.
Impossible mate, fiat 500 have only tjet engine, that is a multiair mounted only in punto evo abarth and 124 spider abarth!
@@flex-ic2sf they have fiat 500’s Abarths in the USA, maybe if you did a little more research dumbass. You can even get the 1.4 turbo on the fiat 500 sports.
@@flex-ic2sf In America its multiair. We dont have the tjet
@@christopherpacheco2884 very unlikely, but I don't really know... Maybe in American is different... In Europe 100% all 500 abarth have tjet... But I trust you that in America is different
I have a 2018 Jeep renegade made in Italy. Stamped on the door. Mine has that same filter. 10 mil. socket to remove timing cover and a 10 mil allen to get it out. Brake cleaner to clean and a touch of lock tight to reinstall screw in til the head is in the block approximately 1 cm in.
My neighbor broke the timing belt on his way home I told him 40,000 miles before to start saving up to get it replaced it made it to 146' it lost 16 teeth on the timing belt. Managed to change the belt water pump and tensioner. Some how that car started right up... no valve damage.
Lol I have missed your your humor and teaching somebody that doesn't know how to work on cars what to look for if the owners vehicles figuring much Mike it's always a pleasure
I've always preached "May the power of Chrysler repel you!" 🤣☠️
I have one with over 180k, was never told it had to be changed even when I t was serviced by the dealer. Thank you for the update.
My naturally aspirated fiat has 163k now, still going strong and only just now on its second clutch. 2.5k-4k mi oil changes are the answer to most of the fiat reliability problems, but that multiair filter is HELLUR important!!! 🎉🎉🎉
I like Fiat, old Fiat. Had a 600 from the 70's? Rebuilt it, put a header system on it and painted it Blue. One night returning to the Barracks, I found the center of the parking lot piled with snow. Not in the field next to the lot. Well the little bugger had great traction so I rolled back and forth and rolled on top of the snow mound.
The looks in the morning...
I explained I was from Florida and didn't know I couldn't do that. But there was a parking space below me. 12 feet below me. I made foot steps on the way down, and climbed them on the way up. Backed down and went to the hangar.
The best preventive maintenance you can do is change your damn oil on time or a little early. My car says to change the oil every 15,000 miles if you use the correct oil. I change it every 5,000 using the same oil that it says to do every 15k. But I am a mechanic, and I have seen what happens to engines when you don't change it often enough. $$$
The multiair engines are pretty reliable as long as you pamper it with service. Use the prescribed oil type, short oil intervals and change the multiair filter regularly. Don't forget to get the timing belt done I time. Every 80k miles I think. When changing timing belt also replace the water pump with a genuine replacement pump. They don't fail that often but it's a fairly cheap part and is cheap to replace when the timing belt is already off the car. It's a lot more expensive to replace when it fails later.
When the engineers design something assuming that every customer will religiously follow the maintenance intervals
Are Americans just too lazy/dumb to take care of their shit?
I mean...yeah? They don't do it for funsies, there's very much a reason why maintenance intervals are a thing. And in this case it looks like something that was quite easy to replace.
@@Chlorate299 my point being that it's no uncommon for someone to be 3 to 5k miles beyond recommended service before bringing it in for like 50k service or go slightly over on oil change interval etc
@@Chlorate299you know for a fact the average person does a fraction of the proper maintenance 😭😭😭
That's for the vvt system causes mis fire when old
Fun fact... even dealers 'dont know' this and will never find the problem untill you buy a new car from them.
There is sometimes also one in a different spot which also clogs up and creates problems. Also not many mechanics know about those.
Twinair is just fiats version of vtec, but a lot more complicated.
Those are great engines
😂
You are a patient and intelligent man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Fiiiaaaaattt!
Your an awesome technician, I like learning from your videos
This video saved my motor! I took off my timing cover to clean the filter and found my timing belt was severely cracked 80,000 km before it was recommended to be replaced
The first "Fiat" killed me 😂😂😂
Awsome Man! I have Fiat 😅 And now i know
Honestly they are a pretty durable engine, but very complicated at the same time.
Just wanna say your videos are awesome and you make some of the most authentic content in the mechanic field
Oooohh multi air. Need whole new unit when it's bad. Fun stuff
Those little filters are cheap. And it's very true about regular oil changes. The previous owner of my Abarth did a great job and I continued with the regular maintenance schedule. No issues whatsoever aside from having a lot of trouble properly reading the bloody dipstick! 😁
Yeah those are the cam less engines the lifters are oil actuated to open hence they can manipulate them and have multiple valve openings times according to the driver ie multi air. But you probably already know that. Keep up the content I like your channel
🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧Dam, that's new to me. Thanks, Mike, for the information.
oil changes? nah, just additions with the occasional filter replacement
This is so true this engine messes up if you don't change the oil regularly 😟
Have a 14 Fiat and a 20 renegade, oil changes are very important!!!!!! Follow all recommendations on maintenance and so far so good👍
Absolutely horrible vehicles.
Out of interest, why did you buy the Fiat?
@@WhereGoggsyGoesHe's short, white, and someone convinced him it was cool to own a toy car 💀
Jeep Gatorade lmao
@@WhereGoggsyGoes always liked Italian cars👍
It's little things like this that's the reason why I always get my cars serviced at a certified shop.
No fucking way. All these times thinking to myself wtf is multiair thanks for the lesson!!
Fix it Again Tony? Timing belt on a 2014 engine, disposable?
2023 Honda pilot still uses a timing belt
@@JDMSwervo2001
On cars that are not American i belive they are more common with timing belts. Becouse several manfactures have had problems with streched chain.
@@fulfGerman cars almost only used chains for the last 20 years
@@tobiasmetzger4522
Thats why vw changed back to timingbelts becouse of chain fails.
@@fulf only because they're cheaper to produce. They haven't cared the last 15 years that they build extremely unreliable cars, why would they start now?
Yeah I'm willing to bet it would have lasted longer had they kept up with oil changes and stuck with synthetic but I'm also willing to bet they did neither of those things.
wait a small fiat with only 2 problems after 9 years? thats amazing!
I didn’t know about those filters… something I’m going to have to check next time I get a mopar in
What's up with cyl 4 misfire ?
I expect it feeds oil to the valve train and a lifter was being starved for oil and collapsing.
FIAT = Fix It Again, Tony. Learned that as a small child of a Ferrari race car mechanic.
Oh wow, that is really nice to know actually lol. Seen quite a few of these blown up
Fabulous information. Thank you so much.
Very important information thank you sir once again
It's 9 years old. Even with regular oil changes that filter should have been changed 3 years ago.
Oh man
.i missed you. Keep it up.
One of the best videos yet😁
I just got a dart with this same engine in it. has 120k and was 95% sure this and timing belt was never changed so took my off day changed them and water pump. Looking at how bad the belt and multi air filter was im now 99.99% sure they were never changed but thankfully I got to them before any issues came up.
🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🛠🛠🛠 love the shorts you post and above most the knowledge your handing down... wrench on my friend..
FIAT= fix it again Tony.
But old Fiat 128 were good from 70s.
X19 baby Ferrari were awesome .
128 spyder?🤣🤣🤣
@@cbmech2563 we had a lot of Fiats in NYC in 70s.
128 was a good car .🤔
Always informative. Have you seen fords 3 cylinder engine with a wet timing belt yet? Yes, a timing belt inside to engine, soaked in oil.
3.5 ecoboost has something similar right before the turbos. Gotta replace em or you'll eat turbos.
Best car I've owned, abused it all my life and never went wrong. Sad to see the states don't get the diesel engines because of regulations, If I drive carefully I get around 60 mpg
Favorite king of the hill quote: You know what they say "ford" stands for, "fix it again tony" hehe......
That's a Fiat Dale...
Honestly, I would rather him be my main mechanic, he's honest and let's you know what's wrong and doesn't charge you a arm and leg for what you need done
“You can see that this vehicle has, ehhhhhh”
Thanks man. You badass kickass mechanical person you.
I own a 12 Fiat abarth 500 I had a premature turbo failure that shot shrapnel into the engine and destroyed it at 70,000 mi. But it wasn't completely the turbo's fault The after run pump to keep the turbo cool on shutdown had failed. I change the multi-air screen every 35,000 mi religiously, With the new motor. Not that the 2 are related it is just good practice
THE CHRYSLER BLESSING.📡👽🇺🇸 RUN!!!😂😂😂😂
Mike is the best mechanic on UA-cam he is more intelligent than the rest of the clowns that are on
You are the Man Mike nicely done 💯✅ All good 👍❤❤❤.
“Fix It Again Tony.”
Haven't seen that one yet. Same on the 1.4 dart?
This was hilarious
I’m guessing this is for all FCA multi air motors?
Bout to say that just looks like a fancified Tiger Shark.
I used to work at a Chrysler fiat dealership those dam things came off the truck broken wood take us 20 minutes of cranking them over ( not all at once didn't want to have to do a starter) to get the oil up to the Electric Lifters to get the damn things to run
Would never know that, never driven a fiat and never would.
Technically speaking.... Isn't lack of good oil the culprit of a majority of engine issues? Outside of manufacturing/engineering issues of course.
Great to see you like your old self now that Chevy is doing well. That was so stressful to endure.
Well Hell! Who'd know it?
OK folks, this is what it is coming down to:
#1. When you purchase any vehicle, purchase a subscription to "Alldata" for your vehicle.
#2 purchase a bidirectional scanner appropriate for your vehicle.
#3. Turn your garage into a mechanic bay with lift, air compressor, appropriate gauges, repair tools, fluids for transmission, A/C, engine, coolant, spare belts, injectors, coils, plugs, various sensors and solenoid.
OTHERWISE, BUY A DISPOSABLE SCOOTER.
FIAT.... "fix it again Tony"
I have a 2016 Fiat 500....but the whole powertrain was made by Bosch.
Sure it won't be long I'll see you cover the mini Cooper timing chain tensioner that likes to come loose.
All of the engines that run variable valve timing (or in this Fiat's case, valves) with oil pressure need regular oil changes and ALL filter changes.
Would this go for the N/A 2.4 multiair engine?
Great tip 💪💪💪 Fiiiaaaattttt! Chrysler 😂
I wasn’t going to like this one …fiat… but the power of Chrysler compelled me.
Hyundai and Kia have these filters in the cylinder head also.
I cannot believe timing belts are still being used on modern engines.
Is that the same 2.4 multi air found in a dart?
Baised off of how many videos you put out, are all the cars that bad or do you have a lot of vehicles going through your shop?
I did work for 4 years at a european fiat dealer i did not see in any service plan that that should be changed.
A filter that doesn't need to be changed? That's pretty awesome!
What do you think of the Launch line of scan tools?
Thats a odd little filter. But those little cars are to small for me, so i shouldn't ever have to worry about it. Lol.
Love the prayer over the motor there at the end. Nice touch Sir.
One can learn alot of things from watching you with these videos. You seem to be a natural at teaching others the ways of a master mechanic.
Thanks for sharing your passion for excellence in what you do as well as your honesty with your customers Sir.
In europe this is the XL variant of the 500 ;)
And if you have one of these cars .... RIP
It won't fix the issue, it'll still have the same problem. Source: I've been driving an Abarth for 6 years. These engines must be daily driven or pretty close to it because sitting is what causes problems, cold temperatures exasperate it. You also can't use shity oil. It has to be 5 w40 and you must change it when the light comes on, most people don't
Best solution is after the car sits for awhile, "clear flood mode" and crank that little engine for about thirty seconds to build up the oil pressure. Also, if these car sit for too long they will crank like they have no compression, just keep on cranking and it'll fire up once up multiair brick is full of oil and hydraulics are operating
The reason why the variable valve system has a filter is because it's a true variable valve system. The valves are hydraulically operated, lift is calculated stroke by stroke.
Change your oil people! It’s cheaper than a new engine! I change Mt ecoboost every 3k miles!
Fiat 500😊
I have one to 70,000 miles and it never went out but I did frequent oil changes every 5000 miles with synthetic oil
You will come across problems soon . They rarely last past 100k
This is why you buy a pre 80s car.
I'm surprised those fiats last that long.
Do you like that launch scanner ot autel better. I have autel thinking of switching
Fix it again Tony! Best advice don't buy anything from Chrysler.
Thank u
At least you didn't need to remove the entire front end... are there any other cars that have that part?
Thing is,here in the UK near all FIAT owners incl others change their oil around 10,000m 🤦😂 sometimes 12,000m. They got it in their heads 12,000m is the ave mile people drive,so they go with that 🤦
Quiestion have a 2004 Chevy Silverado. 91k in feb had lifter,push rods, oil pump, camshaft, etc from the gym tick. Now it did it again and it is used oil but can’t find where it has gone. Any ideas.
4 cylinder 😂😂😂 that's a fast one
What earbuds do you use mike ?
Fix it again Tony....Wait...You're not Tony lol
So when you replaced that filter did it fix the issue that caused the codes?
Jeep makes a model for the Mexican market. Literally translated it means "Buddy"..... the Jeep Compas.
Hiding stuff that has to be changed that you didn't even know about so it breaks don't after the warranty runs out sounds about right