I have a Palio 1.2 which I drove from Bangalore to a town called Kalimpong, District Darjeeling, West Bengal. It was an awesome drive of 2,775 kms. I left my car there for my father but he has not been able to drive because the car stalls and refuses to start. The battery is new and the starter motor is fine.
He can get the car started if he tries after a day or so and then the engine stalls again. In my last visit, I took the car out but it stalled in the middle of the market place while giving way to a pedestrian. No one there is qualified to look under a FIAT's bonnet. They had only seen Padmini FIATS and laughed saying the engine layout looks old although the car design looks clean. Then they were shocked to see coolant pipes going to the throttle body (which they though was the carburetor).
There are no TATA service centres who service FIAT cars anywhere near to this town or even Siliguri which has Chevrolet and other new car company service centres. I need to have the car towed down a steep hilly region to either Calcutta or Guhwati which is too expensive as it is about 700kms away. We have already changed the timing sensor which cost me about Rs 1,100/-. The injector warning light lights up on the dashboard but goes off once started. I have visited ASCs here in Bangalore and spoken to most of the FIAT head mechanics and all say it could be anything since there are a lot of sensors involved. They told me to check for rat bites on the wiring and it would be best if I have the wire continuity checked by hooking the ECU to the analyzer (This again is not available in my location). They say it should not be the fuel pump and I have a feeling it might be the culprit. Apart from that after reading some threads here, I feel it could be the ignition coils as well. But can the ignition coils work fine for a while and then shut off completely or something? I am thinking of even getting the injectors cleaned by a good mechanic. I have even started to think it could be the throttle body sensor.
I am really in need of some help as I do not want the car to rot away as I am loosing hope on reviving it again. I just want to get the car started and bring it back to Bangalore where the ASC can take good care of it.
I would appreciate if the members here can help my father and me out of this problem.
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