Punto annoyance

I have recently bought a 1.2 Punto active, 11 months old, which has one small annoying habit. (Yes, only one so far!) I am not going to mess around with it too much, its still under warranty. I would like to know if anyone else has had this and what causes it though. When changing up through the gears, and only between 2000 and 3000 revs, and only when the engine is warmed up, the revs hang for about half a second while the clutch is depressed and the throttle pedal fully raised. It makes for some strange sounding gear changes! Simply removing the right foot and waiting half a second before depressing the clutch stops it being noticed, but it is annoying. Any ideas, anyone?

David Farrant

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REMOVEd.farrant
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Possibly a faulty throttle body, or it could have an air lock in the cooling system, or both. The revs are supposed to hang up a small amount, but not so much it affects gear changes.

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Andy Hewitt

I will bleed the coolling system first, as that bit is simple enough. I did look round for anything obvious, and there was nothing like trapped seals under the air filter box or pipes off. If it wants anything more technical it is off back to the dealler. It is very consistent in what it does, so I suspect it will be something quite definite wrong with it. Apart from that fault though, it works just fine. Thanks for your thoughts, I will let you know how it works out, just for reference!

David Farrant

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REMOVEd.farrant

Take it to the dealer anyway, by messing with it yourself you could cause problems with warranty. The car has 2 years warranty, so why not use it.

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Andy Hewitt

Thats interesting. I bought an 03 vectra 1.8 last year, and it does the same. I was thinking about taking it to a dealer to look at but figured they would say it was probably a characteristic and "they all do that sir"

Any idea why they are supposed to hang on a bit? Some emissions nonsense?

Martin

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Martin Eva

It may well be.

Possibly, they also damp the throttle closing to prevent stalling under load.

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Andy Hewitt

Hi I have the same trouble on my fiat punto which is brand new .This is making me really worried .Can you please let me know about how to get rid of this issue if you had fixed it .thanks in advance

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DK

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