My daughter has a 1995 1.1litre Punto.

The car has run faultless but this morning couldnt get it in gear without turning engine off. Its as tho the clutch is not fully disengaging.

The clutch on these is a hydraulic affair with no adjustment.

I have watched the slave cylinder when the clutch pedal is operated and it seems to be working ok. The pedal also feels fine.

As far as I can see it could be;-

1) master cylinder
2) slave cylinder
3) clutch itself

Question is how can i tell which of the above it is without replacing them one at a time?

I will try bleeding the system tomorrow to see if that improves it.

Any help with thi one?

Steve.

 

well it could be all 3, but to be honest it is most likely to be the clutch itself, I have driven punto's that wouldn't go into 1st or 2nd but 3rd - 5th and reverse was fine and the clutch itself was shagged in both of them

 

hi i happend to be a fiat specialist in fiat punto gt and uno turbos and iam very sure its your clutch ther very shit i must say if you can see the cylinder moveing on the gear box pushing the clutch arm the the problem cannot be any thing ealse other then the clutch coz if it was the master or slave then it would no be able to push the arm forwards hope this help do the clutch ..

 

Thanks lads,

So it looks like the clutch eh?

Just seems funny how no warning. It was fine Friday.

It will go into 3rd and 5th but not 1st/2nd. Wont go into reverse either.

I thought that maybe with a knackered slave/master cylinder it might be on low pressure and not moving the arm far enough ??

Is a clutch easy on these? I suppose if you can work on a cossy you can tackle a punto!

 

slave cylinder,changed lots of them.rich

 

So Ricky what are the symptoms of a goosed slave cylinder?

 

You coult try clamping off the flexi hose between the body and slave cylinder, if the pedal goes hard this eliminates the master cylinder.

 

the same symtoms as u have said