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Abarth 500, 595 & 695 / tragic amount of tinworm....help
« on: May 10, 2018, 04:19:09 PM »
You will gather from this I am no mechanic but here goes,
Twas attending my first ever AOC event ( Donington) when my new (to mee) Abarth let me down.
There is a large piece of steel which appears to act as a shield for the rear exhaust.Well its completely rotten and starting to fall to pieces.A piece the sisze of a shoebox fell off in my hand, and other bits look ready to abandon the car as well. There is a film of rust on the exhaust underneath though there doesnt appear to be any blowing or holes (yet?
).It seems my exhaust is on its way out at some stage.
Perhaps its time to think about a new exhaust at in preparedness for the day when the tinworm wins.
Has anyone else suffered the same fate. Even Mr Abarth (Colin) had not seen anything like it,so I gather its not common.
In terms of replacing it, most seem set on talking me into a Monza kit but I personally dont like the scrawny little pipes out the back. I prefer the cherry bomb look of the two on the standard fitting. Magnelli Bombardino (or something) Ive seen mentioned but cant find out more. And I was partial to the burble of the Rivale that turned up in Donny.
Comments and suggestions most welcome.
Twas attending my first ever AOC event ( Donington) when my new (to mee) Abarth let me down.
There is a large piece of steel which appears to act as a shield for the rear exhaust.Well its completely rotten and starting to fall to pieces.A piece the sisze of a shoebox fell off in my hand, and other bits look ready to abandon the car as well. There is a film of rust on the exhaust underneath though there doesnt appear to be any blowing or holes (yet?
).It seems my exhaust is on its way out at some stage.Perhaps its time to think about a new exhaust at in preparedness for the day when the tinworm wins.
Has anyone else suffered the same fate. Even Mr Abarth (Colin) had not seen anything like it,so I gather its not common.
In terms of replacing it, most seem set on talking me into a Monza kit but I personally dont like the scrawny little pipes out the back. I prefer the cherry bomb look of the two on the standard fitting. Magnelli Bombardino (or something) Ive seen mentioned but cant find out more. And I was partial to the burble of the Rivale that turned up in Donny.
Comments and suggestions most welcome.
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Abarth 500, 595 & 695 / Virgin newbie needs help.
« on: January 16, 2018, 04:03:11 PM »
Hello fellow Abarth owners....
I am new to the world of Abarths and to this forum.
I recently took delivery of a 500 in black. Its 2012 and relatively low mileage.
recently with my daughter driving I noticed a vibration coming thru the fire wall. It felt like the wheels were out of alignment.
I took it to my local garage and he said it was drive shaft damage. This shocked me as did his comment" Its something a specialist should look at and as its not doing any harm hed wait until it got worse???"
Weve only done a few hundred miles in it and it definitely wasn't there when I first picked it up.
My initial thought were that I may have kerbed it to make the problem,
So I guess I need some opinions as to whether this is common and any suggestions as to a reliable specialist to take it to, I am in DE4 (Derbyshire) and having read a few posts on this forum, I appreciate the choice of specialist is critical.
Hope you can help,
Jeff
I am new to the world of Abarths and to this forum.
I recently took delivery of a 500 in black. Its 2012 and relatively low mileage.
recently with my daughter driving I noticed a vibration coming thru the fire wall. It felt like the wheels were out of alignment.
I took it to my local garage and he said it was drive shaft damage. This shocked me as did his comment" Its something a specialist should look at and as its not doing any harm hed wait until it got worse?
??"Weve only done a few hundred miles in it and it definitely wasn't there when I first picked it up.
My initial thought were that I may have kerbed it to make the problem,
So I guess I need some opinions as to whether this is common and any suggestions as to a reliable specialist to take it to, I am in DE4 (Derbyshire) and having read a few posts on this forum, I appreciate the choice of specialist is critical.
Hope you can help,
Jeff
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Introductions / abarth newbie
« on: January 16, 2018, 03:46:01 PM »
hello from the Peak District.
I have recently joined the ranks of Abarth owners having purchased an 012 500 in black.
I am a forum newbie and this represents my first posting.
I do hope to be able to join in on Abarth activities and the Silverstone Classic is the type of event I will be looking forward to.
Ive already got a couple of issues ,so will be making a separate post on the 500 section.
Cheers.
I have recently joined the ranks of Abarth owners having purchased an 012 500 in black.
I am a forum newbie and this represents my first posting.
I do hope to be able to join in on Abarth activities and the Silverstone Classic is the type of event I will be looking forward to.
Ive already got a couple of issues ,so will be making a separate post on the 500 section.
Cheers.
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