Your Brava videos are interesting and useful... I have 2 x Brava 1.2 2001. The latest one I bought had the cylinder head overhauled and the garage said they replaced the thermostat.. the temp gauge now reads above halfway for normal driving, and I recently did quite a hard drive over some hills (in cool weather) and the gauge started reading very high. I put the heater on to give extra cooling and I had no actual problems, now it is reading just above "normal" like before. When I first got the car the cooling system was completely neglected and blocked... after I stripped the radiator and flushed several times (with 50% doses of flushing fluid) everything went to normal even with the original thermostat. But after the engine work it now seems to run "hot". So maybe there is an electrical issue that has started, or something is blocked, or the thermostat is a bit strange....
@@johnmoruzzi7236 Hi Bro... This kind of cars have always the same problems with temp readings. Mine is not fixed yet... I keep trying to fix but i belive a have a problem with ground to be honest. This improved but didint solve, later it appears again 🫣
@@RandomTubePT I will talk to the garage who did the repairs... they are Fiat specialists. I have bought a genuine Fiat thermostat that we may try. I have had my first Brava 1.2 since 2008, I replaced a few thermostats that stick "open" and overcool the engine. It is strange to overheat in this car because it is a small efficient engine with a lot of space around it and a big radiator across the front. The engine bay could take a 2-litre 5 cylinder motor and still be OK in Sicily, so my 1.2 should be fine in Northern England !
@johnmoruzzi7236 Yes Bro you are right... I have a few friends in Brazil with this engine and most of them have the same problem... Bad Temp readings... 🤨
continue to make bravo videos i have the same one also 1.6 16v 1996 and u help me a lot its a beast of a machine the engine is more reliable then Vw 1.9tdi hehehe and also bravo has 2 models 198 and 182 182 is older gen 198 is bravo 2 so when u make videos abt bravo put 182 so its easier to find on youtube search chearrs man and if u need any parts tell me i can get them for cheap.
@@RandomTubePT anything you need here in balkan those are very common so i know a lot of things abt them the only trash thing abt them is ecu bc it is completly locked they also have a problem with aic (idle air control censor )just so you know.
Pelo que sei o problema não é falta de massa na bateria, mas um problema qualquer nas ligações e soldas dentro do painel. Quando voltar a acontecer manda-lhe uma palmada por cima do conta km e vê se não vai ao sítio. No meu está OK, nunca deu problemas, mas o pessoal dos TD e JTD queixam-se quase todos desse problema e dizem todos que a palmada resolve temporáriamente. A minha teoria é que com a vibração dos motores diesel há lá alguma solda que fica danificada. (@NaoSouMecanico)
Nao amigo no meu caso já testei essa técnica 🤣 Já levou uns valentes cacetes 🤣. É problema de massa. Desde que fiz a ligação está muito melhor. Mas ainda existe resistência alta no ground na centralina e outros pontos e ainda oscila um pouco. Tenho que fazer ligação lá para verificar mas ficou bastante melhor
@user-en6em7km6e Boas... Isso deve ser o termostato que nao fecha totalmente. Quando o carro parado ele fica nos 90° mas depois em andamento baixo é sintoma de que o termostato não está a fechar totalmente. Contudo nestes Fiat temperatura é sempre um problema ( Marcar errado). Eu ainda ando às voltas com o meu, ficou bom de inicio depois voltou ao mesmo. Ja agora qual é o teu motor?
Your Brava videos are interesting and useful... I have 2 x Brava 1.2 2001. The latest one I bought had the cylinder head overhauled and the garage said they replaced the thermostat.. the temp gauge now reads above halfway for normal driving, and I recently did quite a hard drive over some hills (in cool weather) and the gauge started reading very high. I put the heater on to give extra cooling and I had no actual problems, now it is reading just above "normal" like before.
When I first got the car the cooling system was completely neglected and blocked... after I stripped the radiator and flushed several times (with 50% doses of flushing fluid) everything went to normal even with the original thermostat. But after the engine work it now seems to run "hot". So maybe there is an electrical issue that has started, or something is blocked, or the thermostat is a bit strange....
@@johnmoruzzi7236 Hi Bro... This kind of cars have always the same problems with temp readings. Mine is not fixed yet... I keep trying to fix but i belive a have a problem with ground to be honest. This improved but didint solve, later it appears again 🫣
@@RandomTubePT I will talk to the garage who did the repairs... they are Fiat specialists. I have bought a genuine Fiat thermostat that we may try.
I have had my first Brava 1.2 since 2008, I replaced a few thermostats that stick "open" and overcool the engine. It is strange to overheat in this car because it is a small efficient engine with a lot of space around it and a big radiator across the front. The engine bay could take a 2-litre 5 cylinder motor and still be OK in Sicily, so my 1.2 should be fine in Northern England !
@johnmoruzzi7236 Yes Bro you are right... I have a few friends in Brazil with this engine and most of them have the same problem... Bad Temp readings... 🤨
continue to make bravo videos i have the same one also 1.6 16v 1996 and u help me a lot its a beast of a machine the engine is more reliable then Vw 1.9tdi hehehe and also bravo has 2 models 198 and 182 182 is older gen 198 is bravo 2 so when u make videos abt bravo put 182 so its easier to find on youtube search chearrs man and if u need any parts tell me i can get them for cheap.
Hi Bro... Yes i will upload a lot of contend in this car. There is many work to do on it. Thanks for the tip of the search 😉
@@RandomTubePT anything you need here in balkan those are very common so i know a lot of things abt them the only trash thing abt them is ecu bc it is completly locked they also have a problem with aic (idle air control censor )just so you know.
Thanks a lot Bro... This model only exist 110 in Portugal. The most dificcult thing is to find some parts...
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Pelo que sei o problema não é falta de massa na bateria, mas um problema qualquer nas ligações e soldas dentro do painel. Quando voltar a acontecer manda-lhe uma palmada por cima do conta km e vê se não vai ao sítio. No meu está OK, nunca deu problemas, mas o pessoal dos TD e JTD queixam-se quase todos desse problema e dizem todos que a palmada resolve temporáriamente. A minha teoria é que com a vibração dos motores diesel há lá alguma solda que fica danificada. (@NaoSouMecanico)
Nao amigo no meu caso já testei essa técnica 🤣 Já levou uns valentes cacetes 🤣. É problema de massa. Desde que fiz a ligação está muito melhor. Mas ainda existe resistência alta no ground na centralina e outros pontos e ainda oscila um pouco. Tenho que fazer ligação lá para verificar mas ficou bastante melhor
Essas pancadinhas de amor no meu é para o conta rotações funcionar 🤣
Pelos vistos os Bravos gostam de pancada 🤣
A temperatura do meu anda a meio no pára arranca ,mas em autoestradas anda um pouco abaixo de meio . O que será????
@user-en6em7km6e Boas... Isso deve ser o termostato que nao fecha totalmente. Quando o carro parado ele fica nos 90° mas depois em andamento baixo é sintoma de que o termostato não está a fechar totalmente. Contudo nestes Fiat temperatura é sempre um problema ( Marcar errado). Eu ainda ando às voltas com o meu, ficou bom de inicio depois voltou ao mesmo. Ja agora qual é o teu motor?