My question is at the end of this long post.
My cousin and I are working on my 2012 Fiat 500 sport. He is more of a mechanic than I am and I am more of a tech guy.
Because cylinder 1 stop firing we have done the following:
QUESTION: My cousin says that he read that we need to take the car to the dealer who has a laser machine that helps the car/engine learn the new parts? Does this sound correct? If so what is the name of this machine and what is this procedure called? What is the typical cost? Who else might have this machine other than a dealer? If this is required do we have the car flat towed to a place to have this done?
Thanks in advance for your help, Andrew
My cousin and I are working on my 2012 Fiat 500 sport. He is more of a mechanic than I am and I am more of a tech guy.
Because cylinder 1 stop firing we have done the following:
- Many basic testing and replacement of simple parts.
- Then we took the engine apart and had NAPA machine shop mill the cylinder head to flatten the sealing surface. They said there were irregularities around the no. 1 cylinder position. The rest of the head was ok.
- Replaced head gasket
- When pulling the variable valve assembly several parts from that assembly fell out that had to do with cylinder 1
- Replaced the variable valve assembly
- Did the tune/timing with speciality tools for the Fiat
QUESTION: My cousin says that he read that we need to take the car to the dealer who has a laser machine that helps the car/engine learn the new parts? Does this sound correct? If so what is the name of this machine and what is this procedure called? What is the typical cost? Who else might have this machine other than a dealer? If this is required do we have the car flat towed to a place to have this done?
Thanks in advance for your help, Andrew
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