Fixing the 2015 Fiat 500C Abarth no-start situation. Oil drains from multi-air brick. No start.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2023
- It got very hot in July, and the Fiat sat in the garage for a month. Despite previously having no issues, the heat allowed the oil to drain from the multi-air. When I went to crank, it was in a no start situation. The Fiat Multi-Air not starting is not a serious situation, but it's inconvenient. It occurs when the car sits for too long and the oil drains out of the top of the motor, creating a no-start situation.
Patience can take care of this problem. I was able to restart the engine by re-priming the motor with the ignition and starter. I pressed the gas pedal to the floor fully during the cranking process to shut off fuel to the injectors, and gave the starter quick bumps to avoid over heating.
Eventually, I was able to start the motor. I also poured a few capfuls of oil on top of the multi-air brick to help prime it. There is also some additionally commentary as I gave the car a test drive.
The best way to do this is get you an oiler can from Autozone and fill up the can. Next, remove the oil fill tube so you have access to the ball valve that's at the top of the brick. Take the hose from the oiler can and place it directly on that ball valve and pump the brick full of oil. It takes about 4 cans. Car should start on the second try.
The best success I've had so far is holding the pedal all the way to the ground and cranking the car.
Nice video man, I completely understand the Texas heat as I’m in Houston, lol as far as the prime did you compress the little bleeder screw down to let oil in the multi air brick to get it started? Thanks!
Thanks! I appreciate your comment and feedback! That's amazing that you viewed the video and got something out of it. I kinda laid off of making them but I think that as the weather improves I'll get back into it.
Just had this happen to my daughter 2012 FIAT 500 Pop. Tried the "starting" method with the pedal pressed in and after popping the bleeder ball. Didn't work to the point of the starter getting hot and starting to smell a little. Used a nice little dental syringe like you get for flushing extracted teeth. Filled it 1/2 way with oil and then sucked air and pushed in oil..over and over and over..took about an hour and I was able to get it to start.
Oh man I hope you didn’t blow the starter. It’s really not good to crank them till they get very hot. Usually it’s 30 seconds on one minute off for three cycles. you want to take five minutes off to let it cool down after that.
@@hordebutcher2651 I didn’t run the starter more than about 15-20s at a time with about 1 min between attempts. After 2-3 I waited 5-10m and tried again. Ended up using a dental syringe to actually suck air and push oil into the brick though that bleed ball valve. Worked like a charm and had the car running in about an hour.
@@rwhipple73 Nice, I'm glad you were able to get it to work. It can be very difficult to reprime the brick after it drains, as I am finding out myself. In my situation, I was able to get it running by holding down the pedal and turning the key, and keeping the battery on a charger. I didn't try to manipulate the bleeder, because I was worried about messing it up.
My fiat 500 1.4l 2012 start to have the same problem. I can get it start by bleeding air. But, if I switch the engine off it won’t start again. Could it be a bad oil pump?
I have no idea. It's very strange because I just had it happen again after it sat for a week! However, when it is running, it's running awesome.
How much oil you put?
@@danjortuxtla7809 According to the service records, it's right at 4 quarts