Help!!! punto gt

[R6Rich]

Fiat punto gt3 1998 very low miles!!, engine has been driving me crazy for years now, its just flat, no power, can anybody out there help?????

[chrisxr2]

try joining puntosprts forum.

[Deluded]

Is it boosting?

[R6Rich]

engine is completely flat, my mate says it sounds like a v6 haha, turbo kicks in and either boosts fine but still no power, or the boost fluctuates and no power!! more life in a tramps vest!!

[Jonboy_t]

Wastegate sealed itself shut? Have you had it standing for a while?

[R6Rich]

No not been stood!! its like its over fueling! but on a gas analyser it reads lean! doesn't use alot of fuel either!

[Jonboy_t]

Perhaps some st in your fuel tank? How long since you filled up? Do you just do short journeys or blast it a bit?

[XitUp]

Take it for an Italian tune up.

[LeoZwalf]

Gotta be blockage in the exhaust.

If it's boosting then it's not a wastegate problem (if it was wastegate stuck shut then it would mega overboost, stuck open it would hardly boost at all)

Catalyst knackered inside or one of the silencers is falling apart. Can't see it being much else?

BTW to the OP please calm down on the ! marks it makes you look like you're a mentalist.