Cylinder head removal Punto 99- 1200 — FIAT
Cylinder head removal Punto 99- 1200 on Fiat: 45 steps, engines 188A4000, 223A5000. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for FIAT — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.2, 8V
- Opens: coolant
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect the battery
- Inlet manifold:
- Exhaust manifold:
- Valve cover:
- Remove the exhaust manifold and the catalytic converter
- Drain the cooling system
- Disconnect the heater hose at the thermostat housing
- Disconnect the oil pressure switch
- Disconnect the crankshaft position sensor
- Disconnect the throttle cable
- Disconnect the throttle valve potentiometer
- Disconnect the idle speed stabiliser
- Disconnect the earth cable
- Disconnect the air temperature and pressure sensor
- Disconnect the control unit
- Disconnect the cable guide
- Disconnect the ignition coils
- Disconnect the coolant temperature sensor
- Disconnect the heater hose
- Disconnect the evaporative line
- Disconnect the breather hose from the camshaft cover
- Disconnect the injector wiring
- Remove the bracket
- Release the fuel pressure
- Disconnect the fuel feed line
- Disconnect the evaporation control system connector
- Remove the ignition leads
- Disconnect the brake servo hose
- Remove the inlet manifold together with the throttle body
- Remove the timing belt
- Remove the camshaft cover
- Loosen the cylinder head bolts
- Remove the cylinder head
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- Fiat Panda 1.3 JTD 1.2 JTD timing chain replacement
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- Doblo 2010 > 1.4 16V C514 gearbox
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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