This is more of a note to myself and might be useful for anyone else searching for the problem when your Cinq won’t start but turns over and you have no fuel pump running or CODE light showing. After messing about trying to fix the problems i have had with the emissions on the Cinq, i was trying to clear the ECU memory so it would store the new base settings and hopefully cure the issue i seemed to be getting, where the Multiecuscan would show an intermittent TPS, i had taken the battery leads off overnight, taken off and…

The alternator on the little Fiat was making a horrendous noise, so i decided to remove it and take a look and as i suspected, both of the bearings sounded awful. The alternator is part number 63320034 and is a 55A Magneti Marelli one. I did do some searching but could only find aftermarket makes or second-hand ones so i decided to strip it and get the bearing numbers. If you are replacing the bearings on a Fiat Cinquecento Sporting Alternator 63320034 these are the bearings you will need. The font case bearing is: 6203ZZ NSK Shielded Deep Groove Ball…