Andrewgrale

1. Loosen the wheel bolts a half turn 2. Jack up the car and stick in an axle stand 3. Remove the wheel bolts and remove the wheel, be aware that the wheel may be stuck to the hub (loosening the wheel bolts before you jack up should allow the wheel to break the corrosion seal) 4. Using a flat screwdriver, pry the pads back in the caliper, to clean any dust and dirt from the pad slides 5. Using a 12 (possibly a 13mm) spanner loosen the caliper retaining bolts and swing the caliper out of the way 6. Lever out the pads, doing 1 side at a time, taking notice of the position of the anti rattle clips (new ones are usually supplied with pads, if not, the old ones are perfectly fit to reuse) 7. Using a brake winder press in the caliper piston (do this slowly, as the brake fluid presses back into the brake fluid pot, via the master cylinder and if done too quickly, it has been reported that the seals could turn) 8. Reassemble the caliper, using the new bolts supplied 9. Before you refit the wheel, coat the mating surfaces in a light coat of copper grease 10. Coat the threads of the wheel bolts with WD40, tighten up hand tight and torque/tighten them when the wheel on the ground 11. Repeat for the other side

Rev the nuts off the 1.2 and it flies, no power or torque low down on those engines!!!

I'm not really sure, but speaking from a Fiat background, the relay could be in the column switch???

Plus 1 :-( On the bright side, theres no leaks!!! And I found a place who do a back box for 45 quid, delivered! EBay number 163697187013

Neil, are you intending to do both front and rears?

Just to update this, I fitted new rear brake pads to my wife's Delta and to find the lever/cable adjuster (you can't wind back the calipers until you take the pressure off the cables) you need a 4mm allen key socket and a long extension to remove the bolt at the bottom of the bottle cooler in the centre console, remove this and the feed tube to access the 10mm adjuster beneath, you will need a ratchet spanner and the dexterity of an ambidextrous, double jointed, piano playing midwife to get at it,but it can be done!!!!

Just to add, I have recently fitted Brembo brake pads to my wife's Delta 1.4 multiair and I'm highly impressed with them vs the 65,000 mile originals they replaced :-) The only fly in the ointment is that the replacement pads don't have the wee drilling for the pad wear sensors, which are pressed into the pads and are fitted to all 4 corners (now taped up and secured)

Send the picture from your phone, to your phone number and it will reduce the file size, without much effect on quality

Ve haff vays of making you talk, ya!

Old stock shouldn't make any difference, as brake pads need heat to activate their chemistry, dust makes no difference! I would always choose original brake pads over pattern (even good make) parts

I stand corrected hehehe ;-)

Fiat . . Citroen . . Peugeot . . Toyota . . They're all the same now

Oooopssssss! Forgot that you are a Cloghie :-D! Well wear, they look nice

You ever hear of a permanent black marker???? Fart in a tin???? Says the fella who sold his Delta because he bought a . . Fiat . . Shall I repeat . . . Fiat! Van !!!!

You wish ;-)

Came across this . . has to be a decent price and possibly useful to someone here ????? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lancia-Delta-III-2011-2014-Navigation-navi-navigatore-CONNECT-DVD-0735543596/283477201185

Nothing to add, but sometimes Mikey makes sense :-D (ps, belated birthday wishes)

Fiat Bravo 2007- Are the exact same fit, I know this for certain as that's what I fitted to my wife's Delta https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SALE-FIAT-BRAVO-BLACK-CARPET-FRONT-REAR-MATS-46003490-GENUINE-OE/323585308696?epid=1209668227&hash=item4b572ff818:g:NdkAAOSwa3FcLKqR 50 quids !!!!! 2nd hand Delta https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CHRYSLER-DELTA-2011-2015-BLACK-CAR-MATS-CHD-68/192880245267?hash=item2ce88efa13:g:TpsAAOSw6AlbM-x9 25 quids!!! hope this helps

Welcome along Lampard and I hope that your ownership of Mikey's car is a pleasant experience

Welcome along Sammy and well wear!!!

Is there any chance that your problem could be caused by a throttle pedal potentiometer?? At full press, some kind of open circuit?

I just came across this problem and my expertise is more with the Fiat family group of cars, but the 1st place I would start is with the battery earth lead, especially where it is connected to the gearbox, Fiat use sealant to seal the 2 halves of the gearbox together, which gets into the threads of the bolt used to secure the engine earth lead. It's double threaded to allow the earth lead to be secured by nut to the head of the bolt. Bad earths usually surface after this has been disconnected for major work, such as a clutch or gearbox or engine change Clean up this bolt head and the earth lead especially where it bolts to both chassis and gearbox I hope this helps?

Ditto from me, except I'm in Munster and it was a Delta SE multiair for us

Provided that the fuel and air filters are in good condition and there are no cracked pipework, my gut feeling is that it sounds like a manifold pressure sensor, these have been known to clog up and fail. I would also check around the fuel filter for little leaking seals, as if diesel can get out, air can get in!!!

My apologies for spooking you TJB, I am speaking from experience as I had a K&N in one of my Marea JTDs and it was never serviced (ie as factory supplied) and it was responsible for burning out 2 hotwire MAFs over 40k miles before I switched back to the standard filter for the remaining 120k I did in that car on the 3rd MAF