Been to scrappies today to look around....
Spotted a green mk2b in there... with what is a very odd 8v engine again
One with the round oil cap
flisko

Wonder what engine they are from really and wonder if fiat stuck panda engines in them when stock ran low?

like this?

https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-ii/...quare-air-filter-box-round-oil-plug-scre.html

Servers been fixed
But yea
55 plate in my local with odd filler hole....
Otherwise it looks like a 8v...

A very sad sight.

That is like the engine in mine, a bog standard 1.2 8V Active, first registered at the end of March 06.
Here are some pics:













Excuse the oil! New rocker cover gasket is on its way.

exactly same as mine, never seen same engine before, quite odd

Could the 1.2 in those very late model mk2bs' possibly be the 65bhp Grande Punto engine?

puntofan01 said:

Could the 1.2 in those very late model mk2bs' possibly be the 65bhp Grande Punto engine?

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mhm

Just an idea, lol!

puntofan01 said:

Could the 1.2 in those very late model mk2bs' possibly be the 65bhp Grande Punto engine?

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Does look a lot like the grande set up and they did carry on making the mk2b up till 2012 in non uk markets so it stands to reason. They would just fit what ever was coming out of the engine plant

Mind you though, the electrics on the right hand side of the engine look different to those on my 1.4 8v. Surely they'd be the same if it was a Grande Punto 1.2 8v engine in there?

puntofan01 said:

Mind you though, the electrics on the right hand side of the engine look different to those on my 1.4 8v. Surely they'd be the same if it was a Grande Punto 1.2 8v engine in there?

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Different car older canbus system so though they may fit the same engine and ancillaries the electronics are likely to differ

I see!

I recently had to get a new cam cover gasket for my MK2b 8v and it is the same as the GP 8v engine, not the MK2 / MK2b.

nitramtpr said:

That is like the engine in mine, a bog standard 1.2 8V Active, first registered at the end of March 06.
Here are some pics:













Excuse the oil! New rocker cover gasket is on its way.

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This is why we encourage people to use the forum's image hosting

Ah yes, good old photobucket I'm in the process of moving my pictures to flickr as I have a pro account with them. I'll put up the right pics sometime today...

Edit...pictures of my '06 MK2b with the GP 1.2 8v engine.





Engine plate:



Don't know if this is relevant:



And this is from Eper:



Adding this from my other thread...

'One thing, item 4 on the picture on the left is an O-Ring, it shows as being separate but on the gasket I got from my local official Fiat dealers it is built into the gasket and not a separate part.
Also you'd like to think that a cam cover with 6 bolts holding it down would make a better seal than the earlier engines with only 4 bolts holding it down, doesn't seem to be the case though.
The gasket I removed was pretty hard, still flexible and not cracking but no give in it, the new gasket was spongier so should give a better seal.'

still dont know if this 1.2 8v grande engine in mk2b is interference or not

Is the Grande engine interference? If it isn't then I'm gonna go with the one in the MK2b isn't either.