My dealer is Fiat Shrewsbury - TJ Vickers. The car was originally from Scunthorpe, however, you cant go by where its from as they ship all around the country and Europe for that matter.
The engine numbers dont supprise me as this engine goes in lots of cars:-
Alfa 159, GT, 147.
Fiat Stilo, Bravo (new), Croma, punto, multipla, sedici
Vauxhall Corsa, Vectra, Astra, Signum
These are the ones I know about, possibly 1000s of engines?????
To answer earlier questions. My engine is producing the same smoke problem as the two videos on Youtube. Iam not loosing oil, as you only need a few drops to give you smoke. I have also followed the car on my motorbike (faster than the Stilo - shameful I know) and I watched the cars exhaust. There is no problem with the exhaust emissions at any engine load or speed condition. Its only at start up. And I dont get any engineperformance problems. i.e when its started its running ok. I am happy that my engine is ok at all conditions except start up.
Does anyone have any boost problems? i.e. loss of power pully off from junctions or just driving along?
Sorry but can remember the user name for this question. The knock your hearing when cold is called piston slap. This goes when the engine is warm. Its caused by the running clearance between the piston skirt and the cylinder wall. When the components warm up the clearance decreases and the slap goes away. This is common on diesels but not on petrols - MG Rover have this problem on their 1.8L petrol
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