Hi Everyone.
My 1.9 Grande Punto died on me last Friday and what a shock!
Luckily it happened outside my house.
Just want to know if anyone else has had this??
Pulling away in 1st gear the car lost all power, followed soon by white smoke. Luckily i coasted the car back to my house but when i turned the key the engine carried on revving and it just went out of control. Luckily managed to stall the engine after a while, however in that time everything around it got covered in oil and I had never seen so much white smoke appear from an exhaust.
Apparantly this is known in turbo diesel cars/vans? (is this true???)
I hope it all gets sorted just want some advice weather the engine will still be ok, or i should ask Fiat to check other parts? They say they have ordered a new turbo and exhaust.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
My 1.9 Grande Punto died on me last Friday and what a shock!
Luckily it happened outside my house.
Just want to know if anyone else has had this??
Pulling away in 1st gear the car lost all power, followed soon by white smoke. Luckily i coasted the car back to my house but when i turned the key the engine carried on revving and it just went out of control. Luckily managed to stall the engine after a while, however in that time everything around it got covered in oil and I had never seen so much white smoke appear from an exhaust.
Apparantly this is known in turbo diesel cars/vans? (is this true???)
I hope it all gets sorted just want some advice weather the engine will still be ok, or i should ask Fiat to check other parts? They say they have ordered a new turbo and exhaust.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.