TwoToneTony
New member
Hi all, I've been posting in the Sei forum but this is definitely a general Fiat one I reckon.
My Sei Sporting, 2001 reg MPI, the engine block just wobbles so much I dunno if it's normal. It's overheated once but that was cos the air intake pipe had come out so was my fault but apart from that the thing has never let me down, well in the 5 months I've had it anyway I've no idea if you'd call it knocking or pinging or whatever? I've made a little video (see below). The whole air filter casing jumps up and down as a result, that's what pulled the air intake pipe out I reckon, cos there's some sort of spring which should hold the filter casing to the block which is missing (posted in another thread: https://www.fiatforum.com/cinquecen...-clamp-similar-missing-seicento-sporting.html). Listening to it again and reading some more, maybe it's piston slap. I'm thinking basically the engine is f*cked and is gonna just pack in one day. If that happens, I'll do anything it takes to replace it, because I love this car so much!
I know very little about the mechanics of cars in general but am learning, this is really, strictly speaking my first "own" car, as I only passed my test last year at the grand old age of 38. So I've never really needed to know! But I reckon I've been sold a wrong 'un. It had 40K miles on the clock when I bought it in April 2009, I've only done another 4K since and it's not that I've really thrashed it or anything.
Here's the video http://2atoms.com/sei/eng1.wmv not streaming so you'll have to right-click save as first I think.
The pic shows fairly fresh oil leak shortly before I filled it up yesterday, it did let me fill up most of the sump.
Any advice greatly appreciated, don't skimp on the truth, I can take it!
Cheers, Tone!
My Sei Sporting, 2001 reg MPI, the engine block just wobbles so much I dunno if it's normal. It's overheated once but that was cos the air intake pipe had come out so was my fault but apart from that the thing has never let me down, well in the 5 months I've had it anyway I've no idea if you'd call it knocking or pinging or whatever? I've made a little video (see below). The whole air filter casing jumps up and down as a result, that's what pulled the air intake pipe out I reckon, cos there's some sort of spring which should hold the filter casing to the block which is missing (posted in another thread: https://www.fiatforum.com/cinquecen...-clamp-similar-missing-seicento-sporting.html). Listening to it again and reading some more, maybe it's piston slap. I'm thinking basically the engine is f*cked and is gonna just pack in one day. If that happens, I'll do anything it takes to replace it, because I love this car so much!
I know very little about the mechanics of cars in general but am learning, this is really, strictly speaking my first "own" car, as I only passed my test last year at the grand old age of 38. So I've never really needed to know! But I reckon I've been sold a wrong 'un. It had 40K miles on the clock when I bought it in April 2009, I've only done another 4K since and it's not that I've really thrashed it or anything.
Here's the video http://2atoms.com/sei/eng1.wmv not streaming so you'll have to right-click save as first I think.
The pic shows fairly fresh oil leak shortly before I filled it up yesterday, it did let me fill up most of the sump.
Any advice greatly appreciated, don't skimp on the truth, I can take it!
Cheers, Tone!