Technical URGENT - Newly purchased sporting 135 multiair making strange ticking sound

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Technical URGENT - Newly purchased sporting 135 multiair making strange ticking sound

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Hi everyone

I have just purchased a Punto Evo 135 MultiAir (few days ago) which I absolutely love(ed)!

I have covered about 150 miles in it mostly spent on the motorway and really have been thrilled by it

However when pulling onto my drive tonight with the windows down I noticed a strange vibrating / ticking sound. The sound is almost absent when driving in gear but when revving even at low revs in neutral very noticeable from outside the car.

I have done a bit of scouting around and found this YouTube video which sounds exactly like mine (Cant post links yet so paste into browser after the .com

/watch?v=6iYMHwa98aw

Car was serviced and given a 12 month MoT as part of the deal, I was also given a VERY good deal for my car as part ex despite a dent in the drivers wing which thinking about it now makes me a bit suspect maybe
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Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated!
 
Hello,

Sound not good :( But havent and idea what it can be.

Oil level correct I presume ?

Checked the oil level and all is fine, no warning lights either (n)

Going to contact the dealer in the morning but could do with a rough idea of what it is / how bad it is (hardly any knowledge of cars / engines at all!). Really dont want to get fobbed off or have a shoddy repair for it to fail a few months down the line :cry::bang:
 
It is too hard to say on a vid.
In real kife it is already not easy.

You need a pro. It can be inside engine or an accessory.

Keep us informed, thx
 
How many miles in total on the engine? and what year model is it?

Do you feel it is lacking power, excessivly rough or poor MPG?

Get a compression test on it. if it is a 2010 model then it could be the first sign of Multiair unit failure.
 
Get a compression test on it. if it is a 2010 model then it could be the first sign of Multiair unit failure.


it's under full warranty let them deal with it, ;)

TBH the OP / Owner may not want to tell the dealer waht the fault is.. then it is 100% down to thenm to fix it properly.. not just follow your "instructions",

Charlie
 
How many miles in total on the engine? and what year model is it?

Do you feel it is lacking power, excessivly rough or poor MPG?

Get a compression test on it. if it is a 2010 model then it could be the first sign of Multiair unit failure.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Engine has 37,500 miles on it and its a 60 plate (late 2010) model. Doesn't seem to be lacking power but it's hard to tell having driven a diesel for the last 4 years, anything would seem refined compared to the old VAG 1.9 I had :rolleyes:

MPG isn't to bad either, got 47mpg on the way home with a mix of A roads and some town driving :)

Just come back from the garage now who couldn't find a trace of any error code logged, just a traction control slip error or something showing that the traction control had kicked in. Would that normally cause a check engine warning? My old Ibiza just used to flash the traction control light until it regained grip.

The technician that looked at it said he thinks it is a bit of metal or something in the catalytic converter bouncing around. Was going to take it off today and have a look for me but have a doctors appointment at 17:15 that I absolutely couldn't miss (n)

Said its absolutely fine to continue driving around until Monday when it's going back.

Seem like quite an honest / decent garage. There was no pressure when I was buying the car at all and the sales guy was friendly but to be fair these days it's difficult to tell.

My problem is I don't have much mechanical knowledge at all! The multiair system sounds like an expensive part :( are there any other symptoms that might rule it in or out?

Many thanks again everyone!
 
Ha thank you for the feedback ! It is not as worst as it sound, good new :)

Effectively, if you have good MPG and no lack of power, engine should be ok, at least not multair unit issue.

Strange thing, second question is from what the metal piece come from ?

Right, your garage seems quite honnest, good thing too.

Keep us informed :)
 
Hi

I also own the exact same vehicle (60 Plate), I have owned the vehicle from new and covered just over 25k in it.

The same noise is present when the the engine is given rev when stationary (when the revs drop back off) its 100% the same noise albeit slightly less noticeable than in your video (but thats taken under the bonnet). The noise has been ongoing for as long as I can remember (I dare say it may have been there from new) it does seem slightly more prominent when cold.

I am fairly certain there is nothing to worry about, its surely just the alternator de-loading, I am under the impression its to do with the cars having a blow of valve and the revs dropping quickly (is this possible?). You will never hear this noise when in gear, ever.
 
Hi

I also own the exact same vehicle (60 Plate), I have owned the vehicle from new and covered just over 25k in it.

The same noise is present when the the engine is given rev when stationary (when the revs drop back off) its 100% the same noise albeit slightly less noticeable than in your video (but thats taken under the bonnet). The noise has been ongoing for as long as I can remember (I dare say it may have been there from new) it does seem slightly more prominent when cold.

I am fairly certain there is nothing to worry about, its surely just the alternator de-loading, I am under the impression its to do with the cars having a blow of valve and the revs dropping quickly (is this possible?). You will never hear this noise when in gear, ever.

I don't think its a normal noise. Sounds way to rough for the engine to be designed to make that noise plus my neighbors Moto 135 multi air makes nothing like it.

If the garage isn't sure about it I think I will take it to the local fiat garage and get their opinion on things. If it can't be fixed there is always SOGA to fall back upon :)

Seem like a decent garage though so hopefully can be fixed and it won't come to that, no way is it a normal noise though
 
Hi there, I have a 60 plate evo sporting too which I bought 6 months ago and makes exactly the same noise. I took it to the fiat dealership not long after I bought and they weren't very helpful, I didn't get a straight answer in the end so I just left it. My car performs fine and I'm getting up to 33mpg out of it as I only ever drive it about town. It's just rather annoying that ticking sound because when you give it some revs it makes the car sound like a heap of junk when you would generally expect a nice clean rev. Would be nice to pin point exactly what it is!!!
 
Hi there, I have a 60 plate evo sporting too which I bought 6 months ago and makes exactly the same noise. I took it to the fiat dealership not long after I bought and they weren't very helpful, I didn't get a straight answer in the end so I just left it. My car performs fine and I'm getting up to 33mpg out of it as I only ever drive it about town. It's just rather annoying that ticking sound because when you give it some revs it makes the car sound like a heap of junk when you would generally expect a nice clean rev. Would be nice to pin point exactly what it is!!!

Hi, ill let you know what the garage say tomorrow. What ever is causing the noise it isnt normal (n). Seems like there could be quite a few different reasons for it with varying severity.

My local Fiat garage are excellent, really helped out my one friend when his grande punto was having problems, turned out to be a simple fix which cost him about £20 for the part and didn't even charge him the labour as it was a 5 minute fix! This was after another garage said it was going to cost around £1.5k to fix!

The noise really shouldn't be happening on a 3 year old car. Hope it's fixable or I will be rejecting the car under SOGA :(
 
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If they have access to the car for a couple of hours and use of ramp,
they should be able to rule-out a LOT of stuff and get a general location of the noise.

if it's in the head /area it MAY need more investigation, but you can use a tube as a "stethoscope" to pin point MOST noises,

do let us know what they find,
and the quote..!!

Charlie
 
Hi, ill let you know what the garage say tomorrow. What ever is causing the noise it isnt normal (n). Seems like there could be quite a few different reasons for it with varying severity.

My local Fiat garage are excellent, really helped out my one friend when his grande punto was having problems, turned out to be a simple fix which cost him about £20 for the part and didn't even charge him the labour as it was a 5 minute fix! This was after another garage said it was going to cost around £1.5k to fix!

The noise really shouldn't be happening on a 3 year old car. Hope it's fixable or I will be rejecting the car under SOGA :(


Thanks, that would be very helpful, my fiat dealership are absolutely terrible. When I took it in still under factory warranty and dealership warranty from when I bought it they were saying they'll have to get it up on the ramp and have a look, I thought fair enough that's fine, but then when she said it'll cost 70 quid I thought no thanks. I have had a few queries with my car but it seems a wasted effort taking it in as they have no desire to help me out. But we'll see what they say about yours and hopefully they'll find an easy solution! Cheers
 
Btw my evo got 6k kilometres and sounds like this too....
I think it has to do with the multiair unit but not as a problem ,just this is the wa
y it sounds
 
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