Hello

Sorry this is my first post on here.

I was just about to order some stuff from euro car parts. Put my reg in and my punto sporting reg is coming up as an 8v.

I am in a panic now because i only bought the car monday

Please help
Thanks Lucie

Loops25 said:

Hello

Sorry this is my first post on here.

I was just about to order some stuff from euro car parts. Put my reg in and my punto sporting reg is coming up as an 8v.

I am in a panic now because i only bought the car monday

Please help
Thanks Lucie

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maybe insurance write off, sorted it out and stuck some dodgy plates on it, as it nearly happened to me before i ran a check on it

What makes you think it is a 16v? Was it advertised as one or does the log book say 16v?

smokeyjoe03 said:

What makes you think it is a 16v? Was it advertised as one or does the log book say 16v?

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yeh, take on under the bonnet pic and we will tell you whether you have a 16v or 8v

Thanks for the replies

I did a HPI on the car before I purchased it and all was clear.

The reason I think it's a 16V is because it's a Punto Sporting ... and they are 16V ... it has the usual spec, 6 gears, even says it on the air filter housing

Anywhere else I can check this? as I haven't had the log book back yet as I only bought the car Monday and she is sending it off.

Is it a Mk2? If so and it's an 'Active Sport' then it's 8v

It's a 2001 Mk2 ... but it's a Sporting, not an Active Sport ... I hope

Loops25 said:

It's a 2001 Mk2 ... but it's a Sporting, not an Active Sport ... I hope

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Pics will help us confirm

if it has a retangular airbox that says fiat 16v that you can see the air pipe coming out the right hand side then it is 16v

But she says it says 16v on the airbox. It must be! Unless some chav previous owner got a bit carried away with those £1 chrome letters from Halfords

karbineftw said:

But she says it says 16v on the airbox.

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Where it say that?

Eklipze3k said:

Where it say that?

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Thanks again for the quick replies

I have just checked the VIN plate under the bonnet and in the drivers floor against a document that came with the car (all in Italian mind) think it's the one you get when the car is brand new? and they match up fine.

Yes it does say 16V on the air filter box, and it's square, but sure the hose comes out the left when looking at it from the front of the car

Could it just be Europarts have it wrong? maybe there's somewhere else I can check? everywhere I've looked just says 1.2 ... no mention of the valves

i presume you have it insured. look on the documents it should have it on there.

or get a quote from one of them sites confused etc... when you enter the vehicle it should also come up there

Tbh it probably just defaults to it as 8v as it's a smaller number than 16v, any search by reg number will only reveal the engine capacity afaik so it will just take the first result in the database which will be 8v. If you are certain it's 16v just search for the relevant parts on ECP, otherwise post pics of the engine bay for us to clarify

B3NN377 said:

i presume you have it insured. look on the documents it should have it on there.

or get a quote from one of them sites confused etc... when you enter the vehicle it should also come up there

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I do have it insured yes ... although only over the phone and am still waiting for the paperwork to come through.

I've done the Confused.com quote thing, it just comes up as a 1.2 Punto ... no mention of valves ... tried other insurers too :bang:

do you have a round or square oil filler cap?

dave said:

do you have a round or square oil filler cap?

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It's round (well, with little notches)

its 16v then

Loops25 said:

It's round (well, with little notches)

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16v