Hello All,

This forum seems excellent - i have just bought a 2002 Punto Sporting Speedgear and unfortunately am having some problems 1 day after purchase from private seller, one of which is erratic idling which didn't happen on 40miles return trip from purchase, but the next trip out and it is very jumpey when ticking over - guessingtry sparks, ht leads, coil packs from my readings on other threads.

I am just wondering at the moment if i should expect a whining or whiring noise from an engine component when it is in full ignition or MAR level but not yet had the engine started. The component making the noise is located to the right of the main engine cover, it has two cable looms going into the top of it - can anyone tell me what it is?

Then can anyone tell me if it should make a constant fairly high pitched noise which after a couple of minutes changes to a higher pitch followed by a clicking noise before returning to the previous sound. All this occures before the engine is started.

Is this normal?

Thanks in advance

Update on this problem from some time ago. Don't know what the whining noise is - but fixed the jumpey car with new plugs and Leads.