Hi There. I'm new to the forum and have just purchased a mk1 55s punto. Everything is mint except when I bought it, it nearly overheated driving home - the rad was basically empty which makes me think the previous owner maybe hasn't looked after the engine very well. I have filled it up with water and a bit of antifreeze and there are no leaks of cracks in the hosing.
Also, on checking the oil, there didn't seem to be any on the dipstick at all. I put in near-enough a litre, let it settle, and checked again and it looks either still empty or diluted (there was a watery-oily smear 1/2" up the dipstick). I'm new to car maintanence and wondered if an oil and radiator fluid change would be benificial. I have a haynes manual and it looks within my capabities. if I were to change the oil, do I fill it up with trial and error, and keep checking the level, or do I fill it to the maximum volume as stated in Haynes?
Everything else seems good, except a knocking (which I presume is the exhaust) that I will investigate after the snow melts!!
Is there any other checks I should be doing? Sorry, again, I'm not used to doing maintenence properly, I botched my exhaust system back on with wire on my last car (and other botches you don't even want to hear!) and I'm wanting to look after this one!!
Thanks in advance, Adam
Also, on checking the oil, there didn't seem to be any on the dipstick at all. I put in near-enough a litre, let it settle, and checked again and it looks either still empty or diluted (there was a watery-oily smear 1/2" up the dipstick). I'm new to car maintanence and wondered if an oil and radiator fluid change would be benificial. I have a haynes manual and it looks within my capabities. if I were to change the oil, do I fill it up with trial and error, and keep checking the level, or do I fill it to the maximum volume as stated in Haynes?
Everything else seems good, except a knocking (which I presume is the exhaust) that I will investigate after the snow melts!!
Is there any other checks I should be doing? Sorry, again, I'm not used to doing maintenence properly, I botched my exhaust system back on with wire on my last car (and other botches you don't even want to hear!) and I'm wanting to look after this one!!
Thanks in advance, Adam