Hi folks,
I bought a 2011 Fiat Panda Active 1.2 earlier this month, the previous owner died a couple of years ago so the car had been sitting unused since at least Feb 2021 (MOTs show a change in the mileage of about 20 miles between the fail in Feb 2021 and it passing in July 2022). Tank was empty so I put in a half tank of unleaded and drove it the 60 miles home.
Aside from the low brake fluid light coming on, which I'm assuming will be from worn pads as the brake fluid is full, the car ran great. I did another 2 or 3 small trips of about 16-20 miles each total and on the last trip, the fuel management light came on and it started misfiring whilst driving about 10 minutes after leaving home. The only thing I did differently that day was open the bonnet and let the water out of the rubber traps under the windscreen as there was lots of condensation in the car on the drive home after buying it and I had noticed the carpet in the front foot wells was damp.
The misfire is constant, rougher at idle/low speeds than when driving at 30+ mph. I bought an OBD2 bluetooth scanner from ebay but turned out to be useless so returned that and bought one from Euro Car Parts. I plugged in the EuroCarParts one and was attempting to get codes out of it using the Car Scanner app on iOS, initially just with the ignition on then I started the engine for about five minutes before I noticed white smoke now coming out from under the bonnet (new symptom!) so I stopped the car and took a look. Seems to be coming from under the air intake. I sent a video of this to a mate who used to work in a garage and he's wondering if it could be a shorted wire under the air intake so going to take it off today to take a look.
But questions I have are:
Has anyone used the following OBD2 scanner on this type of panda and if so, what app did you use with it? I found Car Scanner to be unintuitive and difficult to locate how to get the current error codes. The smoke starts as soon as I turn on the ignition so I'm wary of trying again with the scanner when I don't know if I'm potentially going to cause more damage.
I've attached a screenshot of the smoke from the video I took, anyone got any suggestions of what to look for? I've got some basic tools but I don't have items such as a torque wrench or locking tool for the timing belt if I end up needing to replace the head gasket. I've also not got anyone I can ask for help and I'm low on funds so would ideally like to try to resolve this myself to save cash.
Potential culprits I'm guessing it could be: head gasket, blocked fuel injector, spark plugs/cables/coils, wire burnt out, could the exhaust/cat/lambda sensors cause misfire issues?
I bought a 2011 Fiat Panda Active 1.2 earlier this month, the previous owner died a couple of years ago so the car had been sitting unused since at least Feb 2021 (MOTs show a change in the mileage of about 20 miles between the fail in Feb 2021 and it passing in July 2022). Tank was empty so I put in a half tank of unleaded and drove it the 60 miles home.
Aside from the low brake fluid light coming on, which I'm assuming will be from worn pads as the brake fluid is full, the car ran great. I did another 2 or 3 small trips of about 16-20 miles each total and on the last trip, the fuel management light came on and it started misfiring whilst driving about 10 minutes after leaving home. The only thing I did differently that day was open the bonnet and let the water out of the rubber traps under the windscreen as there was lots of condensation in the car on the drive home after buying it and I had noticed the carpet in the front foot wells was damp.
The misfire is constant, rougher at idle/low speeds than when driving at 30+ mph. I bought an OBD2 bluetooth scanner from ebay but turned out to be useless so returned that and bought one from Euro Car Parts. I plugged in the EuroCarParts one and was attempting to get codes out of it using the Car Scanner app on iOS, initially just with the ignition on then I started the engine for about five minutes before I noticed white smoke now coming out from under the bonnet (new symptom!) so I stopped the car and took a look. Seems to be coming from under the air intake. I sent a video of this to a mate who used to work in a garage and he's wondering if it could be a shorted wire under the air intake so going to take it off today to take a look.
But questions I have are:
Has anyone used the following OBD2 scanner on this type of panda and if so, what app did you use with it? I found Car Scanner to be unintuitive and difficult to locate how to get the current error codes. The smoke starts as soon as I turn on the ignition so I'm wary of trying again with the scanner when I don't know if I'm potentially going to cause more damage.
I've attached a screenshot of the smoke from the video I took, anyone got any suggestions of what to look for? I've got some basic tools but I don't have items such as a torque wrench or locking tool for the timing belt if I end up needing to replace the head gasket. I've also not got anyone I can ask for help and I'm low on funds so would ideally like to try to resolve this myself to save cash.
Potential culprits I'm guessing it could be: head gasket, blocked fuel injector, spark plugs/cables/coils, wire burnt out, could the exhaust/cat/lambda sensors cause misfire issues?