Technical stilo 1.6 engine noisy

[stilo_toy]

Hi folks,
Do any of you drive a Stilo 1.6 petrol and if so does your engine make a loud tappet noise especially when cold. I had the noise checked by the Fiat garage I bought the car off and they tell me this is perfectly normal and the engine is fine.
I am not sure if they are pulling a fast one or is this true? Would appreciate your comments.

Thanks
stilo_toy

 

[StiloSport]

Yup, mine does this but only untill the temp gauge needle gets up to the first white line. Maybe the 1.6's need thicker oil?

 

[Bo~Select@]

Yeah mine too ... runs shweeet after a few mins

 

[T14086]

I had the noise checked by the Fiat garage I bought the car off and they tell me this is perfectly normal and the engine is fine.
I am not sure if they are pulling a fast one or is this true?

Not all Fiat garages/dealers are liars

 

[euan]

I've got the 1.8 petrol. People who get rides in the car ask me why I bought a diesel and if it gets good mileage.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

I have 1.2 thats noisy, sometimes up to a quarterof the way up the gauge, then it just stops- no fade, just stops.

Didnt notice it when new, but was serviced ok and dealer found nothing wrong

 

[paulmacs]

Yeah my old 1.6 Stilo did this every morning for a few secs then it ran quietly. My 1.6 Bravo before it did just the same. Its just the engine. Tappets filling with oil is what i was told?!

 

[SLOVAC]

Yeah my old 1.6 Stilo did this every morning for a few secs then it ran quietly. My 1.6 Bravo before it did just the same. Its just the engine. Tappets filling with oil is what i was told?!

Something like that... Non-synthetic oil is more viscous when cold, and only really starts lubricating when it heats up a bit. The noise should go away completely if you change to fully synthetic oil.

 

[apsbasketcase]

Our 1.6 had covered 24,000 miles and on starting sounded like the cam and pistons were going to jump out of the engine. Visits to the Fiat dealer was as much good as a condom machine in the vatican. After contacting Fiat HQ and subsequent investigations it turns out the bores were machined out too large at the factory and screwed the pistons.

Result:
New engine!!!!!!!

Paid for under warranty

Ash and Dawn

 

[SLOVAC]

New engine Hope this isn't the case for Stilo_toy....

 

[choppertoo]

To be fair mine's noisy as well especially at start up ..... sometimes it quietens down when warm ... some times it's just a noisy warm ... doesn't seem to have any problem with performance and I kind of like the rorty noise of the engine ... the only really issue is that I find the idle quite lumpy - you can feel it when the car is stationary ... I was used to this coming from a diesel ... but I expected a 1.6 petrol to be considerably smoother... coming up for the second service now at 15,000 miles ... so hopefully an oil change will make a difference ...

 

[stilo_toy]

Please don't mention new engine lt makes me feel ill.... :yuck: :yuck:

 

[Deckchair5]

I like the sound of the 1.6. Sounds like a diesel starting up, has as good mpg as the diesels by the sounds of the oil heads JTD thread 38-45mpg but it smells nicer cos it's a petrol.

Type of oil you use does make a difference to engine start up noise