Technical HELP smoke/oil/overheating

[THELASTBULL3T]

Punto mk2sport

 

[614cooker]

Sounds like your head gaskets gone mate

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Punto mk2sport

Less than 10 words and you expect people to help?

Help yourself first and write a proper post explaining whats happening enabling people to assist

 

[homeward]

Less than 10 words and you expect people to help?

Help yourself first and write a proper post explaining whats happening enabling people to assist

We've had a lot of this, recently, in this section. Makes you wonder what the OP is actually asking/trying to achieve....

 

[THELASTBULL3T]

Basically yesterday i was gonna go for a drive and it started to make like an insane ticking noise so i pulled over and popped the hood and then **** loads of white smoke can from under the airbox so i panicked and looked at the oil and it supposedly didnt have any at all so i let it cool down and nursed it to the closest garage at about 20 mph... put three 750 ml of 10-40 part synthetic and spilled a little by accident.. so later i took it out and it seemed fine... but after 4-5 miles i stopped and therr was smoke coming from the wheel arches every crevis of the hood.... but people said that was the oil burning/evaporating ... so got it home... no leaks... no oil patches or anything under the car after being sat 12 hours...

But the problem.was today ... it was fine then car overheated badly ... checked the oil... fine... then checked the coolent and there was none....so i topped that up too but it only took about... 500 ml then it was full again which i didnt think was right at all... so... if any of you taleneted people could prescribe a fix... or tell me whats possibly wrong i would appriciate it a ton... please and thankyou in advance..

 

[atom0007]

when was the time before this that you checked the levels?

 

[THELASTBULL3T]

About 2 weeks ago

 

[Brendan W]

So in two weeks it lost more than two liters of oil and 500ml of coolant and is overheating. It sounds very much like the head gasket has gone.
I would expect that there should have been a lot of smoke out the back in the run up to this and as it takes about three litres to fill the sump it's possible that the motor is damaged from lack of oil. Can't see it running on one litre.
I would be inclined to do a compression check to confirm the headgasket is gone but before going down that road drop the oil looking for silvery bits, cut open the filter looking for more and remove the sump to check the main bearings etc.
Is the coolant contaminated with oil or sludgy scum?

 

[fingers99]

:yeahthat:

The ticking noise suggests something really nasty has happened to the engine (metal on metal, general carnage).

Do the stuff above as a sort of penance cum forensic investigation, or skip to the chase and source another engine.

You killed it!

 

[614cooker]

If you have ran the sump dry you have how can I put this nicely naked the bearings on the bottom end (dried them out), you could try replacing them this might solve the ticking noise all you need to do is take the sump off unbolt the pistons from the crank shaft then replaced the bearings and put it back all back together just remember the right torq settings. This should resolve the knocking and its cheap for the bearings usually around £20.

Only problem is this will not resolve the original problem oil and coolant burning, afraid that could be three things, cracked head, oil seal in tappets or head gasket,which will need replacing, if you decide to replace the headgasket get the head skimmed and pressure tested usually costs around £40 and dont forget to buy a Haynes manual to make the job easier.

 

[fingers99]

But if the sump has run that dry, it's unlikely to be just the big ends and mains.

 

[Brendan W]

With my extremely optimistic hat on the 'insane ticking' could have been the top end starved. Bottom end more a knock, then one man's tick is another's knock. Joys of internet diagnosis. No mention of whether the oil pressure lamp came on.
Lucky wouldn't come close if this were the case........
Could we organise a sound library so folks could pick No. 7 or whatever best matched

 

[fingers99]

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[614cooker]

Probably better just to buy a second hand engine, there is one on ebay that has 56k and I'm my memory's right it's 100 quid. If you know what you r doing then it's a cheap fix then sell your engine to a scrap yard maybe get around 20-30 quid back

 

[oldhammer]

Best to buy a Mot failer punto off gumtree etc
and swap lump over & keep parts for a rainy day.

engines are cheap on ebay but can you hear them running before you buy?