Fiat Punto engine smoking excessively

Car: Fiat Punto
Variant: 1242 petrol
Model Year: 1998
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
will replacing of piston rings sort the problem
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 (14 years ago)
It depends where the oil is getting into the cylinders, do a compression test to locate the problem as it could be a number of things
Posted Jan 29, 2010 (14 years ago)
Is it blue smoke or white smoke ?
Posted Jan 29, 2010 (14 years ago)
It is white smoke
Posted Jan 30, 2010 (14 years ago)
White smoke indicates head gasket .
Posted Apr 5, 2010 (14 years ago)

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