Another Punto in Town!! -- Pics on Page 2

Chuchan · 12th July 2009, 18:19

I am Posting on behalf of my friend (who is the owner and tried to register in team-bhp 3 times and was not successful MODs pls help him)

FROM HERE I WILL ALLOW MY FRIEND TO POST

Hi Guys,

Here is a background story.

-On 22'nd June (after reading GTO's Review) after t[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']horough [/FONT]TD by my other friend (we call him rally racer) We booked the Punto "Red, MJD, E+ on 22nd itself

-On TD we were promised the delivery on 15th. But the car was ready on 9th itself, but we went for the delivery on 10th and got the red beauty

-While delivery we thoroughly checked the vehicle for any probs and defects, but everything was fine and we were about to go for the paper work that time, we saw a black oil kind of substance near below the exhaust where our car was parked, then immediately we started the vehicle and reved it, and we noted that there was some kind of dark smoke and watery substance coming out of the exhaust

-We were scared and we showed the vehicle to the sales guy and he called the local service person, in 5 min everbody from the showroom was out, there were around 10 service and sales guys near the car. They couldn't figure out what the problem exactly was and they were giving some replies which were not convinsing.

-After few minutes, sales manager called a person and a guy with a nice punto T-shirt came to the spot. Acutually he came for a meeting with the TATA showroom from FIAT factory

-Then we had some verbal conversation (actually a nice fight) with the FIAT guy and we even told him we are canceling the booking, by this time we have taken enough photos of the situation, we said we will post all these pics on the team-bhp

-Then the FIAT guy told us that this is due to the water jet wash before delivery, these stupid TATA service guys have done something which made the water to enter the exhaust pipe while water wash, and the FIAT guy told us that this is the water and the Diesel exhaust coming out from the engine while we rev the vehicle at a higher rpm

-He also mentioned that we wont face any problem once after all the water has come out of the exhaust pipe

-We were somewhat convised by this and went ahead and took the vehicle, we ran it for around 15-30 minutes, then the problem was solved by the time we reached home

-For the past two days I am on the road with my red beauty and never seen that again

Pics :

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Intial Smoke and leakage which was noticed

Another Punto in Town!! -- Pics on Page 2-smoke_full.jpg

This is after reving the engine few times

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All the Service and sales guys who were starting at the problem

Another Punto in Town!! -- Pics on Page 2-with_fiat_guy.jpg

FIAT guy who convinsed and cleared our doubts

Intial TD before booking, few PD observations and a five hundred km review with some nice pics coming soon.....

A special thanks to team-bhp, GTO for the nice review on GP, Balaji (Rally Racer) and Sudarsanan (Owner of this profile, and my vehicle technical advisor)

csateesh · 12th July 2009, 20:31

Hi

I am not sure how can water enter the exhaust pipe

Interestingly I had a very similar problem ( too much of smoke from the exhaust pipe). We nailed it to a sticky EGR valve problem. This was due to the use of High Speed Diesel from Andhra Pradesh.

Please ensure that there isnt anything serious

Cheers

theragingbull · 12th July 2009, 20:33

whoaa...yet another Punto! Congrats! Red looks great!

Seeler_Rebeiro · 12th July 2009, 20:39

Congrats on buying the Punto. You won't regret the decision.

amoghchaphalkar · 12th July 2009, 20:39

did you check the underside of the car for rusting ?

luky_13 · 12th July 2009, 20:41

Congrats on the red-hot beauty, enjoy the FIAT experience and drive safe.

Vid6639 · 12th July 2009, 22:11

Congrats on the car.

I'm sorry to say but I'm not convinced about the black liquid out of the exhaust. Did you confirm that the liquid is not oil and is only water??

The MJD is turbocharged so there is a very small chance of the oil from the turbo out of the exhaust.

Please get this checked thoroughly.

finneyp · 12th July 2009, 22:13

Congrats pal on the smashing Red Punto!
Enjoy the new ride!

Guys, he has mentioned that he didn't face that issue again & he has driven the car for past 2 days.

rkbharat · 12th July 2009, 22:17

Congrats.

I see this black deposit coming out of exhaust om Carb M800, when I start it after long time.

This should not be ignored

.anshuman · 12th July 2009, 22:31

Nothing to worry about this happens everytime i wash my cars,perfectly normal.

Caramelo · 13th July 2009, 01:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by .anshuman

Nothing to worry about this happens everytime i wash my cars,perfectly normal.

really ?? wow.

anyways congrats mate.

ariendj · 13th July 2009, 08:08

i guess you are settled with the issues related to the how it happened,so can we have some good snaps now!!the red is awesome and al the pics here are barely a teaser!!

Chuchan · 13th July 2009, 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid6639

Congrats on the car.

I'm sorry to say but I'm not convinced about the black liquid out of the exhaust. Did you confirm that the liquid is not oil and is only water??

The MJD is turbocharged so there is a very small chance of the oil from the turbo out of the exhaust.

Please get this checked thoroughly.

Thanks all of you for the replies.

Vid, yes, we did check that we have put our hand near the exhaust, reved and confirmed it is not oil and just water and exhaust air. So we are cool and we dint see that problem after that in the past 2 days.

jp2u · 13th July 2009, 10:33

One more punto to add on in TBHP list, wow this is relly great. Waiting for the detailed review of driving experience with lots of photos of this red beauty.

Palio_2005 · 13th July 2009, 11:02

Looks delicious in red colour. Look forward to a detailed ownership report.

12th July 2009, 18:19	#1
Chuchan BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: KA-01 Posts: 77 Thanked: 15 Times	Another Punto in Town!! -- Pics on Page 2 I am Posting on behalf of my friend (who is the owner and tried to register in team-bhp 3 times and was not successful MODs pls help him) FROM HERE I WILL ALLOW MY FRIEND TO POST Hi Guys, Here is a background story. -On 22'nd June (after reading GTO's Review) after t[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']horough [/FONT]TD by my other friend (we call him rally racer) We booked the Punto "Red, MJD, E+ on 22nd itself -On TD we were promised the delivery on 15th. But the car was ready on 9th itself, but we went for the delivery on 10th and got the red beauty -While delivery we thoroughly checked the vehicle for any probs and defects, but everything was fine and we were about to go for the paper work that time, we saw a black oil kind of substance near below the exhaust where our car was parked, then immediately we started the vehicle and reved it, and we noted that there was some kind of dark smoke and watery substance coming out of the exhaust -We were scared and we showed the vehicle to the sales guy and he called the local service person, in 5 min everbody from the showroom was out, there were around 10 service and sales guys near the car. They couldn't figure out what the problem exactly was and they were giving some replies which were not convinsing. -After few minutes, sales manager called a person and a guy with a nice punto T-shirt came to the spot. Acutually he came for a meeting with the TATA showroom from FIAT factory -Then we had some verbal conversation (actually a nice fight) with the FIAT guy and we even told him we are canceling the booking, by this time we have taken enough photos of the situation, we said we will post all these pics on the team-bhp -Then the FIAT guy told us that this is due to the water jet wash before delivery, these stupid TATA service guys have done something which made the water to enter the exhaust pipe while water wash, and the FIAT guy told us that this is the water and the Diesel exhaust coming out from the engine while we rev the vehicle at a higher rpm -He also mentioned that we wont face any problem once after all the water has come out of the exhaust pipe -We were somewhat convised by this and went ahead and took the vehicle, we ran it for around 15-30 minutes, then the problem was solved by the time we reached home -For the past two days I am on the road with my red beauty and never seen that again Pics : Intial Smoke and leakage which was noticed This is after reving the engine few times All the Service and sales guys who were starting at the problem FIAT guy who convinsed and cleared our doubts Intial TD before booking, few PD observations and a five hundred km review with some nice pics coming soon..... A special thanks to team-bhp, GTO for the nice review on GP, Balaji (Rally Racer) and Sudarsanan (Owner of this profile, and my vehicle technical advisor)
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12th July 2009, 20:31	#2
csateesh BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 551 Thanked: 168 Times View My Garage	Hope it is true Hi I am not sure how can water enter the exhaust pipe Interestingly I had a very similar problem ( too much of smoke from the exhaust pipe). We nailed it to a sticky EGR valve problem. This was due to the use of High Speed Diesel from Andhra Pradesh. Please ensure that there isnt anything serious Cheers
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12th July 2009, 20:33	#3
theragingbull Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,601 Thanked: 646 Times View My Garage	whoaa...yet another Punto! Congrats! Red looks great!
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12th July 2009, 20:39	#4
Seeler_Rebeiro BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 261 Thanked: 82 Times	Congrats on buying the Punto. You won't regret the decision.
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12th July 2009, 20:39	#5
amoghchaphalkar BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 636 Thanked: 703 Times	did you check the underside of the car for rusting ?
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12th July 2009, 20:41	#6
luky_13 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 580 Thanked: 156 Times View My Garage	Congrats on the red-hot beauty, enjoy the FIAT experience and drive safe.
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12th July 2009, 22:11	#7
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,730 Thanked: 43,471 Times View My Garage	Congrats on the car. I'm sorry to say but I'm not convinced about the black liquid out of the exhaust. Did you confirm that the liquid is not oil and is only water?? The MJD is turbocharged so there is a very small chance of the oil from the turbo out of the exhaust. Please get this checked thoroughly.
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12th July 2009, 22:13	#8
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,716 Thanked: 319 Times View My Garage	Congrats pal on the smashing Red Punto! Enjoy the new ride! Guys, he has mentioned that he didn't face that issue again & he has driven the car for past 2 days. Last edited by finneyp : 12th July 2009 at 22:17.
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12th July 2009, 22:17	#9
rkbharat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gurgaon/New Delhi Posts: 1,601 Thanked: 724 Times View My Garage	Congrats. I see this black deposit coming out of exhaust om Carb M800, when I start it after long time. This should not be ignored
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12th July 2009, 22:31	#10
.anshuman Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Good-Gaon Posts: 7,763 Thanked: 11,064 Times View My Garage	Nothing to worry about this happens everytime i wash my cars,perfectly normal.
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13th July 2009, 08:08	#12
ariendj BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 525 Thanked: 156 Times View My Garage	i guess you are settled with the issues related to the how it happened,so can we have some good snaps now!!the red is awesome and al the pics here are barely a teaser!!
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13th July 2009, 10:33	#14
jp2u BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: chennai Posts: 237 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	One more punto to add on in TBHP list, wow this is relly great. Waiting for the detailed review of driving experience with lots of photos of this red beauty.
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13th July 2009, 11:02	#15
Palio_2005 BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 991 Thanked: 878 Times	Looks delicious in red colour. Look forward to a detailed ownership report.
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