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I recently had a shock, my oil warning light came on so I topped up with oil. 50 miles later the same thing happened again. On lifting the bonnet I discovered my coolant tank overflowing with "Chocolate Milkshake". The garage diagnosed it as either a Head gasket or a cracked cylinder head. After a...

Syptoms: Oil pressure is fine at start-up. After 3-5 minutes, it drops to about 1/4 the normal pressure at road speeds (maintains enough pressure at idle to keep the light off, but doesn't register much on the gauge. The engine had a recent overhaul (probably <5000 miles ago). Yep, dropped the...

Does £550 sounds excessive for discs + pads all round (genuine alfa part) on a 2002 156 JTS 2.0? Is there a cheaper alternative make which will still stop the car as efficiently and which I might convince my alfa garage (Edinburgh Georgie Rd, Arnold Clark) to fit?

Leer gas unstabil any help regards Lop

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Hi all. Had major problems with 156 2.5 v6 over the summer with loss of acceleration. Has had vaious air inlet hoses replaced to no avail. Finally had cat replaced and now running well but engine noise is different - more high pitched and less throaty - already spent huge wad of cash on it but...

Dear all, Perhaps someone can help me with the folowing issue. Recently I have begun to notice erratic acceleration in my Alfa 146 TS (1997 build). This mostly upon moving away in 1st and into 2nd gear. After the engine has warmed up, it does not tend to happen. This week I also noticed the fuel...

The rear windows on my alfa do not seem to work. Power is getting there because they click when switches are pressed. Child safety lock seems to work as this stops the click sound when switched on, any help would be much appreciated.

All 156 JTD 20v multijet Could someone give me a quick walkthrough of how to change the parking light bulb in the front passenger side (LH if you're not in the UK) cheers

Hi, My 166 has just completed 50K Miles and I noticed a few weeks ago that when I start off and excelerate the car power delivery stutters, once I am at cruising speed it seems fine. Today I jumped in the car and the symptoms were much worse, the car was really lumpy and was even giving blow...

I am looking for a rust free 72-74 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV. Interior and mechanical condition are not much of a consideration. Thank you Michael

156 2.0TS,2002,85k Bought in May, has been in the garage in Aug for a piston & a camshaft and again in Sept for a valve. It has just been towed home again after the engine failed on the motorway, engine light on, car juddering, clouds of smoke and all the oil gone (it was topped up to full...

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If you have a very, vey good memory, you may recall me posting details of a cambelt failure on a 156GTA. This happened last September (2005), well within the required service interval, oil all OK etc etc, car having suffered a compression failure a few weeks before which I got a main dealer to...

All Anyone any experience of ECU remaps on the 2.4 JTD mjet? Theres some impressive BHP & torque figures being quoted with these upgrades. Wondered if anyone had actually been down this route, their comments and recommendations or otherwise as regarding a performance gains and suppliers.

Hey all, There's a '95 Spyder on offer here in Dubai for about $4500. Never have owned an AR before. In fact, my only car is a Merc C240. I was looking for an inexpensive sports-type car and this probably fits the bill in terms of money. If anyone's owned a similar car of a comparable vintage,...

My 147 1.6TS is now out of warranty. As the local Alfa Dealer has closed can anyone advise on a substitute for the Selena 2000 oil Alfa recommend, as it is not so easy to get hold of now. I have been told that Castrol GTX 10w-40w is a suitable alternative. -- Paul Woodsford Remove NOSPAM to...

From Auto Express, the SMMT new car sales figures for January to September 2006 compared to last year's - Fiat up 64% (Punto, I guess) but Alfa down 23%! Ouch. To put the Alfa percentages into an interestingly worrying context, the official/unofficial dealer network of the defunct MG...

My battery died the other day, requiring a jump start from my neighbour. This also reset the CD player - and it has been asking for the security code. I found this last night, and tried to enter it this morning. However, all I get now is -- -- -- -- and it wont let me put the code in. Overthe last...

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