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The engine has a flat spot at 5000rpm Also, when I put my foot flat down the car accelerates well, but when I lift off a bit it accelerates harder. Any ideas?

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Evening, I have a 2001 166 2 litre T Spark, under 70,000 miles, regular service by Alfa dealer. Last Saturday con rod blew through sump unit. ENGINE WRITTEN OFF. No problems until this happened. Any one else had this problem.Feed back welcome

Hi I've recently had to come to terms with having to replace the exhaust on my 1998 156 v6 and I've opted to go with a Cybox stainless/s box. While I've got my wallet open, does anyone have any other worthwhile (and constructive) recommendations to improve the overall performance of the car....

Hi I'm looking for 1 Zender Siena 8 x 18" Wheel to complete a set for my Alfa 166. bolt measure is 5 x 108. Anyone out there who can help ? Thanks in advance Regards

The foam in my driver's seat is pretty much shot, although the fabric is still almost perfect. I'm sort of assuming that having new foam cut for it is a bit of a specialist job, *if* I can find anyone who'll do it for me. However, looking around ebay, there's loads of more recent cars...

Living in Kirkcaldy (KY2) and I need a 48k mile service for my 2002 156 2.0 JTS. It is now out of warranty, so don't need a genuine Alfa garage, but I want a decent (reliable) garage to service it. There is an Arnold Clark Fiat/Alfa garage just along the road from me, but they don't seem very...

I've been trying to sell my Alfa 156 Sportwagon for a few weeks now and am really struggling. I've never struggled to sell cars in the past and I wondered if anyone here has had problems trying to sell a second hand Alfa? The car is a 156 Sportwagon 1.6 TS Lusso 2002 with a full service history...

on take off,i feel a vibration from the rear which levels out,however no visible explanation,...is it time to replace my rear end,u-joints,or my rear passenger tire? help me please...

Hi, I have a problem with my 1999 156 TS that my cooling fan is always on. I have replaced the switch and relay with new but the fan is always on. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be?

My 2000 2.5 V6 156 (56000 miles) has a missfire. It is worse when cold and 'pops' through the intake on acceleration and will not rev past 5000 rpm hot or cold. The engine management light is not on and there are no errors logged. We have changed the plugs and tried a replacement coil pack (one...

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Did you have a spare 75 door handle in your garage? Only I'm trying to bodge mine with chemical metal filler so I can get the car MOTd. If Catman hasn't, does anyone else have one? -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 -...

Hi, Was just wondering if anyone has been to the Alfa experience days being held in the UK, http://www.alfaromeoexperience.co.uk. I wanted to hear what it was like, choice of cars, format of the event, as I am thinking of signing up. Thanks

It appears that the founder of the site has gone AWOL and hasn't renewed the subscription for the domain. Is there any interest in me picking up the ropes on my italiancar domain? - I'm pretty sure it's straightforward for me to set up a PHP(?) forum, so I'm willing to give it a go if anyone still...

Hi Chris, emailed re webpage enquiry from UKIP. See my second post. Footer got chopped from the first. Pete -- > 156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso

Please please help. I recently bought my 1999 2 litre 156 and I have this annoying low frequency tone / whine seemingly coming from the drivers side window vent. This only happens when the engine is hot and more than 1500 rpm. But the tone is a constant pitch it does not increase with engine...

I have just got my new GT 3.2 and after two years with a 147 GTA I now find the GT a bit lacking in the performance department, I knew that it was slightly detuned from the GTA, but not by that much. Also the sound is not as good as the GTA. Maybe is because the car as only done 3000 miles and...

Here in NY anything over 25years old gets waived by the exhaust sniffer. Anyone know of a resource, web or otherwise, for Euro-izing a US-spec, 2000 Spider - figure 1976 to 1981? ....And are the results beneficial and salutary? TIA