"Zathras" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:13:03 +0000, Catman
> > wrote:
>
>>On 06/12/2010 22:58, R C Nesbit wrote:
>>> Catman spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>> I will wait until the weather warms up next week (ha!) and
>>>>> then forget about it because it will probably start OK in +C
>>>>> temps
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a plan. Is it cranking at decent speed?
>>>
>>> Yes - Like I said, I think the compression is (eventually)
>>> generating enough heat to aid combustion.
>>>
>>
>>Plugs are cheap enough innit.
>
> The final bill might be more than that. New battery? New starter? I
> wouldn't feel that keen on using an 'Alfa' starter motor to heat up
> the engine too often. The only thing I ever experienced that I felt
> might have been over-engineered on a 156 was the exhaust.

I'll second that on the exhaust - mine is over 9 years old now and somewhere
near 90,000 miles and still going. I had a new flexi-pipe part welded in the
middle 2 years ago and the outer skin on the back silencer has long gone,
but its been like that for nearly 2 years and just keeps on going!