"TonyB" > wrote in message
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>
> "R C Nesbit" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The 156[1] has been a nightmare for the past month or more,
>> with a ritual of parking nose in under the car port for the
>> night with the battery charger plugged in, and using a heat
>> gun over the fuel lines and into the air intake, still
>> taking at least 5 or 6 attempts to get it to fire.
>>
>> The past 2 mornings, however, were possibly the coldest
>> it's been so far, and it started first click!
>>
>> Notably the glow plug light seemed to stay on longer, and
>> it ticked over at 1k for a while, whereas previously
>> tickover was below 1k
>>
>> Is it possible that the temp sensor is faulty?
>
> Possibly or maybe the glowplug relay or a connector.
>
> My glow plug light came on as usual then started flashing for a while
> after
> starting. More recently that has cured itself.
>
> I've heard that there are lots of cars having problems that self-cure
> after a while and
> I guess it's the weather. My brother's Nissan turned the radio up when the
> steering wheel
> went to the right and down when it went to the left. That has self-cured
> today.


Well, there we have it..... in my Alfa 156, the front radio speakers tend
to cut out on one side (left or right, take your pick) at random. The fault
is often fixed by the simple expedient of operating the rear window electric
controls (I kid you not). I reckon your brother's Nissan is actually an
Alfa in disguise (a bit like Lada's were actually Fiat 124's).

Dave S.... >) because we're now past the shortest bleeding day. I hate
the winter, bring on the sunshine !


> My canbus light came on but there was no fault, that has also self-cured.
>
> Yours could have been a faulty pump or injector as well, but if it remains
> OK don't worry about it.
> TonyB ( 156 JTDM Veloce 2004 )