Alpha 147 Air Conditioning

GT wrote in
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> " cupra" > wrote in message
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>> GT wrote:
>>>> My Alpha Romeo 147 T Spark (2004) has developed a problem with the
>>>> air con. Before when I pressed the air con button you could hear
>>>> the compressor cut in and had warm/cold conditioned air. Now when
>>>> I press the button I cant hear the compressor kick in, hence no
>>>> cold air. The fans and
>>>> indicators start ok and I have checked all of the fuses. Any ideas
>>>> what the problem might be?
>>>
>>> Perhaps needs a re-compression of the aircon system. Does it say
>>> alpha on the badge? I think you might have bought a cheap eastern
>>> copy.
>>
>> I wondered why my owners manual said Alfa Romeyo......
>
> Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!

Apropos misspellings: I rather like the entirely authentic looking "Toyoter"
lettering I've seen occasionally on the tailgates of some Toyota trucks

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>>>>> My Alpha Romeo 147 T Spark (2004) has developed a problem with the
>>>>> air con. Before when I pressed the air con button you could hear
>>>>> the compressor cut in and had warm/cold conditioned air. Now when
>>>>> I press the button I cant hear the compressor kick in, hence no
>>>>> cold air. The fans and
>>>>> indicators start ok and I have checked all of the fuses. Any ideas
>>>>> what the problem might be?
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps needs a re-compression of the aircon system. Does it say
>>>> alpha on the badge? I think you might have bought a cheap eastern
>>>> copy.
>>>
>>> I wondered why my owners manual said Alfa Romeyo......
>>
>> Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!
>
> Apropos misspellings: I rather like the entirely authentic looking
> "Toyoter"
> lettering I've seen occasionally on the tailgates of some Toyota trucks

I once saw a Ford Focus with a modified badge on the rear. In exactly the
right font, it said Fucof. At a glance it looked right, but actually read it
and you got a laugh! Not joking here by the way - really saw this.

PeterMcC > wrote:

> > Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!
>
> Apropos misspellings: I rather like the entirely authentic looking "Toyoter"
> lettering I've seen occasionally on the tailgates of some Toyota trucks

Toymota is so much more appropriate for most Toyotas....
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In article >,
says...
> >>>>> My Alpha Romeo 147 T Spark (2004) has developed a problem with the
> >>>>> air con. Before when I pressed the air con button you could hear
> >>>>> the compressor cut in and had warm/cold conditioned air. Now when
> >>>>> I press the button I cant hear the compressor kick in, hence no
> >>>>> cold air. The fans and
> >>>>> indicators start ok and I have checked all of the fuses. Any ideas
> >>>>> what the problem might be?
> >>>>
> >>>> Perhaps needs a re-compression of the aircon system. Does it say
> >>>> alpha on the badge? I think you might have bought a cheap eastern
> >>>> copy.
> >>>
> >>> I wondered why my owners manual said Alfa Romeyo......
> >>
> >> Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!
> >
> > Apropos misspellings: I rather like the entirely authentic looking
> > "Toyoter"
> > lettering I've seen occasionally on the tailgates of some Toyota trucks
>
> I once saw a Ford Focus with a modified badge on the rear. In exactly the
> right font, it said Fucof. At a glance it looked right, but actually read it
> and you got a laugh! Not joking here by the way - really saw this.
>
>
>

I used to see late model Escorts with the badge modified to read SORTED.
I still think SCROTE would be better.

--
Halmyre

GT > wrote:
>>>
>>> Does it say alpha on the badge? I think you might have bought a
>>> cheap eastern copy.
>>
>> I wondered why my owners manual said Alfa Romeyo......
>
> Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!
>

With very fond memories of my 147, and lots of love for italian cars...
but some korean build quality may not actually hurt Alfa.

;-)

cu
.\\arc

I read about producing Alfas in China soon for local market, but first they
had to "adjust quality to Alfa standards". I wondered if that meant up or
down from were they were...

"Marc Gerges" > schreef in bericht
...
> GT > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Does it say alpha on the badge? I think you might have bought a
>>>> cheap eastern copy.
>>>
>>> I wondered why my owners manual said Alfa Romeyo......
>>
>> Korean! Quite cheap, but liable to fall apart!
>>
>
> With very fond memories of my 147, and lots of love for italian cars...
> but some korean build quality may not actually hurt Alfa.
>
> ;-)
>
> cu
> .\\arc