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Old May 17th 09, 05:29 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
Zathras
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 11:04:04 +0100, Jim > wrote:

>Now you need a computer and a mind like Einstein (spelling?)!


Failing that, a Computer and Google goes a long way!!

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Old May 17th 09, 05:36 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Catman > wrote:

> > Remember those far of days when yer motor stopped functioning? Is it
> > fuel, is there a spark, etc.....before long you could be up and running
> > again. Now you need a computer and a mind like Einstein (spelling?)!

>
> SteveH carries his around


Heh.

Not all the time. But netbooks are a handy thing to have around.
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Old May 18th 09, 10:30 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
GT[_11_]
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"Jesper Skriver" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 May 2009 12:42:04 +0100, Zathras wrote:
>> Car failed to start yesterday afternoon. First proper fail to proceed
>> in 8 years. Not too shabby.
>>
>> However, I suspect the immobiliser is playing up. It cranked fine (for
>> as long as I could be bothered holding the key!) and I could hear the
>> fuel lift pump so I'm suspecting the immobiliser is playing up :-((
>>
>> AA man arrived in good time and, after setting off the alarm by
>> entering the car using just the key (who still does that these days?!)
>> the car fired up like a good un!! My neighbours face, who heard me
>> turning it over for substantial periods, was a picture - you could
>> hear his jaw drop. AA man was well pleased at an easy fix and time for
>> a chat!
>>
>> Car's been ok since. Anyone any experience of this sort of thing?

>
> My 02 156 could get into a state where the door locks and the
> alarm were out of sync, so when the doors were locked the alarm
> (and presumeably the immobiliser too) was off, when the doors were
> unlocked the alarm was on.
>
> The way to fix it as I recall was to "lock" with the remove, so
> the doors were unlocked, but the alarm was on, then "lock" with
> the key, which locked the doors. Finally "unlock" with the remote,
> which disabled the alarm and unlocked the doors.


Yeah - my 2 year old can get ours into that state when he gets hold of the
key fob!


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Old May 31st 09, 11:39 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
Zathras
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 00:13:32 +0100, Zathras
> wrote:

>I'll report back on progress..


...as promised. Looks like it's fixed. I never saw this fix mentioned
on Google for the 2.4 lump just the 1.9 engines (a lot more common) -
I guess it's a similar deal.

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