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Old July 7th 11, 04:58 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
R C Nesbit
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Default So *that* is what the whining noise was!

Catman spoke:
> > Hopefully not - since this has come on the back of SWMBO's 147 now
> > showing an "Engine Control Failure" warning (difficult to start& lumpy
> > tickover)

>
> AFM.


Nope!

It just gets better and better!

It's burned out a valve! (the 147 2.0TS)

No compression on #2 pot.
So what to do?
Deffo cannot afford to pay for the work on it right now after all the
recent ****.

How many spanners worth of a DIY job is it?

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Old July 8th 11, 10:21 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
Catman
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Default So *that* is what the whining noise was!

On 07/07/2011 16:58, R C Nesbit wrote:
> Catman spoke:
>>> Hopefully not - since this has come on the back of SWMBO's 147 now
>>> showing an "Engine Control Failure" warning (difficult to start& lumpy
>>> tickover)

>>
>> AFM.

>
> Nope!
>
> It just gets better and better!
>
> It's burned out a valve! (the 147 2.0TS)


HTF did it do that.

>
> No compression on #2 pot.
> So what to do?
> Deffo cannot afford to pay for the work on it right now after all the
> recent ****.
>
> How many spanners worth of a DIY job is it?


Personally I'd go with 'quite a few' but YMMV


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Old July 8th 11, 03:31 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
R C Nesbit
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Default So *that* is what the whining noise was!

Catman spoke:
> > It's burned out a valve! (the 147 2.0TS)

>
> HTF did it do that.


****nose!

> >
> > No compression on #2 pot.
> > So what to do?
> > Deffo cannot afford to pay for the work on it right now after all the
> > recent ****.
> >
> > How many spanners worth of a DIY job is it?

>
> Personally I'd go with 'quite a few' but YMMV


Hmmm swotifort

- but how much more complex than reverse-of-dismantlement of an FJ1200
engine can it be?

Oh! it's and alfa!

As you were!

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Rob Pearson
156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now)
164 V6 Lusso (gone)
147 2.0TS lusso (Hers)


 




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