Hi, welcome. Hope you get the car up and running asap.
Agree with Duncan on this. If you read the comments on the tinterweb, all ecoboost engines will give up at exactly ten years and/or 100k. My...
I’m not making any rash decisions on either fixing the car or moving it in. Other than the oil leak the car is running so well, starts first time,...
Over a grands worth of work it seems. Gearbox, clutch and flywheel has to come out. Possible flywheel contamination so that may need changing as...
I’ve looked into the job on a DIY basis, the seal is £28.99, but it’s a gearbox out job to replace it. Don’t fancy that on the drive, especially...
Hmmm. Not good news, oil is still leaking at a steady rate. I shall call the Alfa specialist I used for the brake fluid change and the gear...
The compressor won’t run when the pressure drops below a certain setting, this stops it running dry and burning out. You probably won’t hear it...
Found some time today, jacked the car up, dropped the undertray and popped it on axle stands. Lots of oil around the gearbox/clutch housing:...
Many possible causes for this one. I’d start with a compression/dye test, this can be done by a competent air con specialist. This will charge the...
Good job you’ve got some decent parking space on the front of your house, two SUVs and a camper must take up some serious square footage…! Must...
(Thread hijack….) @boylucifer have you read this one: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/bmw-m3-vs-alpina-b3-vs-bmw-m340i/48480...
The garage space and the lift look to be a real bonus, most envious. Looks super clean and rust free behind those outer cills. A testament to a...
The Alfa continues to be most useful, it turned into a bank holiday tip run vehicle this morning. Six doors, a pot of rubble, loads of cardboard...
Chip-stick was the name! A good product for covering lack lustre paintwork. I gave it a coat of AG sealant after, tried to keep it looking decent....
I used Colour Magic many moons ago on a black Alfa 159. The car had bad swirl marks, small stone chips and generally poor paint, especially along...
They get excellent reviews, more Golf GTi than the Golf. I’ve considered one of these recently, seem good value and are far more engaging to drive...
Small update: the little Alfa turned over 100K miles today. I had to do a visit to a nursery in Bognor Regis at short notice, as the Alfa was full...
A (big) clean machine! Are you still using the van as a daily driver? How are you getting on with it in that respect?
Cheers for the heads up. 2024-2 downloading as I type.
Sounding like a very positive start with the new car, long may it continue.
