After taking it in last tuesday to replace a knock sensor, got a call
from my mechanic telling me the crank seals and cranks are gone..
[ strange tapety noise I've been hearing and metallic rattle on cold starts]..
Weird I thought at 43.000 kms....Nevertheless, engine was stripped and we found Mercedes seals and not Alfa..[ local ingenuity]..
Car is finally ready today after 10 days, new cranks,seals,repair the radiator, new oil in gear,new engine mount, new pulley for cam belt[ supposidly this was done last september] and the car has to be run in now for 300 miles before another oil and filter change and steering geometry to be done...All in all USD 1500 for the job lot.....
Hoping to have an almost new car now..but who knows ????
