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Old 17-04-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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Hi Everyone,

Great site, plenty of info. First checked this site a couple of years back when I bought my first Alfa, a 156 JTD 1.9. Car was o.k but 115bhp didn't do it for me, so I recently changed it for a 2.4JTD20V Veloce, man what a difference!!

Anyway, I intent to remap later this year, but I have a couple of things I need to sort out first.

1) I've got what appears to be a common problem with the syncromesh on 2nd and 3rd - need to check the gearbox oil level, or maybe do an oil change - where is the filler plug? is 75-90 fully synthetic a good choice?
2) 62k on the original clutch, still bites o.k, but a 50bhp/65ft/lb remap might fry it. Any views on this?

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Hello and welcome to AO. Nice choice of Alfa, I wanted to 2.4JTD 175BHP, but, cost too much on insurance, so I got the 150 1.9JTD instead...
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Hi and welcome to AO check out our tech section for more help and info. Alfa 147, 156 & GT - Alfa Romeo Forum
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Remap will finish your clutch off, it did on mine. Your gearbox doesn't sound healthy either, mine was smooth as silk even at 117K miles, but I had the 2.4 10v mapped to about 185bhp or so, and that uses a different gearbox entirely so I'm not sure if crunching syncro's are common on yours.
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