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Old 03-11-2007   #1 (Post Link)
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Hello All

Hello,

Been lurking on these forums for a couple of months now doing my research into buying a 1.9TD GT, was a great help with things to look out for, questions to ask etc...

Finally bought one today (trading up from a 206), very pleased with the deal, the dealer is doing the cambelt change before i pick it up next saturday.

Can't wait to pick it up now, next week will really drag !!

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Hi it's hard to wait, like Christmas welcome and enjoy the site. Post up some pics when you get your alfa
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Hello and welcome to AO

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Congrats on the GT and welcome to AO
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Hi,

Thanks for the welcomes....

Picked the car up this morning no problem, about 10 miles down the motorway the engine warning light came on and a "motor drive failure" message. I immediately pulled over. Phoned the dealer they asked me to gingerly drive the car back as it still seemed to be functioning. Managed to get back to the dealer ok, they checked it out and said they had found an intermittent fault on the turbo and had fixed it.

Got back on the motorway, about 25miles later the engine light came on again but this time had lost nearly all power, i could barely maintain speed on the motorway, no black/white smoke out the back though. Rang the dealer again and agreed to take it back. Really struggled on the way back, especially uphill where it couldn't even maintain speed, quite embarassing really.

Anyway, arrived back at the dealer and they're going to look at it first thing monday, i have a courtesy car until then. Definitely something wrong with the turbo, maybe a broken inlet hose or something. I'm very disappointed but i guess it's one of those things

Car was great for those first 10 miles though, everything i expected.
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Welcome to the team buddy!

Yeah, these GT Turbo's are a bit funny sometimes, my monies on them fixing it within a few days, you getting it back and then hopefully not having any further issues.

Gorgeous car though mate!
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Cheers,

got the car back last night, has performed perfectly since then. car is awesome, looking forward to many miles of driving pleasure
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