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844 views 10 replies 5 participants last post by  b3n155 
#1 ·
Hi All,

I have just become the owner of a 2001 156 Sportwagon. She's only a 1.8TS, but I swapped her for a Subary Legacy which was costing a fortune in fuel!

Like most of the threads I've read, she's got a few things wrong. First one being what appears to be (from reading on here) the n/s drop link needs doing. Knocking noise when going over small bumps etc, can feel the wheel moving when rocking it by hand. Is this a difficult job to do? Do you need to get it on a ramp?

Other issues are just trivial ones. Fuel guage is massively inaccurate. Depending on how you park, you can gain or lose 1/4 of a tank, but I guess this is a just a feature... Sometimes the boot unlock button on the key locks the car again instead of opening the boot. Oh, and the rear windscreen wiper only barely touches the rear screen. Upon inspection, the spring that should keep it tight is rusty and dodgy looking. Also, the drivers side inside door handle spring is broken too. Once resulted in the door coming open when going round a left hand corner... Guess the Italians can't make springs very well.

And what's with the complete lack of places to put anything?

Aside from these though, love the car. Drives well, looks nice, and is a lot more economical than the Scoob I had before, so I'm happy. All the things that need doing should be mere pounds to fix, and hopefully she'll carry on going for a few years!

Ben
 
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#2 ·
Well done! :thumbs: Any pics? And, welcome! :lol:
 
#8 ·
Proper Alfa ones shouldn't be too much dearer... and an easy fit.
 
#9 ·
I have similar probs with my SW.. The door spring, was fixed with a little oil based grease spray.. The rear wiper I haven't got round to yet, but prop a similar fix again, I do have a storage box in the boot and the lid keeps dropping down, only on the left one though grrr..
The fuel guage is a worry at times, but does sorty itself out, the other day I had to park on a hill outside the house and the guage said less than nil even though I knew it to be just under 1/4 of a tank, after 2 mins ticking over it CUT out grrr. Got it onto more level ground it fired right away and after 2 mins driving was at 1/4 tank again lol...
 
#11 ·
Wow AlphaRoss, I think you just described my car!

That same storage box in the boot on the left, the lid stays constantly open as I've given up closing it. I figured that was a lost cause!

I think the spring on the door handle has snapped, although I couldn't see how to pull the door card out to have a better look.

Yours doesn't have a sticky bonnet catch too does it?
 
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