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  1. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Good evening. I am stuck between a rock and another harder place. I purchase the car from a 2nd hand dealer. He stated the cam belt has been done. 2months later a wining noise comes from the bonnet. Mechanic says that the rollers are failing. When I complained the guy said "Oh I remember this...
  2. Alfa MiTo
    OH's 1.6 multijet Jan '09 went in for a service on Monday with 106KM (66K) and the garage insisted on doing the cambelt. Had a look on here and found threads on the petrol. Checking the manual (which has been wrong in the past as we discovered on a 147) and a web site called Alfa Romeo MiTo...
  3. Alfa 159, Brera & Spider
    2 months ago I had a new cam belt, water pump and tensioner fitted to my 159 and last week the tensioner failed. Whilst on my way home from work the car was sounding very odd. Initially I thought that the turbo was failing as there was a very strange rattling noise being made when pulling from...
  4. Introduce Yourself
    hi im desperate to get in touch with just alfa in liverpool last year they changed my cam belt on my 166 v6 I pid for service cam belt pullies and water pump. 25k later the cam belt failed from a quick inspection the belt is shreded and cracked the water pump looks un changed and pullies are...
  5. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Finally got around to changing the cambelt on my alfa 156! before fully reassembling i.e. installing balancer and aux belt i decided to connect the battery and start the car. Engine started first turn but sounded very rough, with a loud diesel rattle (probably due to new variator not being...
  6. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Hi Everyone, I have a 2005 1.9JTD GT and needs a couple of things doing and got a quote, but seems very high, am i deluding myself? Based in Limerick, Ireland and got this quote from RS Autoshop which is normally competitive, but i thought this was very high? Does anyone know PGT auto servicing...
  7. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Is this a sign that they're on the way out? Because before my rebuild i had no such noise and the belts and tensioners were changed (inclusive in the price) about 7months ago now! Should i be worried, the noise sounds to me like the bearings of the tensioners.:(
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