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I was driving the GTA Sportwagon a couple of days ago and it had a sudden 'I want to look over here' massive understeer-to-the-left moment when I hit a drain on a roundabout, so I figure it's about time I spent some money on the suspension. Since I'm going to be doing quite a bit of work on the...

hi there folks just wondering the cost and implications of getting a supercharger fitted to my cup any advice appreciated

Hi, I have a 156 selespeed Sportwagon year 2000 model, and I've had a major problem with the box (i suppose it IS the problem) for a while now. In fact the car is almost unusable as I have virtually no power, as if it's stuck in second gear maybe... Symptoms: It's very slow, no power i.e I...

Last summer, i decided that my Bella was due a radiator change and decided at the same time to renew the themostat and change the coolant from the Blue to the Pink long life stuff. Ordered the radiator from the Boston crowd on ebay who had been offering replacement radiators at a very attractive...

Have tracked down a bloody Irritating rattle to my airbox lid, one of the bolt holes has been snapped off! Any idea where I could get a new (ish) one Tried everywhere I could think of on the internet but still no luck and they cost a fortune from the dealers as you need the full airbox Any...

Hi all I am sure many of you know that the pipe between the MAF and Throttle body assembly is prone to splitting resulting in horrid running etc. Many people tape it up. I have just bought a new one and it was 'only' £32.26 :rolleyes:from my local Alfa Dealer the part number is F0060558876 it...

Seems one or two of us on here get our panties in a bunch about the odd spelling mistake, which is fine as it helps to keep the rant room going. :rant: :) So a quick review and the culprits are listed below. So, which one really steams your clams?

Dear Enthusiast, Please can anyone out there read my letter and give any clues as to what’s wrong with my Sillyspeed Gearbox of my Alfa 156. I had this car virtually given to me by a friend when the gearbox failed. I towed the car home, fitted a second hand Selespeed Pump, bled the system, and...

6 years old, mine for 8 days, 1060 miles in 5 day Wales holiday, passed every test with flying colours, :) Given her the T-cut, Autoglym, waxoil,etc.etc, when is the grief going to sneak up and bite me on the arse, for everyone tells me it will !! And yes Alfa Lincs, the clan was fun for 5...

Glasgow Airport has one of those car park systems where your reg number is recorded on the way in and matched to your ticket on the way out (stops people stealing your car without having the matching parking ticket, hence never leave your ticket in the car). The camera on the way out is mounted...

The windscreen on my '99 GTV developed a large crack at the bottom right corner so I got in touch with my insurers and they arranged for RAC Autoscreens to come out. After two aborted attempts they finally turned up and replaced the screen a few days ago. I noticed that the new glass wasn't...

Hoping to drown the noise of the noisy fuel pump and creaking suspension, the radio did not even illuminate, nothing - totally dead. All other electrics seem A-OK (Or, as okay as Alfas get, not including the flickering instrument panel lights when the car is ticking over - but goes when engine...

Guess I'll be de-juddering the wipers on the FatLass soon as it stops raining. Hopefully I can kill two birds with one socket set.... The intermediate wipe sometimes just gives up the ghost and stops between wipes, usually on the middle setting. Is this related to the juddering, or the badge...

The car will now not change gear.. i was happily drving along, the biting point is still the same place, no smell etc. and then it wouldn't just go into gear.. Then for 5 mins it changed gear happily again.. then it stopped changing gear.. all lowish speeds. Then there was a slight 'dink'...

I really hope someone can shed light on what is becoming an increasing dilemma for me. My beloved GTV ( Alfetta 2.0 ), is fast becoming unbeloved. Since acquiring the 146 in January, it has stood around kicking its heels getting started every second weekend or so and run for a bit to purge...

Had my cam belt plus balancer shaft belt plus tensioners changed at 52000 miles. The reason that I had them changed was that the engine was very rough at high revs (5000+ rpm). It turned out to be the balancer shaft belt belt - it was heavily worn in sections and had missing teeth/grooves. 12...