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  1. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    After a fairly severe overheating (blocked cat, hundreds of miles from anywhere, limped home) I needed to remove the exhaust for repair. Several of the studs in the head came out with the exhaust manifold nuts. No threads of aluminium, though. A couple of these studs were wet with motor oil on...
  2. Alfa 159, Brera & Spider
    Recently come into possession of a 159 1.9 diesel on 07 plate. Got it very cheap due to a overheating fault, low on power & pissing coolant when running.The previous owner snapped a plastic flange clip (see pictures) located on the right side of the engine bay (I think it connects to the...
  3. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Hey guys, My 156 2.5 v6 overheats only with hard driving. In traffic and iddle temperature sits around 88-92°C When driving hard holding speeds in excess of 160km/h for more than a few km will cause my temperature to climb until I let it coast for minutes taking my foot off the accelerator and...
  4. Alfa GTV & 916 Spider
    Driving home today noticed the guage was off the scale. Was close to home and made it back. Checking it as soon as I stopped the expansion tank was up to level but using my laser thermometer the radiator was cold, the expansion tank was essentially cold but the thermostat housing was at 111...
  5. Alfa 75, RZ, SZ
    Hello everyone, I have a 1984 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and I have recently replaced the thermostat since it was stuck open and I also replaced radiator thermal switch while I was at it, now im having another problem... The temperature goes up to 190°F - 200°F (Max) whenever I am sitting in traffic...
  6. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Bugger. Driving in heavy, stop/start, traffic on the motorway last week our 1998 V6 156 just cut out - I hadn't noticed but the temp gauge had gone off scale. I assume that there is an ECU function that cuts the engine if it gets stupid hot. Turns out one of the heater hoses had sprung a leak...
  7. Alfa GTV & 916 Spider
    Hi All, I recently replaced the rad on my jts as it was well passed its best and starting to disintegrate! the car was getting overly hot when stationary or in slow moving traffic and I put it down to the condition of the rad. I have flushed the system thoroughly and refilled using red...
  8. Alfa 159, Brera & Spider
    Hi All, owner of my first Alfa, bought with problems but beautiful. I bought my 2.2 JTS from a salvage auction, sold as used with no accidents. 4 miles away from the auction house the water temp gauge went through the roof after giving it some welly. In the initial 4 miles it seemed rather...
  9. Alfa Giulietta
    My Giulietta is not well. It's a 2.0JtDM 2011(60) with 79,100 miles. On Tuesday morning on my way to work I thought it was strange that the heater was not working. I had only driven about 3 miles from home when I noticed that the temp gauge was at maximum and also a written display come up on...
  10. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Hello everyone! I come here, once again, to request your precious help to solve a rather big issue with my Alfa. Here's the story: A week ago coming home I noticed that the dial inside the car showed 130ºC - only the dial, not the red light. I stopped immediately and everything seemed alright...
  11. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    got a fright today in my 156Ti. Car yelled at me to get off the highway as my temperature gauge went suddenly supernova. I had noticed a problem getting the heater to work just prior to that. Managed to get off the road and it sucked up a litre of water and was fine. There was liquid in the...
  12. Alfa Giulietta
    Hi I have 2010 1.4 petrol, I have developed a fault with the cooling system, the electric fan does not switch on when engine gets too hot, checked operation of fan by disconnecting temp sensor and runs fine, thermostat and water pump appear to be working ok, temp gauge on dash doesn't go above...
  13. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    So my 156 1.8 TS CF3 is running at around 85°c under normal conditions (main roads) - around 90°c on motorway, and it heats up as quick as I expect it. However, sitting in traffic, even at days with only 18-20°c ambient temp, it will quickly heat up to +95°c. The radiator itself is new (replaced...
  14. Alfa 159, Brera & Spider
    Coming home from work the car came up with warning car temperature stop car I took it straight to garage. Now the temperature gauge shoots up as you accelerate what's up with it 1.9jtdm
  15. Alfa 164 & 166
    This concerns pre-facelift 164s, where the "dual" coolant temperature sensor in thermostat housing has failed, causing the overheating light on the dash to flicker on and off willy-nilly, or even more annoying, to be on all the time. The sensor is no longer made, and many owners have either...
  16. Alfa MiTo
    Driving around Manchester on Sunday in stop start traffic with the AC on, I noticed the AC went from cool(ish) to warm but thought nothing of it cos I've been meaning to get it regassed. Drove along for another 5 mins looked down at the dash and saw the temp needle the highest it could be and...
  17. Alfa Giulietta
    Hi Guys I drive a 2015 GQV TCT. This morning on my way to work the transmission overheated big-time, the burning clutch smell inside the car was so bad I was worried it was going to catch fire. Traffic was heavy but not unusually so and it happened on a flat road, not an incline. The outside...
  18. Alfa 147, 156 & GT
    Hi. For some reason my Alfa 147 had started overheating when not driving. The fan is working and has coolant I recently fitted a new thermostat but talking 3 months ago and has been fine any ideas folk?
  19. Alfa GTV & 916 Spider
    So, having got my project GTV through it's MOT on Wednesday and taxed, it it promptly overheated yesterday with the result that I appear to have cooked the engine. The car has had a new water pump (as part of a cam belt change). After completing the cam belt change I found it was overheating...
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