had quite a productive week, got the Fiat serviced and managed to do the 159 too! 159 has had the PCV pipe done from filler to separator along with an engine service, and FINALLY managed to get the time to do front springs and lower wishbones (that have been in the garage for longer than i care...

A new one on me as of today: start the car, let it idle, battery light remains lit. Rev it only a little, e.g. 2k, and it goes out. Engine warm, been on a sufficiently long run today, no faults logged. Battery is four years old. I'm not going to keep trying but I repeated it twice. What am I...

So my 2002 156 TS 1.8 has CODE light on. I replaced the ECU, Antenna and CODE box and chip from key from a 2000 1.6 as i was told it works fine will just be a little down on power. After replacing the lot i went to jump start the car since battery was dead but it was too low on power. I noticed...

Hi All, First time user and I am in a jam. I took the battery out of the car few weeks ago. When I replaced it and started the car, I heard some funny noice coming from the engine. It sounded as if something was about to break, so I turned off the engine. Had a look under the hood just to make...

My car came with a set of 17" "dare" wheels. The centre cap looke silly on them so I peeled it off to just have a silver centre. But there's the sticky remains of the adhesive left on them.. I know petrol removes tar.. But what removes this stuff. White spirits maybe? Someone please must know :o...

I don't know if this was posted before, but after watching it in full I have been hit by reality again, Alfa will never be what it used to... YouTube - C'era una volta l'Alfa

Hi. Can anyone suggest why the nearside green indicator light above temp gauge remains on all the time - even with ignition off on my 166 TS ? I have wiggled the wiring, changed bulbs and removed and refixed the indicator relay under the dash. I have finally removed the small bulb behind...

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Hi, I got the injection malfunction light when starting, after a few kms it went away, sometimes it stayed longer. Consumption was up with about 1l/100km Went to the dealer, diagnosed it and the lambda sonde had an error. Diagnosed it live and it went out of range asking too rich mixture...

Just to add to the database...: After doing some work to the bumper on my 145, the car cut-out after I took it off the axel stands to move it. On trying to restart it, the engine turned but would not take, and the CODE LED remained lit. I immediatly suspected that the fuel cut-off under the...