[Darryn]

Hi My alfa is very shaky when i pull away at low revs and seems very sluggish for a 175 BHP , any ideas
Darryn

 

[Pud237]

Clutch, flywheel or a driveshaft for the juddering if it is transmission related (most likely - these are the weakspots for the 20v). Could be an injector fault causing both, but we don't see this a lot. If the juddering and sluggishness are two seperate problems, then the sluggishness is probably down to either the EGR valve or the air mass meter, both are common faults.

 

[Darryn]

cheers , what would be the best way to test if its the clutch or driveshaft .

 

[Pud237]

Jack the front end up, get underneath and see if there are any play in either the outer or inner cv joints. If not then its most likely to be the clutch - how many miles has it got on it and has it ever had a clutch change?

 

[Darryn]

Hi its got 221k ( ouch ) and i have no paperwirk to suggest that it has been done.
How much for a clutch replacement ?

 

[gangerlv]

221k??? thats just says about alfa unreliabilty...

 

[davealfa11]

as for power basic id change air filter and fuel filter often neglected and as above what dan(pud237) says

 

[hdseven]

Hi its got 221k ( ouch ) and i have no paperwirk to suggest that it has been done.
How much for a clutch replacement ?

£600 ish without flywheel........£1000 ish with flywheel

clutch alone is £150 and its a BIG job.....flywheel is £400 ish

Gary

 

[Pud237]

Hi its got 221k ( ouch ) and i have no paperwirk to suggest that it has been done.
How much for a clutch replacement ?

We do it for £550 inc vat

Autolusso - Alfa Romeo Specialist | Clutch Replacement

At 221k and no paperwork I'd suggest booking it in for a proper going over, to see what is going to need spent on it before tackling any big jobs.

 

[davealfa11]

We do it for £550 inc vat

Autolusso - Alfa Romeo Specialist | Clutch Replacement

At 221k and no paperwork I'd suggest booking it in for a proper going over, to see what is going to need spent on it before tackling any big jobs.

dan . if dmf is suspect another 400 on top

 

[Pud237]

dan . if dmf is suspect another 400 on top

Show me where you can buy a 2.4 20v flywheel for 400 quid please mate, I'd love to know

What can you do, if it needs a flywheel it needs a flywheel. Just cross fingers and hope it doesn't. My 2.4 10v is on original DMF and when I changed the clutch at 128ish thousand it was fine, less play in it than any of the five second hand 10v DMFs I had in stock at the time. But 221k is a big jump from 128k.

 

[davealfa11]

Show me where you can buy a 2.4 20v flywheel for 400 quid please mate, I'd love to know

What can you do, if it needs a flywheel it needs a flywheel. Just cross fingers and hope it doesn't. My 2.4 10v is on original DMF and when I changed the clutch at 128ish thousand it was fine, less play in it than any of the five second hand 10v DMFs I had in stock at the time. But 221k is a big jump from 128k.

well it be more then i assume then which make job even more expensive would it not:lol:

 

[gammakeith]

I might be talking out my a**e here but is it not possible to assess DMF condition from wheel movement? Thus, if you jack a front corner up and check radial play at the wheel with the car in gear. I know there will be some 'slop' from gear-box but surely a worn DMF will increase this considerably and possibly associated with 'clanging' noise?

Keith

 

[Dr S]

Don't know about shaky, probably drive line related or maybe a bulged tyre. Feeling sluggish is normally a boost pipe issue on mine, I predict in the next few 100 miles you'll blow up a boost pipe. I've done about 4 in 75Kmiles treat them as consumables...

Nick

 

[Darryn]

Hi just noticed tonight when the car is full of people the shaking is a lot worse