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Hello to everyone reading this!
went to check the Alfa last day, to be honest got a little bit disappointed.
Here are the things that I found that made me reconsider:
It had been in a car acceident. The front had been changed, Though the body material wasn’t damaged.
From 2nd to 3rd gear, I could hear some kind of " knocks ". Mechanic said it’s probably the Transmission Mount. As I understood its not a big deal. Bottom
Also, it felt sort of weak until 3rd gear. When we drove to the mechanic ive noticed that the driver is using the +/- at the first gears, and not the " D " option.
Steering fluid is red. Said it haven’t been touched.
We could notice some stains of red anti-freeze water. Mechanic said it had been washed and the best thing I could do is to wait about a week and check again if there is any water leak, or it is just stains from past. ( owner had a leak and he set a new T pipe from cooper metal.
The car didn’t pulled her self, and the "Turbo scale" didn’t pass " 0.7 " until the 3rd/4th gear
is kicking in and u can feel the power than. Owner said that he think that that is how the stage 2 is mapped. ( he cant tell me who or which company did the stage2.)
The solonuid has been changed a week ago with new alternator.
AC didn’t worked properly.
The interior was in pretty good condition, except the drivers door interior kinda "slipped out" (sort of popped from its place) and the owner tried to push it back quickly, trying that I wont noitce
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The buttons on the wheel isn’t connected to the system. He said he is too afraid to open the plastics behind the radio to try to sort it out by him self. How hard and dangerous is it?
- it got to the time it need the oil change and filters.
tought to myself, that if I am going to purchase this car ill obviously do that.
how hard of a job is it to change transmission fluid?
(Mechanic said it might been changed because he can see some scratches on the bolt that free's the oil out.
Good things are:
- no evidence of oil leaks. And engine seems to be good ( mechanic's word's )
- no evidence of corroded subframes. ( we only set it on a lift,didn’t open anything we should’ve. Mechanic explained to me that the corroded subframes usually happened more in the UK because the UK put Salt on the roads , + cooler weather
- Control arm is seemd to be pretty new ( 10k kilometers, as the owner say's )
- timing belt and water pump is new, was done a year ago. ( around 10k kilometers aswell)
- Rear springs seemd to allright. Without rust or snaps.
gonna wait that week and come back to the mechanic. hoping it is stains and not leaks.
Mechanic said he gonna contact me as soon he will have an offer for the Transmission Mout.
