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Alfa Pages A forum for help with the Alfasud And Alfa 33 |
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 Topic: How long have you owned your 33 |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 13 Views: 7694 |
 Forum: General Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:19 am Subject: How long have you owned your 33 |
| Mine counts 6 years end of June... | |
| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:21 am Subject: Major problem |
| 33bits thanks for your message.
I have already installed a much newer fuel pump and fuel pressures checked. I do not know what else to check!!! |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:09 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Dear Thanassis,
Nothing has been changed. The last thing that I checked was the ecu relay next to the fuel pump relay. When I opened the metal cover on top of the coil there was a melted plastic pi ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:50 am Subject: Major problem |
| Dear friends,
The fight to sort out my Alfa has come to an end with the problem still remaining. The car spent the last two months at the garage, a hell of a lot of things were changed and teste ... |
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| Topic: starter motor again!! |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 54 Views: 23847 |
Forum: General Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:08 pm Subject: starter motor again!! |
| What about the earths? Are they clean? | |
| Topic: starter motor again!! |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 54 Views: 23847 |
Forum: General Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:43 pm Subject: starter motor again!! |
| Big Al,
If the ignition module is not at fault try the Sander's mod. It cost me 20 euros at a local car electrician and since then the car starts everytime. Somehow not enough juice gets from the b ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:39 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Dear Thanassis,
You are correct ... the voltage values were actually 0.45V on idle and 0.15V when fooling the ECU that the lambda runs properly. Actually the lambda does fluctuates between 0.2 and ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:08 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Hello everyone,
News update... with a friend of a friend we decided first of all to check the continuity of the lambda sensor cables just to find out that the wiring is just fine (for your info by ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:16 am Subject: Major problem |
| Hi everyone,
The steering pump works fine but I am a bit worried about the fuel pump. With car running, sticking my ear on the rear left wing of the car, closer to the rear bumper, I can hear th ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:07 am Subject: Major problem |
| Dear all,
Thanks very much for your suggestions and your help that is mostly appreciated... I am still searching to find the faulty bit that does not allow the car to run properly... The idle ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:19 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Thanks for your reply frency...
I just got the car back from the garage and still the problem remains... the car pulls with some hiccups and not nice and straight... The idle stability improved ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:10 pm Subject: Major problem |
| I will I promise... | |
| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:27 pm Subject: Major problem |
| ZP thanks,
Question: which one is the brake amplifier tubing and the vacuum sensor??? All the rest I am sure are already checked and appear alright (the fuel vapour canister was removed under th ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:16 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Alex hello and thanks for your answer,
My mechanic checked the compression of each cylinder and found everything normal (that is an indication that there is no leak from the intake manifold). Also ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:13 am Subject: Major problem |
| What should I check zp...
The black tubing from the air filter to the intake manifold and what else...? Under inspection the black tubing appear ok with no cracks just a few superficial cracks w ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:45 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Dear all,
Once again I need your help. A lot of stuff has been done over the last couple of weeks... I just found out that the used lambda sensor that my mechanic installed fried up the new cat I h ... |
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| Topic: Fuel pump? |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 4 Views: 2872 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:54 pm Subject: Fuel pump? |
| Big Al you are not wrong! Indeed 1.5ie has a CAS that is under investigation at the moment.
The only question I have is that a faulty CAS means no zero point readings of the crank, so that a non-s ... |
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| Topic: Fuel pump? |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 4 Views: 2872 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:27 pm Subject: Fuel pump? |
| Dear all,
My car (1.5ie) has been sitting at the mech's garage for three weeks now. In other articles in this forum, I had produced the problems occured to it over a period of two months now. Th ... |
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| Topic: What Lambda sensor? |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 2 Views: 2748 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:48 pm Subject: What Lambda sensor? |
| Dear all,
I have recently replaced my lambda sensor with a new bosch one n my 1.5ie. The car though does not run properly with irregular idle and high CO emissions. Why is that can somebody comm ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 5:40 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Since the last time I 've written this post this is what has been done.
The car as I said it had a used lambda sensor installed that helped it pass the MOT with flying colors. Since then though th ... |
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| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:09 pm Subject: Major problem |
| How to disconnect the lamda sensor to check if it is at fault? | |
| Topic: Major problem |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 34 Views: 17181 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:32 pm Subject: Major problem |
| Dear all,
I am desperate and I need your help. My 33 had recently been through a service which included a second hand Lambda sensor and a new thermostat (and new Golden Lodge's). A few days late ... |
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| Topic: Starter issue |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 2 Views: 2017 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:17 am Subject: Starter issue |
| Dear alfistas,
I have been facing an issue about my starter motor. Every morning the car starts alright but there times that in cold weather the car might die after a few seconds of running cold an ... |
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| Topic: Whats your MPG / total miles per tank? |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 70 Views: 37080 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:26 pm Subject: Whats your MPG / total miles per tank? |
| Dear Big Al,
My car almost never gets up to running temp. Down here in Cyprus for example today it was 24 degrees centigrade and the car on the highway was running at 40-45 degrees. That is the usu ... |
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| Topic: Whats your MPG / total miles per tank? |
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| Dr A. 33 1.5IE Replies: 70 Views: 37080 |
Forum: General Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:04 am Subject: Whats your MPG / total miles per tank? |
| Hello BigAl,
Can you please tell how much did the new lamda cost? and regarding the thermostat how does this affect consumption? Thanks in advance |
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