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Hi guys,

I have the intention to buy a 1.3 carbed series 3 with LPG in it. The cheapest way to drive supid km's I suppose without having to diesel...
But I have two 1.7 IE 8V blocks here and I was ...

As said above, maybe you could use the hardest locking loctite available. I work in a company that assembles busses, for some never-to-be-loosened parts we use green locktite, but forgot the number. F ...

try to loosen the screw with the engine not running, at a point you'll hear a very soft click, that's the TPS falling back in it's idle position and you'll notice the car 'll fall back in it's RPM. B ...

I think you'll find some inspiration on these sites Very Happy

http://www.alfaboxertuning.fws1.com/
http://www.beymo.de/html/racing.html

Regards!

Paul D.

ah, OK, if black tar came out suppose indeed the oil was in there too long, together with some moist and you have an ideal mayonnaise preperation. Just clean out the breather (probably sludge was form ...

two reasons for the sludge forming in the filler neck: one is driving too much short distances so the water and oil don't get on temperature, like that water and fuel don't evapourate totally out of y ...

I believe the computer uses the same one as the dash indicator sensor between cyl 1&3. The one on the left side is not a sensor but a switch that activates the warning light when the engine temper ...

fieuw....
explenation accepted, got scared there for a moment Wink

Regards!

Paul D.

Hi Robert,

in your case I'd start looking for false air getting into the manifold as a dancing idle is a typical symptome from this failure. Check everything between the AFM and the intake holes of ...

the sensor for the dashboard temp indicator is 100% sure the one between cylinders 1&3 as I had to renew the connection because of a dashboard indicator going bananas from time to time.

regards ...

Hi,

as I have been searching for a solution for that crap dancing idle on my '93 catted 16V I've come across this: I noticed that when the idle is dancing again (sometimes it runs perfect too) that ...

when you remove the oil filler cap and look down the filling pipe you'll see a screw which you can loosen with a flat screwdriver. You'll see that there's a tube going to the rubber elbow between AFM ...

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quite readable explenation, I wasn't t ...

He's wright if he says the first number is for cold condition and the second is for hot condition. But oil producers mean with cold condition: oil when engine is cold, and with hot condition: when en ...

A new thermostat costs about 18€ when it's the closed type, only about 5€ when it's the replaceable one. And it's a piece of cake to put it in. And believe me, you'll think you're in heaven when your ...

The viscosity index is quite simple. The first number in the code discribes the viscosity of the oil in cold condition (like when the car has been standing still for a long time), the second one discr ...

As they know that I studied automotive engineering they know they don't have to try anything on that matter. Checked everything and it's a spanner that was blown into pieces so the belt ran off. As I ...

Pretty pissed today,

was driving my 16V today, sporty but totaly not racing it's ass off. Just before driving on a roundabout the engine seized (came from +- 3000 rpm) and I heared a 'flappering' - ...

Hi,

I believe that many will agree with me if I say a 33 drives best on 195/50R15 tyres. Diameter is only slightly (or even not) bigger than the 14" and tyres are slightly wider. Combined with the ...

hi matt,

been through my drivetrain courses again, indeed the stress on the gearbox doesn't get heavier, but it doesn't get less too. Torque only gets stronger after the diff so the gearing itself ...

these guys still make nice spaghetti's

http://www.csc-marmitte.it/

Regards!

Paul D.

car is also LHD and me myself just not putting 0.1 tons on the scale (and 2m long). It's an alfa's charactaristic we'll just have to deal with.... Wink

I'd go for it, really cheap if he put's all the necessary parts and work in the engine. Off course be sure that he doesn't come with a bill twice the price bit later.
And in the first place, you'll h ...

I consider it a reasonable price, friend of mine got his E36 318iS 'camshafted' and calibrated for the camshafts and cost him 1250€. But be sure that the guy delivers the car tunded in a good way and ...

Hi,

the 1.3 - 1.5 engines have the same ratio's in the gearbox but the differential ratio is shorter so it jumps off faster. You'll just have to live with more and faster shifting and a lower top s ...