Problem with your car?

[Angelic]

Re: Problem with your car?

Alland why do mechanics charge £300 for a service?

[LooLoo]

Re: Problem with your car?

Yep put the piccies up!

Mr Looloo is an Alfa freak - his is a 156 GTA.

Yep they don't keep their value at all. I really want a Gulietta........

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

I know they have a bad name for reliabilty,but I love Alfa's.

Mr Looloo has good tastes, I have had two 147 GTA's, one standard spec 3.2 lt 250bhp, and the other was an Autodelta (they are down your way) modified 3.7lt 328bhp, both great fun, but not very practical for everyday use, and too bloody thirsty !

I now have a 2.0 JTD 16v M-jet GT coupe. I hardly ever take it out of the garage, had it from new in 2005 and it still only has 11,000 miles on it, I would like to sell it, but the problem is Alfa's depreciate in value at a hell of a rate, and even with the condition and low mileage,I wouldn't get back anything like I paid for it.
I leave it up for sale on my company web site, just in case anyone spots it who also appreciates Alfa's and makes me a sensible offer on it.

I'll put a piccy of it in my pictures gallery later...

[LooLoo]

Re: Problem with your car?

Can you come down and give my peice of italian shite an MOT and service there's a dear.

I'l make you a cuppa?

Don't get me wrong - I love my car - just everything goes wrong with it

What do you have?

Mine's an Alfa 147 (Mr Looloo got an Alfa GTA - his pride and joy but has cost an absoulte fortune over the last 2 years!)

[roomtobreathe]

Re: Problem with your car?

Ta for the advice, will see if my usual garage can check. My fuel consumption certainly seems to be going down so an iffy sensor would explain things.

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

Here's a serious one then!

Citroen Synergie 2 litre turbo diesel.

If you follow me up a hill then you'll be instantly transported back to London circa 1951 judging by the smog that will be enveloping you.

Under 'brisk' acceleration or load it will chuck out brownish smoke. Last MOT needed some petrol treatment and a thrash to get it through the emissions test.

Methinks it's unburnt diesel.

What's wearing and what should or could I do?

Yep, certainly sounds like overfueling issue, this could be for any number of reasons.
unfortunately Citroens are prone to wiring and sensor issues.

Leaking injector
Lambda sensor failed.
Crankshaft position sensor ,they sometimes go slightly high resistanance, which tells the ECU to richen the fueling up.
MAT (Manifold Air Temprature) sensor failed, this will aslo confuse the ECU into thinking the engine needs more fuel.

I would suggest you take the car in for a diagnostic check, it's simple operation to do, and most decent garages now have the right equipment to carry out diagnostics, you don't need to pay main dealer prices to have it tested. The diagnosic check should come up with a fault code which will enable the garage to identify which sensor is causing the issue.

Good Luck

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

Can you make our £16k focus into a £100k Ferrari

What you do Niddy is go and get the Focus scrapped, crushed and recycled, if it's lucky, one day in another life it may come back as a bit on a Ferrari.
On the other hand it may end up as a fridge for sale in Curry's.....

[JudgeDreddy]

Re: Problem with your car?

A mechanic on stilt’s you’ll be a walking disaster mate. I know your game anyway pal, your just wanting the chance to tell us ladies that...

“Our big end is away”

I’ll just stick with my wee Pogo Stick thanks…

Gerry x x

or.... phwoar, nice struts

and i won't mention airbags....

[Gerry]

Re: Problem with your car?

A mechanic on stilt’s you’ll be a walking disaster mate. I know your game anyway pal, your just wanting the chance to tell us ladies that...

“Our big end is away”

I’ll just stick with my wee Pogo Stick thanks…

Gerry x x

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: Problem with your car?

I'll swap my ferr-focus for it??

Lol

[roomtobreathe]

Re: Problem with your car?

Here's a serious one then!

Citroen Synergie 2 litre turbo diesel.

If you follow me up a hill then you'll be instantly transported back to London circa 1951 judging by the smog that will be enveloping you.

Under 'brisk' acceleration or load it will chuck out brownish smoke. Last MOT needed some petrol treatment and a thrash to get it through the emissions test.

Methinks it's unburnt diesel.

What's wearing and what should or could I do?

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

i've been here less than 24 hours and i expect nothing less.... in fact i reserve the right to join in lol. I have a knackered Mk3 Astra lol

A Mk3 Astra...Oh dear......you are beyond help....

[JudgeDreddy]

Re: Problem with your car?

Ok I start a helpful thread and what do I get.......fekin piss takers......

i've been here less than 24 hours and i expect nothing less.... in fact i reserve the right to join in lol. I have a knackered Mk3 Astra lol

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

Can you make our £16k focus into a £100k Ferrari

Ok I start a helpful thread and what do I get.......fekin piss takers......

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

Can you come down and give my peice of italian shite an MOT and service there's a dear.

I'l make you a cuppa?

Italian shite...how very dare you, I have a soft spot for italian motors...
in fact I own one.....