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Tall Dave - 31 May 2009 17:17 GMT

Hi Guys,

Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a
dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my
tyres about.
This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the
Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its
definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the invoice
I was billed for a new sump washer.
My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very
annoying.

How would you tackle this?

Cheers

Tall Dave.

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Catman - 31 May 2009 20:49 GMT

> Hi Guys,
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> How would you tackle this?

Regular user of that garage? If so, I'd ask them politely to fix it.

If I wasn't, I'd probably sort it myself and chalk it up to experience
and never go back.

Depends really on the relationship you have with the firm in question.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/range/guid/2A0B1D4F-3B28-4EC5-BF7B-5DABEBA9F37D

and a pressure washer ;)

I suspect lots of other people would suggest you take it back anyway,
but personally my time is too valuable. By the time I'd taken it
anywhere, waited and got it back, I could have done it myself 5 times over.

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GT - 03 Jul 2009 11:28 GMT

>> Hi Guys,
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> and a pressure washer ;)

Experience talking here - a pressure washer will spread the oil nicely all
over your drive. Get some sand on it first and soak it up, then get some
detergent on it to break down the oil and lift it from the stones... then a
pressure washer! And avoid any cemented parts as the pressure washer cleans
those out nicely too!!

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Malcolm Osborne - 01 Jun 2009 23:25 GMT

> Hi Guys,
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> Tall Dave.

I had this problem after a service by an AR dealer - they must have stripped
the sump plug. They fixed it - not sure how - re-welding and tapping a new
thread, perhaps?

Malcolm Osborne
South Africa
1999 156TS - 273 000 Km

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Stef - 02 Jun 2009 08:52 GMT

In alt.autos.alfa-romeo,

>> Hi Guys,
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> the sump plug. They fixed it - not sure how - re-welding and tapping a new
> thread, perhaps?

This seems to happen a lot on the newer alfas. Use a new original sump
washer. These are metal with a plastic rim that seals it with very litle
tightning and can be used only once. The older copper or aluminum washers
require more torque for good sealing.

Easiest fix would be an oversize plug, I've heard a conical gearbox plug
can do the job but have no details on that. Possibly it can be fixed with
a suitable helicoil insert.

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