I am in the process of switching a 3.0 bottom end, and have a few questions
on the rear head, does the oil pump drive gear need to be disconected, if so
where is the access.
where are the match marks on the cam gears, I can not see any.

Am I right in thinking that you need to do these every 36k miles?
I'm looking at a 164 24v at the moment, but it's done 104k miles, with
the last change at 60k miles.
Should I be budgeting for a change ASAP?

How much would I be looking at to stick either a turbo or a supercharger on
my 2.0 JTS 156. See if I can boost those horses from 165 to over 200.
Warranty is up at the end of the month, so the car is 'free'.! How about
insurance difference - anyone any experience of that?

Please help anyone,
I have Alfa Romeo 155 twins park 1.8 and I have a big problem.
When I start the engine and go for a drive, while the engine is cold
the

Just part ex'd my beloved SEAT Leon Cupra for a 147 JTD 16v.
Feeling pretty sad about loosing the SEAT at the moment, so cheer me up!
Séan

I have recently bought an Alfa Romeo 146Ti. As colder days are comming I
noticed that the engine temperature around 60 C. I belive that the
temp.indication works ok because engine fan starts at around 87 C as
indicated. Is this temperature normal or I have to change a thermostat

Just got 2 new tyres fitted to my 2002 156 JTS. They fitted them to the rear
and put the old, partially worn tyres onto my main driving, steering and
braking wheels just in time for winter (not looking for a debate on this
though!), so they removed and replaced all 4 wheels ...

Nuvola blue 156 TSpark, black leather. 2000W. Up for £2799 at a dealer
fairly locally.
Should I?

I succeeded in smashing my  LHS mirror on a motor gate that decided to start
closing while I was reversing out!
After about 6 weeks, I eventually got a replacement from the dealer.
Fitting the new mirror wasn't too difficult - removing a plastic cover

All,
For about 4 weeks I've been getting a ploom of smoke raising out of the
bonnet between the bonnet and the driver side wing. This does not happen
all of the time, but tends to be when I've been quite hard on the brakes

....manifested itself 24hrs after driving through rain soaked lanes (no deep
puddles) - sensor problem?

I don't need one at present but should the need arise it would be nice to be
aware of my local independant Alfa specialists. I'm in the Leeds area but
I'm sure that others could use such information for their local area. Does
anyone know if there is a directory or list available ...

Off to local Desira to get a new undertray fitted on my 156 2.0 - its
hanging off and scrapping along the ground ! Poor thing has never had to
suffer them before.... but its a bit far to Royston just for this.
Surely Desira cant bugger up a simple job like this one.... ;)

On the way to work this morning my 2000 yr. 156 2.0 TS refused to tickover.
As soon as my foot left the throttle pedal the engine died. I struggled to
work using nifty footwork and judicious use of the handbrake.
When I stopped to investigate in the car park I found that after ...

1989 alfa spider 2L desparately needs a new oil vapor separator ( another
location in the shop manual calls it a vapor canister) Have checked all
Houston local parts shops and another 5 on the web with not much luck.
None that I checked even had it listed and BAP/GEON has it ...