2000 156 2l selespeed. when car stationary revs go up to 2000/2500 and only
come down when i apply the throttle.When slowing down eg coming on to
driveway revs shhot up to 2000/2500 while it thinks about changing gear
(manual or city). drives poorly too, runs away and irruglar revs. ...

Driving my 166 T-spark locally and suddenly there's a thrashing sound under
the bonnet.
First reaction, it's next door's cat been warming itself up on the engine
again and failed to wake up before I moved off and it's now circulating on

Hi, our Alfa 156, 2.0TS, 2002 is idling like a dog and the engine light is
flashing when revved over about 3000.
Diagnostic just says misfire on cylinder 1.
Spark plug? I sure as hell hope so.

I've owned Alfa's for a number of years and since my first alfa (145)
there has been alot of chat about the CAM belt replacements and worn
Variators. On one of my many quests to seek an answer i came across
this link.

I have a 84 Alfa gtv.  There is an 84 Alfetta for sale.  How much of the
mechanical parts are interchangeable?  Is the engine/gearbox/prop
shaft/brakes and suspension the same?  The body on the gtv is really
straight, but mechanically not very sound.

My 146 1.6 Junior is over 7 years old and the battery now needs to be
changed.
Is there anything that I need to know in doing this job so that
everything continues to work after the battery change ?

Anyone know of a mobile car repair company in Ayrshire Scotland?

After having a  glance underneath my car recently, it looks like I'm going
to be forking out for a new exhaust before long.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to what exhaust I should be fitting?
I wouldn't be adverse to fitting one which improved the performance, but I

I saw it exists but local dealer says it doesn't. Any suggestions?

I have finally had enough of my 156 v6.  It failed its MOT again (only 4
years old).  At least it is consistent with failing the 3 year MOT.
My local Alfa dealer quoted me over £550 to fix the problem to get it
through the MOT. After telling them to get lost I took the car to a ...

As new owner of 03 156 I am struggling to get info from the trip computer.
I thought the set button on the indicator stalk should activate this but I
cannot obtain any info on the display.
Can anyone provide input please?

Do some people have a knack of knowing when to sell a car.
Our 156 we have had under 3 months has just come out of the garage after
breaking down. It has had a new piston, various bearings and a camshaft. Do
they know or are they just lucky.

Is it easy to replace the brake pedal switch (on a JTS)?  Lights tend
to stay on.

156 2L TS (2000W) SP3
One side at the rear is noticeably lower than the other - about 2cm
I've only had a brief look around under the wheel arch and can't see
anything obvious, but any suggestions of what could be the cause? Could it

my 166, equipped with a 2.5 liter engine, is now more than
six years old, but has run only 46,000 km. Last week, somebody
told me that I should change the toothed camshaft timing belt
because, being so old, it could break some day. But since such