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    #932
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Well unless if knows whether confabs tensioner is the upgraded one or not it doesn't seem like great advice really. 60k odd was the official interval but Alfa changed it.


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    #933
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    I saw on fail on an '04 Golf that had 50k on it. Plastic tensioner was in 3 pieces, the car was still driving but making an odd noise, when we stripped it we couldn't believe it had made it to the garage. The Belts themselves rarely give in, it's usually a tensioner or water pump pulley

    But you keep refering to that fact because it's an Alfa you must abide by the 36k rule and now you're talking about a Golf? :P


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    #934
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    166man wrote: »
    I'd get it done as soon as you can Confab, if the belt goes on you it's going to ruin a really nice car. At least having it done will give you peace of mind for the next while and any potential owner should you sell in the next two years.

    I agree, but realistically it's going to be another 3 months/2000miles minimum until it gets done.


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    #935
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    There's a HUGE amount of talk on here these days about Alfas and their "unreliable" reputation!


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    #936
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Limerick man wrote: »
    But you keep refering to that fact because it's an Alfa you must abide by the 36k rule and now you're talking about a Golf? :P

    I'll talk about what I want lol!


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    #937
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    There's a HUGE amount of talk on here these days about Alfas and their "unreliable" reputation!

    It all started with one person saying something into an Octavia boot and now we're just hearing the never ending echo...

    :pac:


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    #938
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    There's a HUGE amount of talk on here these days about Alfas and their "unreliable" reputation!

    That's because on the most part, they're fairly unreliable. I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy buy one that can't work on them.
    Gary ITR wrote: »
    I'll talk about what I want lol!

    Lyons tea must of put "sh1te talk" in their tea they sold you rather than girl talk :P


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    #939
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Limerick man wrote: »
    That's because on the most part, they're fairly unreliable. I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy buy one that can't work on them.

    Ah here we go again on about most Alfa's being unreliable... They're fairly reliable from experience that is the old and newer Alfa's. A good indy mechanic will sort out an Alfa no bother, I certainly wouldn't not recommend one because the buyer wasn't mechanically minded like myself for example..:D


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    #940
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    In other news, has johnos calmed his saab horn? :D


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    #941
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    In other news, has johnos calmed his saab horn? :D

    Possibly,suggestions for a new name


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    #942
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    166man wrote: »
    Ah here we go again on about most Alfa's being unreliable... They're fairly reliable from experience that is the old and newer Alfa's. A good indy mechanic will sort out an Alfa no bother, I certainly wouldn't not recommend one because the buyer wasn't mechanically minded like myself for example..:D

    Ah they are though, everyone that I've ever met that has one I always ask how do they find it. I'm not generalizing or spouting what I've read on other forums.

    Doesn't take away from the fact that they're a fantastic car to drive, and fantastic looking in most cases.


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    #943
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Possibly,suggestions for a new name

    GaryITR - Puts the sh!te into tea

    Pistons Out, Off Topic In

    Stop Driving, Start Chatting

    The Ardennes1944 OT Thread


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    #944
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Ah they are though, everyone that I've ever met that has one I always ask how do they find it. I'm not generalizing or spouting what I've read on other forums.

    Doesn't take away from the fact that they're a fantastic car to drive, and fantastic looking in most cases.

    I only speak from what has happened in our own family where there has been two 156's, two 159's and a 166. All cars except the 166 with it's odd small problems have been great. In fact looking back on the 166 nothing ever went wrong with any of the major mechanicals engine,gearbox,clutch, exhaust. But then again each car is different and treated differently so obviously it's understandable that some people have better experiences than others.

    In general though I think the ''unreliable Alfa's'' phrase is blown out of proportion..:)


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    #945
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    How about "Spout it Out"


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    #946
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    How about "Spout it Out"

    No :pac:


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    #947
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    No :pac:

    Well feck you anyway!


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    #948
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Funnily enough, i read this as a suggestion...
    TestTransmission wrote:
    Possibly,suggestions for a new name
    __________________
    eggin on the punters an all that jazz


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    #949
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    ''No Midnight Club''


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    #950
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    166man wrote: »
    I only speak from what has happened in our own family where there has been two 156's, two 159's and a 166. All cars except the 166 with it's odd small problems have been great. In fact looking back on the 166 nothing ever went wrong with any of the major mechanicals engine,gearbox,clutch, exhaust. But then again each car is different and treated differently so obviously it's understandable that some people have better experiences than others.

    In general though I think the ''unreliable Alfa's'' phrase is blown out of proportion..:)

    On saying that, my clutch is starting to judder in the mornings on takeoff in first :( I really doubt it's contamination though.


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    #951
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    166man wrote: »
    ..............

    In general though I think the ''unreliable Alfa's'' phrase is blown out of proportion..:)

    Your sample pools are fairly limited though.


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    #952
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    I just bought an Alfa and fcuk the begrudgers! :p


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    #953
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    ''No Midnight Club''


    Speak of the devil. Haven't seen him in a while. Where's he gone ?


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    #954
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Speak of the devil. Haven't seen him in a while. Where's he gone ?

    Good question. haven't seen him around myself either.


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    #955
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Let me get this right... You want to see men wrestle in the mud?

    Who said, I'd be watching ? But you've got to wonder about your imagination :D

    /M


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    #956
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Marlow will be too busy trying to keep people out of the driver's seat of the M5 to do anything else :D


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    #957
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Marlow will be too busy trying to keep people out of the driver's seat of the M5 to do anything else :D

    Can't promise, that that is, what I'll turn up in.

    /M


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    #958
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Speak of the devil. Haven't seen him in a while. Where's he gone ?



    Prison.


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    #959
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Speak of the devil. Haven't seen him in a while. Where's he gone ?
    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Good question. haven't seen him around myself either.

    He's banned I believe.


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    #960
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    RoverJames wrote: »
    He's banned I believe.

    By god, what for?


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    #961
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    By god, what for?

    Do you really have to ask that :P


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