"eeyore7" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> Re my previous post I have a 156 2.0 selespeed which is lying in bits due
> to a broken timing belt. Is 36000 mls a major service?
>

Who did your 36000 service? Franchised non-alfa dealership or a back street
mob? I think what they're getting at is that it was not necessarily the
case that Alfa procedures were followed. However, I would say that anyone
who could be proved to be competent with these cars (i.e. established
business, qualified mechanics), you may have a case for pursuing Alfa/the
dealer. In fact, was it not the case, or going to be the case, recently
that you did not have to get your car serviced at the main dealer? Pretty
sure there was something about that in the news. EU wibble...

On my 2.5 the timing belt was not done until 72000 (2000 X Reg), and I have
zero intention of doing it before 144000 (wear and tear excepted), but I am
making sure that the servicing is done at Alfa with the small stuff (brakes,
exhausts etc) being done by me or another garage.