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Old April 27th 06, 08:10 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Guys
I have a 156 v plate 2.0 litre twin spark.
SInce i have owned it this occurs more and more. When you are driving
it sometimes it looses power and feels like it might stall (random
occasions) and the battery light blickers on (and sometimes other
lights abs etc)

Anyone any ideas?

James

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Old April 27th 06, 08:44 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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jimbo wrote:
> Guys
> I have a 156 v plate 2.0 litre twin spark.
> SInce i have owned it this occurs more and more. When you are driving
> it sometimes it looses power and feels like it might stall (random
> occasions) and the battery light blickers on (and sometimes other
> lights abs etc)
>
> Anyone any ideas?
>
> James
>


It might be an earthing problem - the earth strap under my 156 gave up
the ghost last year and I had some of your symptoms - although mine also
wouldn't start.

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Old April 27th 06, 11:06 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Default 156 Issue - power loss and battery light on

Thanks for that - i will get it checked out, i thought it might be the
black box - heave read about a few issues with that.. anyone think this
might be the case?

James

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Old April 27th 06, 12:47 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Default 156 Issue - power loss and battery light on

I'm not how relevant this is but I had a similar problem with my '76
cortina, intermittent drops in power (both electrical and horsepower)
whilst driving, it turned out to be the voltage regulator mounted on
the back of the alternator.

Regan

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Old April 27th 06, 02:37 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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I'd think it was something related to the alternator e.g. the voltage
regulator etc.
Could be why the battery light blinks too.
The others are blinking due to a lack of sufficient electrical voltage
too.

BC


jimbo wrote:
> Guys
> I have a 156 v plate 2.0 litre twin spark.
> SInce i have owned it this occurs more and more. When you are driving
> it sometimes it looses power and feels like it might stall (random
> occasions) and the battery light blickers on (and sometimes other
> lights abs etc)
>
> Anyone any ideas?
>
> James


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Old April 29th 06, 06:37 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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I had a similar problem with my JTD. In my case it was the main battery
that needed replacing, it was just past its best and the voltage was
dropping off. Check too that the connections to the battery are secure,
I had mine back from service once and they had not tightened the
connection up causing it to cut out.

>
> jimbo wrote:
> > Guys
> > I have a 156 v plate 2.0 litre twin spark.
> > SInce i have owned it this occurs more and more. When you are driving
> > it sometimes it looses power and feels like it might stall (random
> > occasions) and the battery light blickers on (and sometimes other
> > lights abs etc)
> >
> > Anyone any ideas?
> >
> > James


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Old April 29th 06, 11:46 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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i have 156 selespeed and have a similar problem when i am stationary. the
revs go right down and i keeps stalling. major problem in traffic. i have
to put in neutral while rolling and keep revs up and put into first.
difficult without a clutch. any ideas/suggestions please?

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Old May 1st 06, 01:37 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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throb wrote:
> i have 156 selespeed and have a similar problem when i am stationary. the
> revs go right down and i keeps stalling. major problem in traffic. i have
> to put in neutral while rolling and keep revs up and put into first.
> difficult without a clutch. any ideas/suggestions please?
>


idle control valve / idle actuator ?
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Old May 1st 06, 02:29 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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NC wrote:
> throb wrote:
>> i have 156 selespeed and have a similar problem when i am stationary. the
>> revs go right down and i keeps stalling. major problem in traffic. i have
>> to put in neutral while rolling and keep revs up and put into first.
>> difficult without a clutch. any ideas/suggestions please?
>>

>
> idle control valve / idle actuator ?


Had that on the wife's GTV 2.0TS - She told me the RAC man hit the idle
valve to unstick it - never happened again in the 6 months before we
parted with it.
 




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