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Old July 29th 04, 09:16 PM
Morten Fossum
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Hi,

I'm about to try a 2001 Sportwagon 2.4 JTD for a possible buy. I've had two
Alfas earlier (a 90 2.0 and a 164 3.0), and I've driven a Selespeed, but
I've no experience with the diesel versions.

Any advice about this car. I've seen the 2.4 advertised with 136, 140 and
150 hp, and of course the new multijet with 175 hp. What is the difference
136/140/150. Any experience with chip tuning on these engines?

The car has about 100 000 km on the clock, but the engine was replaced after
about 90 000 km, why i don'y know.

Any helpful advices about these cars are very welcome

Morten


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Old July 29th 04, 10:27 PM
Alfistagj
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136/140/150 HP all are the same engines, just different motormanagement
Chiptuning to 175-190HP / ~400NM is feasable when done by "real" tuners;
there are only a few out there!!

The multi jet is a real step forward, easily tuned to 200-215HP/~450NM

Basically all Alfa engines are very reliable with (normal) incidents.

Only thing that puzzles me is the "replaced" engine.
Is it new? Or used and then how old, how many km's???
And, what happened to the old one to need a new engine?
Is the cause of the damage still in the car??
(radiator/thermostat/turbo/motormanagement/inter-cooler?)
90.000km's is a very low amount for an engine to be worn.
200.000km should be an absolute minimum as "life-end". 250.000/300.000km's
are absolutely "normal".

In respect to non-engine parts, check for worn front wishbone rubbers and
front wheel alignment, typical for 156.
For the rest (because of the 100.000km's): check the shock absorbers and the
brake discs/pads
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Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"Morten Fossum" > schreef in bericht
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm about to try a 2001 Sportwagon 2.4 JTD for a possible buy. I've had

two
> Alfas earlier (a 90 2.0 and a 164 3.0), and I've driven a Selespeed, but
> I've no experience with the diesel versions.
>
> Any advice about this car. I've seen the 2.4 advertised with 136, 140 and
> 150 hp, and of course the new multijet with 175 hp. What is the difference
> 136/140/150. Any experience with chip tuning on these engines?
>
> The car has about 100 000 km on the clock, but the engine was replaced

after
> about 90 000 km, why i don'y know.
>
> Any helpful advices about these cars are very welcome
>
> Morten
>
>



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Old August 1st 04, 09:13 PM
Morten Fossum
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Thanks,

I'll check the history. The seller claims he's got full service history and
hopefully this include also some information about what happened to the
original engine. The replaced engine is said to be brand new.

Morten

"Alfistagj" > skrev i melding
news:WYdOc.3614$vH5.683@amstwist00...
> 136/140/150 HP all are the same engines, just different motormanagement
> Chiptuning to 175-190HP / ~400NM is feasable when done by "real" tuners;
> there are only a few out there!!
>
> The multi jet is a real step forward, easily tuned to 200-215HP/~450NM
>
> Basically all Alfa engines are very reliable with (normal) incidents.
>
> Only thing that puzzles me is the "replaced" engine.
> Is it new? Or used and then how old, how many km's???
> And, what happened to the old one to need a new engine?
> Is the cause of the damage still in the car??
> (radiator/thermostat/turbo/motormanagement/inter-cooler?)
> 90.000km's is a very low amount for an engine to be worn.
> 200.000km should be an absolute minimum as "life-end". 250.000/300.000km's
> are absolutely "normal".
>
> In respect to non-engine parts, check for worn front wishbone rubbers and
> front wheel alignment, typical for 156.
> For the rest (because of the 100.000km's): check the shock absorbers and

the
> brake discs/pads
> --
> Ciao from Holland
> AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
> Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000)
> Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)
>
> "Morten Fossum" > schreef in bericht
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm about to try a 2001 Sportwagon 2.4 JTD for a possible buy. I've had

> two
> > Alfas earlier (a 90 2.0 and a 164 3.0), and I've driven a Selespeed, but
> > I've no experience with the diesel versions.
> >
> > Any advice about this car. I've seen the 2.4 advertised with 136, 140

and
> > 150 hp, and of course the new multijet with 175 hp. What is the

difference
> > 136/140/150. Any experience with chip tuning on these engines?
> >
> > The car has about 100 000 km on the clock, but the engine was replaced

> after
> > about 90 000 km, why i don'y know.
> >
> > Any helpful advices about these cars are very welcome
> >
> > Morten
> >
> >

>
>



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Old August 1st 04, 11:27 PM
Alfistagj
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"Morten Fossum" > schreef in bericht
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> Thanks,
> The replaced engine is said to be brand new.


Only one way to be su
Get the original invoice which should mention the engine number and check
the engine number at Alfa!!


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Old August 2nd 04, 08:54 PM
Pete
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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:27:32 +0200, "Alfistagj"
>, wrote:

>
>"Morten Fossum" > schreef in bericht
...
>> Thanks,
>> The replaced engine is said to be brand new.

>
>Only one way to be su
>Get the original invoice which should mention the engine number and check
>the engine number at Alfa!!
>

Exactly true, and any reputable dealer will be only too please to prove
this by giving your the paperwork to look at :-)

Pete
--
>
156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso (his)
147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's)
 




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