Did a run from Gloucestershire to Cornwall over the weekend, which was
great apart from the fuel consumption…26.8mpg!

Where’s the other 14+ mpg gone?

A few weeks ago the dealer replaced the air flow meter, which they said
would fix the problem…it obviously hasn’t. Is there anything else
they should be looking at?

The car has done 41k miles and is approaching 3.5 years old.

Looking forward to your reponses.

Cheers
Simon C

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156 2.0 TS (2001) – Proteo Rosso

I’ve just bought a new (OK, old but better nick – you know what I mean) pair
of doors for my ’82 GTV.  Only problem is my car has manual windows and the
replacement doors are electric.  Now, call me an old cynic but I’m far
happier with manual winders rather than 20+ year old Alfa electrics.  Anyone
know how easy it would be to convert the donor doors over to manual?

Cheers

Mike
(Missing his GTV and driving around in a hateful Ford Ka)

A common fault it seems ….. but what causes it and how do I sort it?

One suggestion I’ve found is to clean the contacts on the wiper relay
……. can someone tell me where to locate the relay?

Any suggestions gratefully received

Thanks

Paul

I’ve had a 147 Selespeed for three years now and for the past two
summers, I’ve had a recurring problem. Typically on really hot days,
the dashboard cuts out. All the dash lights go out, the multifunction
display clears and all the needles freeze. 5 to 60 seconds later, the
lights come back on, the self test starts and the needles judder to
zero, before bouncing back to where they should be. The odometer, whose
value I can just make out, freezes during the blackout, but updates
itself correctly after the dash restarts. This doesn’t normally happen
when it cold outside, but it just happend last weekend on a cold day,
while I had the heating up full. This has never happend while
stationary, so I’ve not been able to switch off and one the ignition.

While its out every other car function operates as expected.

Dealer has no idea, and the failure is not common enough/long enough to
demonstrate to them, but I thought I’d heard something similar before.
Any ideas what could be wrong? Bad connection or thermal cut-out maybe?

Thanks