Recent content by Symon

I took a test drive in a 2.0 JTDm Alfa Giulietta today and I am very tempted to buy it. It was the 170bhp version and went very well, it was also very quiet smooth and handled well. It is a sensible enough car for the family, but not too common like a Ford/Vauxhall/VW which is why it appeals.

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In that case it sounds like a sticking electro valve, possibly in the crankcase recirculation system or the fuel vapour recovery system. It may be sticking open occasionally and allowing air to be drawn into the inlet. That will affect the servo vacuum and make the car go into limp mode.

I had this problem after I removed the gearbox. It is just a case of loosening the nut and twisting the linkage in relation to the rod slightly. It might take a couple of goes to get it spot on. I suppose you could get someone to sit in the car and hold the stick in the middle, but I used the...

On my car there was a fair bit corrosion staring on the brake servo. I have dealt with it, but if it had of been left it would surely have ended up as a hole. I would take a look at yours (under the driver side arch liner) as it sounds like you may have a leak in that area.

I had to get someone to turn the engine over slowly via the crank pulley as I pushed on the gearbox to get the splines to align.

Did you go to Kwik fit?

To be honest I find the brakes pretty poor either way. There seems to be little retardation before they lock, but it was worse before I ties the load vale arm upwards.

I know it will lock the rears, that's why I am going to take off the cable tie as soon as the test is passed. :wink: The arm was stuck down due to corrosion, and I have freed it off. The discs and calipers are fine, the handbrake recorded 51% efficiency, which I understand is very good for one...

Because I had absolutely no effort on the brakes whatsoever, I think there should be at least some effort. The arm on the valve was a bit seized, so I have freed it up as well as cable tying the arm. Only took 10 mins anyway.

Next to the compensator is a hole in the chassis. I fitted a bolt to the hole and cable tied the arm up. Once the MOT is passed I will take the cable tie back off.

I took the car for it's MOT yesterday. It failed on the usual problem of low rear brake effort, which I have now hopefully sorted. However the tester mentioned that the car has an additional ARB fitted to the rear. I had seen it, but I didn't realise that the original ARB is still fitted inside...

Mine goes reasonably well for a 2.0 under 5k, but after that it really moves. My understanding of variable valve timing systems like those on the clio is that they are there to make up for the loss of low and mid range torque which you would normally get due to the lumpy cams. It isn't like on...

I have had T1-R's on a couple of cars. My Nissan 200SX and on my Fiat Bravo. On the Nissan they seemed terrible with very poor wet grip, where as on the Fiat they seemed reasonable, but then it only had 86BHP I wouldn't buy them again, they are an old pattern now and there are better tyres for...

I had a Mk4 Golf V5 not too long ago, and they have a stealth system as standard. People who have fitted performance stealth exhausts have also suffered boomyness inside the car because of the noise reflecting back up from the road.