Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Twinspark - death rattle.... easy fix?
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Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Twinspark - death rattle.... easy fix?
Neighbour of mine has offered me the above car, think it's an X Plate 2000 model Alfa 156 Twinspark. Black saloon with black leather. Nice looking thing, but it's got a death rattle
From what he's described sounds like it has spun a shell at least - basically starts and idles fine, but rattles like marbles above 2500 rpm.
Anyone know if this can be easily fixed? Had a similar problem with my old Mondeo V6, got quotes of £2k for a short motor from Ford, but landed up importing some shells from the US for £66 from a Cougar, and my friend Phil2400 from here shoved them in the car. Car did another 5k miles no dramas before I sold it on, and not heard again from new owner.
Wondering if I can do the same with the Alfa? Would guess crank condition would need to be checked. Car is worth prob £1k max running, so not worth going to new engine / engine rebuild work, but say £100 on shells and crossed fingers has got to be worth a punt right?
Car looks like this one:
From what he's described sounds like it has spun a shell at least - basically starts and idles fine, but rattles like marbles above 2500 rpm.
Anyone know if this can be easily fixed? Had a similar problem with my old Mondeo V6, got quotes of £2k for a short motor from Ford, but landed up importing some shells from the US for £66 from a Cougar, and my friend Phil2400 from here shoved them in the car. Car did another 5k miles no dramas before I sold it on, and not heard again from new owner.
Wondering if I can do the same with the Alfa? Would guess crank condition would need to be checked. Car is worth prob £1k max running, so not worth going to new engine / engine rebuild work, but say £100 on shells and crossed fingers has got to be worth a punt right?
Car looks like this one:
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crank will be f*****d on either no3 or no4 journal. cheapest fix new lump.
saw loads when i worked at alfa dealer. exhaust warms bearing up,oil burns away engine seized.
saw loads when i worked at alfa dealer. exhaust warms bearing up,oil burns away engine seized.
#5
Can you regrind the crank and can you get oversized shells for them?
Depressingly common issue then Tony I guess what might be worth further investigation is what caused it... don't want a head gasket to deal with as well
Last edited by Si B; 27-01-2011 at 09:04 PM.
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Far easier than buggering around with the crank I would guess...
I'm going to take a look around it more tomorrow. Wonder if the rest of it is worth much in parts on Ebay?
Leather looked tidy when I last saw the car at a distance, and it seemed clean....
#17
Yep, well briefly in the dark. It's a no go for me, too much work and too much risk for little gain.
The current owner is going to rape it for bits for his Estate car version of the same car, then weigh it in
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i did loads of these when i worked on alfa.iirc you had to get the crank first and see what colour paint marks were on the crank then get a set of shells with the same colour paint on them lol. Is the noise defo coming from the bottom end.
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