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  1. Posted · Edited by Alfa156Melb · Report reply

    Check the sensor plug above the interior light then

     

    I finally got around to dealing with this..

     

    When i first read your comment it registered to me as the sensor plug in the sensor housing, NOT under the interior light as you suggested.. I should read posts more carefully.

     

    I replaced the sensor and chcked its little plug - all good, but no difference.

     

    I then replaced the Sensor ECU which came from my JTS - someone crashed into it and wrote it off, so I relieved it of some parts for the GTA, this being one of them.. anyway it didn't make any difference.

     

    Well it turns out Smaky, once again you are the guru of all things Alfa's as it was in fact the plug above the interior light that was unplugged.

     

    All working now! Wooooooo!!! :Drooling:

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    I keep on changing my mind from Bilsteins to Koni's to various coilovers...

     

    I can get my hands on a cheap set of barely used Koni FSD's with Eiback Prokits.... what are they like on the GTA??? are they better, stiffer, softer? than the B6?

     

    I have B8/Eibachs on my 156 JTS and they are magnificent.. but a little firm for every day use. Given the GTA is heavier, maybe that combo would be perfect?

     

    Anyway, I'd love to hear feedback, especially if you have FSD's fitted!

  8. Posted · Edited by Alfa156Melb · Report reply

    Yes that's what we originally thought too.. However in my case it turned out to be a symptom of a previous repair job...

     

    Before I owned the car, the diff blew and the muppet replaced it with an OEM... it didn't take out the gearbox though, oinly punched a hole through the diff housing.

     

    That hole was welded up.. not a bad job, but there was some weld protruding into the housing.

     

    The crownwheel, after the Q2 installation, ended up rubbing against the weld when under load.

     

    Those metal flakes were alloy..

     

    Looking at the old weld, you can see evidence of the original diff scraping against it, but after time, it would have sorted itself out.. I wonder why nothing was done about it..

     

    So mostly all sorted.

     

    Having said that, we went on an Ausalfa.com drive yesterday - epic! but now I'm noticing a whine coming from 6th gear and some other strange noises coming from the box.. so i fear damage has been done.

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    So I had a Q2 fitted a couple of weeks ago and went on a spirited drive yesterday with some other Alfa friends in the hills....

     

    I noticed a strange mechanical noise - a sort of grinding, or a resonance under power around tight bends - left hand bends :Worried:

     

    It's at a frequency that seems to vibrate the whole body of the car causing an audible vibration that you can also feel..

     

    At first I wondered if it was tyres slipping under the torque bias.. but it's not that - at least I don't think it is.. It's not the power steering - totally different noise.

     

    Are the Q2's known to be mechanically noisy like this? Or should i get the mechanic to check it?

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    We had a look at that today... no damage..spent about two hours with the alarm off, then on the off.. bloody thing.. In the end, we unplugged it at the Alarm ECU..

     

    The wires look totally untouched..

     

    I've had to resort to calling a dealer up to take it in, so next Wednesday they're going to attempt to reprogramme the system - whether that works, remains to be seen..

     

    At the moment though I have a blissfully silent car! I don't really care that the alarm is out of action.

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    OK so this is a conundrum that has completly stumped me. :x

     

    I picked up the GTA from my mechanic earlier today, he installed a clutch, cambelt and a Q2..

     

    Unfortunately though, there is a glitch - the alarm has gone haywire. :!:

     

    So when you close the door and press the fob button, normally the alarm arms itself and beeps.

     

    But now when you press the fob button, the doors lock, but no alarm beep, nor does it arm itself

     

    The weird thing is that it does arm 30 seconds later! So i guess the auto arming function is working..

     

    Only problem is that when you unlock the doors with the fob button, the alarm will NOT disarm! :shock: :shock: IN fact, the only way to turn the damn thing off is to put the key in the ignition and turn to MAR. :cry:

     

    He had the battery out for 5 or so days - would that have anything to do with it?

     

    I've tried disconnecting the battery for an hour tonight, reconnected and the problems still there... it's infuriating! :Black Eye:

     

    The battery appears OK - the car starts perfectly fine, all lights are bright.. there's no sign of a weak battery.

     

    I'm taking it back to him to look at tomorrow but I am hoping someone here may be able to shed some light on this before i bludgeon the car to death...

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    And when the auto wipers pack in there is normally NO movement of the wiper at any speed selection.

     

    I assumed that, but after posting my question, it occurred to me to check the manual :He He:

     

    As it turns out, when the sensor fails, the system reverts to a dumb intermittent function as if there was no auto at all. They work like a conventional system.

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