Grimsqueaker

Hi folks after a long time away I have returned to Alfa ownership with a bargain basement 156 selespeed Which has the following issues so far, injection light on, abs light on, airbag light on,one hell of a blow from the exhaust and a pulsing brake pedal oh and an infestation of mice I shall expect to be pestering people soon

Hi folks after a long time away I have returned to Alfa ownership with a bargain basement 156 selespeed Which has the following issues so far, injection light on, abs light on, airbag light on,one hell of a blow from the exhaust and a pulsing brake pedal oh and an infestation of mice I shall expect to be pestering people soon

Cheers alex, think i have neutralized it now , weird thing is i opened the sele fluid cap and its now full to the brim it has all returned from wence it came,any ideas?????????

evening folks the microswitch in the key fob has parted company with the little circuit board now my 156 alarm keeps going off whilst trying to jump start it, so can i disconnet the alarm and if so hpw?

Latest update went to get the car, battery dead,didnt fancy being towed without power steering or power brakes, so out with the jump leads, alarm goes off and micro switch has broken off the keyfob circuit board ,so its pitch black in a dodgy part of thame alarm going mental and its trying to launch into the car providing the jump . so i have given up for today probably gonna have to get it brought back on a flat bed

well hopefully i will get the car back on my driveway today and then i can take a good look , i shall keep you posted

would the clutch issue also stop gear selection if the fluid had found to be leaking from the tank?

Cheers Smaky i might take you up on that, However now when i get it started it tries to drive off on its own and then stalls cos i have it on the brakes

Cheers Smaky i havent had time to check it yet but after looking on here at your how to guides the selespeed no longer seems a mystery. now all i need is some diagnostic software

Cheers Smaky i havent had time to check it yet but after looking on here at your how to guides the selespeed no longer seems a mystery. now all i need is some diagnostic software

not fussed really

Hi peoples i thought i would try this route before ebay, does anyone fancy a swap/part ex their 147 for my broom yellow fiat coupe 2litre 16 valve non turbo with abarth claw alloys?

Hi guys Im having problems with my 156 selespeed basically i was driving forwards and went to put it into reverse to reverse onto the driveway (slightly uphill) and i wasnt able to select reverse or any other gear, eventually pushed the car onto the driveway, found the fluid low left it for a bit, when i returned the pump made its noise longer than usual then i started the car tried to put it into reverse all she done was jerk slightly but no gear was selected ,tried this three times and done the same thing, topped up the tank with fluid and she does the same but she tried to move forward of her own accord as soon as i started the engine. there are no selespeed lights on the dash and no nasty noises, so here are my questions do i need to bleed the system? is something more sinister going on? Is there a trouble shooting guide with symptons and so on? is it Karked? after checking this site im guessing pump bushes? when i got the car the guy told me to keep checking the selespeed fluid every week (which i did ) unfortunately where my son in law borrowed it for a month he couldnt be bothered. im hoping its a fluid level problem and yes i topped up with the correct fluid

Hello all just a quick hello , have a 2000 156 selespeed sportwagon she has done 167k and has only just started playing up so i might be here quite a bit .