Diablo 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2012 Been looking for a car for my daughter and seen a 147 TS Selespeed on ebay. Selling as spares or repair and this is a cut and paste of the advert. Alfa Romeo 147 2.0L Selespeed. Lusso with less than 58000 miles BEING SOLD AS SPARES OR REPAIRS. This is a 51 plate 2001 car in green. It is the 5 door version with very good bodywork. We have owned this car for almost 2 years and in that time, despite the normal Alfa rumours, it has ran perfectly and never let us down once. Back in December, we went away for a week leaving the car parked up. When we came back, I went to start the car up. It turned over very slowly and then fired up. I assumed at that point it was a flatish battery due to the cold weather. The engine tried to idle but would only go slowly up to a high a idle and then slowly back to a slow idle before repeating the process over again, and so on. When I selected first and drove off, it wouldn't do it unless the revs were quite high. Also, as I came to a halt, instead of idling as normal, the engine stalled. I have had the car looked at and it would seem that the cambelt may have jumped a tooth on one of the cogs. Anyone got any ideas as what this could be and possible cost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted March 6, 2012 Approximately £100 for a MAF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diablo 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2012 Many thanks Smaky....from posts I have read you seem to know what you are talking about and have the respect of other members..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted March 8, 2012 Thanks, but that is only a guess, a shot on the diagnostic computer would point you to the true culprit.....unless it's out of fuel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites