Hello Alfa-lovers, I’m Eddy at Alfaman and I’ve been working on Alfas since 1971, so that makes me a very very old boy. I just love working on Alfa Romeo cars, my videos are mostly about difficult or complicated jobs that are hard to get information for, so I hope you enjoy!
Want to find me in person? I’ve got my own garage workshop, where we service and repair Alfas and some Fiats.
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Top man, dealerships need more guys like this to properly diagnose and repair cars. Problem is they won't pay them the money there worth. 35 years in the motor trade from apprentice to technican to service advisor workshop controller to manager...experienced it all . Pay people what they are worth.
Hello Alfaman would this issue cause a sputter and misfire code for cylinder 3 if this part was faulty? I have new spark plugs, no smoke out the exhaust and fresh oil change and the car sputters at full throttle and causes misfire code and limp mode..
@@Ju-gq4qt I take it your car is a 2000 multiair on a Late Alfa… if so Yes it could be not plug or coil as they have been swopped around or replaced. ck the injectors. not because I think it’s an injector …but because I need to eliminate possible faults… do compression test. …. swop injector no 3 with no. 2 swop coils. no 1 with no. 3. Do a comp resin test. start up again and see which cly. is faulty. if still no 3. it could be the multi air fault… still have other tricks. your location… regards. Eddy at Alfaman
It's not just dealerships! I cut my teeth at an Alfa dealer 40 years ago so the era of the Alfasud, first 33's, 116 Giuliettas etc. Thirty years ago(!), a guy brought an Alfasud 1.5 Ti to me for two front calipers. A well known Alfa specialist from that city in north Somerset/Avon had rebuilt both heads at an astronomical £1200 - twice what the job was worth in 1994 money. The owner was told the car needed new calipers as they would not adjust up. He wasn't convinced, so he brought it along. 30 minutes later, new pads were fitted and the calipers adjusted....on some cars the adjusters worked back to front. Our expert didn't know. The biggest problem was the lack of ooomph and the dreadful gearbox rattle at idle. I did a compression test and it was 160 psi one side and about 70 the other. Yep, the cam timing was wrong by one tooth on the NS bank. An hour later it was all corrected - the car had it's 105 bhp back and as it idled properly now, the gearbox rattle had gone. As ever, you just need to find someone half decent. Very well done of diagnosing this one. I wouldn't know where to start. 😂 I've subscribed!
I’ve bought for my car skf kit without water pump The belt is made in UK All bearings including tensioner made in France Water pump got it separate HEPU made in Germany, has even aluminium rotor I’m from Romania 🇷🇴 I hope it last The kit in the car was genuine Audi (contitech belt and ina bearings) After 9 years and 110.000 km was just perfect Only the arrow in the tensioner slightly under the mark Bought for my wife bmw 118d skf water pump and is made in china I hope it last I bought skf aux belt tensioner and is made in china with slightly play in the bearing Quality it’s going downhill everywhere
@@olindor220 Yes. manufactures don’t care any more ? Or is it pirate parts. Made in far east and boxes in same looking packaging….. Pirate batteries imported all over Europe a few years ago cost the public 1.5 Billion Pounds ….. 5 x 40 foot crates of car bearings were sized by Spanish Police 5 years ago filled with crap bearings in SKF boxes…They were not SKF bearings and not SKF Boxes… all came from far east. REGARDS EDDY
@@lauriecooke4881 the computer screen tells us which cylinder is not working properly. It measures electrical activity and output and in some cases will cut fuel supply to the faulty cylinder. Regards Eddy
I meant to say the cars computer ( ECU ) will cut fuel to the faulty cylinder and our lap top can see what’s happening and what the cars ECU is doing ad what faults the cars ECU has recorded as faults. Eddy
Great video, unfortunately it is typical how many dealers (not all) operate. Profit on number 1. True passionate mechanics like this gentleman actually find and fix the issue for a much better reward; a happy customer that can enjoy his Alfa as it should be. Keep it up sir! 👍
Hey how you doing Mr.alfaman I have a 2018 stelvio my vehicle continue to show auto start and stop and service electronic throttle I can take the battery cable off it clears it until I put it in drive and it returns back to limp mode can you help me
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Hey how you doing Mr.alfaman I have a 2018 stelvio my vehicle continue to show auto start and stop and service electronic throttle I can take the battery cable off it clears it until I put it in drive and it returns back to limp mode can you help me
My Grande Punto Tjet has snapped in exactly the same place as I am changing my manifold as it is cracked. Only issue for me is my extractor bit has snapped off inside so I need to grind a hole out now :(
@@Paul-899cc Have repaired quite a few of these boxes without removing as the selector cross was not assembled properly with different spacer washers needed. And like this gearbox… no care or love went into this original job so the poor sucker who paid for the original job had to fork out an extra £360 ….
You can't get much simpler engineering either ! Common sense is quite a rare commodity these days 👍. Keep going anyway your doing a great job of things.
This is the problem today. The “mechanics” at dealerships cannot do not want to do diagnostics like this gentlemen. This is how most mechanics use to be, now we have people that can change plugs and oil which I can do myself
I have just found that guy that isn't just a "parts swapping mechanic" and solves problems methodically and efficiently, I m a new sub 😊 I am an electrician who has completely rebuilt a opel vivaro engine on my own, no experience prior. I got a "mechanic " to time the engine as I wasn't confident enough myself, big mistake, with drawings on a PC he timed it wrong and I've wasted €1500 in parts. Very few people out there that deserve to be called a mechanic except for guys like this channel 👍
Dealership monkeys. They cannot and should not be able to call themselves " technicians " or even " mechanics " as sll they do is throw parts ar the cars hoping it eill fix the problem.
Can a client somehow protect him/herself against dealership's stupidity and carelessness? Is there a real law in EU for this, that says, that you don't have to pay for labor/parts, when dealership's best work is by guessing changing parts and not proper fault finding using logic and diagnostics (read: skills)? It seems that these days, dealerships are staffed by mechanics who are only part swappers.
@@andyshaylovsky3566 Thank u for your kind post. you get out what u put in. we are busy most of the time… and I don’t spend money on advertising, and I get cars for repairs from all over the country and a few from Europe to fix as well. Drive safe, stay well. regards Eddy
Wonderful tech! This man knows his stuff!!! Multiair is actually very reliable. But needs some TLC. And this man figures it out. I have such a great mechanic in the Netherlands too. (Homan Bedum). Mechanics like this are worth their weight in gold. Dealerships only want to sell cars (the majority), and many brands dont back their customers up with service or good quality anymore either. So great mechanics become even more important.
@@pwsonline MULTI-AIR IS NOT RELIABLE… WHY… ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE RELYING ON AGENTS DOING THERE JOB PROPERLY…AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THEY DONT…. MARK UP YOUR OIL FILTER TO SEE IF THE GARAGE CHANGES THE OIL FILTER. POOR QUALITY FUEL…. WRONG OIL USED…. AND WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD PURCHASE A CAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DIP STICK ….. MULTI-AIR PRODUCES A FANTASTIC AMOUNT OF POWER, AND WITH DIRECT INJECTION PRODUCES EXTRA POWER BECAUSE IT ENABLES THE INJECTORS TO SPRAY EXTRA FUEL INTO THE BALL OF FLAME TO PROLONG FLAME ENDURANCE… BUT… BUT…. THERE IS A BIG DOWNSIDE. CARBON BUILD UP INSIDE THE VALVE CHAMBERS , ON THE VALVE STEMS STOPPING THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF METAL PARTS AND AIR FLOW. IF YOU WANT TO CLEAN OUT THE CARBON BUILD UP YOU HAVE TO STRIP THE ENGINE….. OR INJECT HYDROGEN INTO THE ENGINE AIR FLOW AND THAT LOOSENS THE CARBON BUILD UP. I RUN A WORKSHOP WHICH HAS A HYDROGEN GENERATOR …USED IT OVER 1400 TIMES AND HAD NO COMPLAINTS FROM ANY CUSTOMER. CALL ANY TIME EDDY AT ALFAMAN IN RAYNERS LANE. HARROW
There is the problem with "good" mechanics at dealer not only in England, in Polen too. Only thinking person can be fit for that work. For exchangers thank you.
The thing that bugs me most with this 2.0 TBI engine is that it lacks an oil dipstick! The good thing is that it fully supports LPG (both Polish and Turkish LPG kits exist and work flawlessly) and it is very tuning friendly (if you know what to do with the Multiair system).
@@xynostasos9022 WHO IN THERE RIGHT MIND WOULD BUY A PETROL OR DIESEL CAR WITHOUT A DIP STICK…. ONLY A DIP STICK. WHEN THE ELECTRIC OIL LEVAL SYSTEM GOES WRONG …AND IT DOES…. YOU ARE BUGGERED…. LEFT HIGH AND SIZED UP, SCREWED UP…. ADRIFT OF £5000 FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. THE MAKERS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU….WHO WOULD PERCHANCE A CAR WITH OUT PROPER SECURITY……. LOADS OF STUPID BUYERS. …. THE MAKERS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU…… I CANT INSURE A RANGE ROVER IN MY CARE AFTER I LOCK UP…… WHY ? COS U CANT STOP THEIFS STEALING THIS MAKE. THE MAKERS ARE LITERALLY LAUGHING AT THE OWNERS….. CAR IS STOLEN …INSURANCE PAYS OUT ….OWNERS GO GET A NEW RANGE ROVER. GREAT FOR SALES…. WOT A LAUGH…
I know that I am well off, but honestly not a single soul to ask and get a meaningful answer... Are the 2.2 diesel engines any good? Since I was a child my father always loved and owned a diesel because he loved the ticking sound and fuel efficiency, so I continued down this road and since my first car I always had a diesel. It is a shame to look at a diesel Alfa, I know, but somehow this petrol ones don't work for me somehow...
No one does basic troubleshooting/diagnosis anymore. A few years back I was 1200 miles from home visiting a friend when my 2019 MB C300 coupe started to have a horrible misfire, mainly while under load. It was under warranty, but neither dealership in the area had service openings for almost 2 weeks. Thankfully both my friend and I are pretty mechanically inclined, and we were able to troubleshoot the issue. It ended up being a single plug with a cracked insulator. $50 US in new plugs and 2 days later the car was back on the road, purring like a kitten.
@@Richard-HiFiMan Well done u…. so u did not remove trousers and underpants and lean over a barrel ….. Things I have seen from dealers and other garages make me cross…. give your customers help, they remain customers and recommend other people…. it’s simple ….I don’t spend money on advertising…..
Well, the dealership will always try to replace anything that might be broken and won't go into details. I had problems with the lock on the steering wheel and the dealership wanted to change the lock, as a result also the lock on the door, new keys and reprogramming, price around €1,500. I went to a locksmith someone recommended and he fixed the lock for €120.
This is why alfa romeo cars are unfairly labelled as money pits, crap dealerships and crap mechanics well thats not really fair its workshop bonus schemes that are behind 95% of the problems the poor mechanics have to rush every job rarther than concentrate on doing a proper professional job for the customer!. Dealerships are only interested in money fuck the customer!!.
Dealership plugs a diagnostic tool in and that tells them what to do…. Diagnostics can be useful but you also need to understand mechanics of a system and employ effective fault finding techniques. The best part of this is the dealership still don’t know what caused the fault so don’t have that knowledge for the next one that limps in. But I know a man that does 😁👍
@@leifandersen2756 The Alfas are reliable … It’s the thieving swine that run the dealerships that are unreliable. No quality control in workshops, to make staff do the work properly.
@@andrewlace They don’t have one, if the computer says it’s no.4 cly. misfire … let’s just jump to conclusions…. to change over two injectors takes 20 mins on this model… the agent charged 2 or 3 hours. when I get an engine with GDI injectors… and it’s high mileage I know one will be faulty… not enough flow on one cly…or too much. in the last month …had a 1750 cc engine with one injector over fuelling, and 2 x. 2200cc engines with one injector under fuelling … I think it’s down to rubbish petrol…. and bad fuel filtering .
