Beaulieu
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millermilla
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Beaulieu
Anyone going? I'm camping down in the new forest for a long weekend and will be at the show Sunday in R1067
Keith Miller
Re: Beaulieu
Unfortunately i won't be going to this one.
I have just had to take my Alfa to the dealers and have a bill for £1167 for a new inlet manifold & to fix a drive shaft oil leak so i'm a little skint.
I didnt expect bills this high for a car just 8 months out of warranty. 2 months ago it was £300 for an exhaust recirculation valve and £240 for 2 tyres. It was supposed to have 2 more tyres on Sat too. I had budgeted for the tyres but not mechanical failures.
I'm glad my mini is running a treat though, but i'd like to have it rolling roaded to make sure the mixture is right as it drinks like a fish.
I'm off to goodwood 1 & 2nd July but i'm thinking of doing Gaydon again on Sunday 4th July.
I'm also going to Avon Park 10/11th but don't know if i'm camping unless someone else does.
I have just had to take my Alfa to the dealers and have a bill for £1167 for a new inlet manifold & to fix a drive shaft oil leak so i'm a little skint.
I didnt expect bills this high for a car just 8 months out of warranty. 2 months ago it was £300 for an exhaust recirculation valve and £240 for 2 tyres. It was supposed to have 2 more tyres on Sat too. I had budgeted for the tyres but not mechanical failures.
I'm glad my mini is running a treat though, but i'd like to have it rolling roaded to make sure the mixture is right as it drinks like a fish.
I'm off to goodwood 1 & 2nd July but i'm thinking of doing Gaydon again on Sunday 4th July.
I'm also going to Avon Park 10/11th but don't know if i'm camping unless someone else does.
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millermilla
- Posts: 182
- Joined: Mon May 07, 2007 10:16 pm
- Location: Burgess Hill West Sussex
Re: Beaulieu
New inlet manifold on a 4 year old car 
Surely a manufacturing defect from new! And EGR valves are well common, try to regularly use a fuel system cleaner.
Surely a manufacturing defect from new! And EGR valves are well common, try to regularly use a fuel system cleaner.Keith Miller
Re: Beaulieu
Im sure it is a manufacturing fault too, but it only had a 3 year warranty. I cant even blame it on high milage as its just coming up to 34K.
I am going to write to alfa about it though anyway, just in case.
I need to change it when its 5 years and was thinking of a new guilietta but my confidence is starting to be swayed so i might have to find an alternative.
I have run the idea of the Cox cars ERA past our fleet manager, but she didnt think that the directors would give approval.
If it hadnt been registered i might have squeezed it though, but not on a 1992 plate.
I am going to write to alfa about it though anyway, just in case.
I need to change it when its 5 years and was thinking of a new guilietta but my confidence is starting to be swayed so i might have to find an alternative.
I have run the idea of the Cox cars ERA past our fleet manager, but she didnt think that the directors would give approval.
If it hadnt been registered i might have squeezed it though, but not on a 1992 plate.