Alfa Romeo 156 2 Litre Twin Spark "Lusso"

[crostonian]

I used to sell Alfas and the 2 litre Twin Spark for me is the pick of the range. I prefer the looks of the pre facelift cars inside and out and the build quality seemed to get worse with every facelift. Never a fan of the side skirts on the Veloces which always seem to peel away and it hides the curvaceous sills, (oddly?) one of my favourite details.

[robsco]

Beautiful cars the 156s, my favourite modern-ish Alfa. I'm on my second 2.5 V6 (unfortunately the second one goes to a new home on Wednesday), and I have loved them both. The pre-facelift is a prettier car both externally and internally.

[daemon]

Love the car and those alloys O/P!

I had those rims on my 156 v6 Veloce SP3

[Bluehawk]

waynedear said:

Have you tried unplugging your maf, (mass air flow) it should be a connector on the r/ h side of the engine bay, half way between the air filter and the throttle body, it's a free check, unplug and see if it makes a difference.
One of my GTV's used to flash up eml and perform rubbish, I sorted it by wiggling all the wires behind the centre console until the eml went out, it was a dry joint in the loom for the throttle pot

Thanks all,

Where abouts under the centre console are we Talking?

I've plugged my car in and fault code "P0100 - Air Flow Meter"... Unfortunately it's a fairly new MAF installed in December.

Diagnostics are showing the MAF is reading air flow, but not showing a Voltage output... Currently unsure if that's due to the MAF being broken or whether it could be a wiring problem between the MAF and ECU...

Let the fun and games begin!

[daemon]

Bluehawk said:

Thanks all,

Where abouts under the centre console are we Talking?

I've plugged my car in and fault code "P0100 - Air Flow Meter"... Unfortunately it's a fairly new MAF installed in December.

Diagnostics are showing the MAF is reading air flow, but not showing a Voltage output... Currently unsure if that's due to the MAF being broken or whether it could be a wiring problem between the MAF and ECU...

Let the fun and games begin!

I wouldnt rule out a faulty MAF. They are prone to them and some of the spurious ones dont last long

[boyse7en]

not the same engine, but my Alfa 166 v^ had similar issues a while back (rough idle & loss of power)

Try replacing the MAF first, then the Lambda sensor, before you start on the throttle body

[waynedear]

On my GTV is was left side behind centre console, do the maf unplug first.