Oh my car god what have I done JTD 156 Veloce purchase

[cptsideways]

Well the Alfa itch has always been there, I've owned literally hundreds of cars but never an Alfa. So I went & bought myself a replacement shed motor.

She's a 2000 156 2.4 JTD Veloce (I think its the 150 bhp one???) with the big gay wing, teledials & the aero kit.

Now this was one of those slightly drunk Ebay purchases that hopefully works out or maybe not I submitted a cheeky offer on this newly listed car & was'nt expecting anything, hey presto offer accepted & I've gone & bought one.

A trip to Cornwall to collect it yesterday & its here at home, it's not a bad one, well there's no lights on the dash for a start & everthing appears to work no OBD error codes on my scanner either Some minor fettling required on the bodywork as its looking a bit tired in places.

So tell me what I need to know, things to look out for & pre emptive things I should be doing. She's on 150k with a fairly good history & a recent cambelt change.

Estimates on how long it'll be before it breaks down please

[velocemitch]

It'l be fine, it won't breakdown they 2.4 lump is pretty good. slight niggles which might cause a problem would be a battery earth lead which is just a tad too short to be reliable. Other than that watch for suspension bushes failing causing creaks and rattles they are consumable items on 156's.
Still a lovely car though and I bet it was a bargain too.

[velocemitch]

Oh, it's probably the 140BHP one, as it's as early as they come for a JTD at 2000(?), the 150 BHP version came in with the first face lift in 2002.

[cptsideways]

Yep it appears to be a 140bhp model.

Some faffing with batteries & I have a working plipper & central locking system. Next up a minor service me thinks.

[wrinx]

It might even be the 136bhp version...

wrinx

[cptsideways]

What way can I tell which engine it is?

[wrinx]

From memory the 136bhp engine cover is all silver but the later ones have a black stripe, there's a thread on the 156 site with pics, I'll have a search.

wrinx

[wrinx]

136bhp:


140bhp onwards:


wrinx

[cptsideways]

It's the lame one then

Is that a good thing?

[dtmpower]

cpt did you consider the 2 litre or 3.2 v6? just wondered why you chose the diesel to scratch and Alfa itch ?

[cptsideways]

dtmpower said:

cpt did you consider the 2 litre or 3.2 v6? just wondered why you chose the diesel to scratch and Alfa itch ?

I did, but this came up for bargainous quantities of beer tokens, it sounds quite nice for a diesel being a 5 pot & quite prefer diesels for everyday smoking about.

[mike9009]

wrinx said:

136bhp:


140bhp onwards:


wrinx

Never realised that! So my 51 plate is 140bhp and not the 136bhp. Note sure whether I would notice the difference anyway?

OP : yours does look lovely, hope you enjoy it. Mine is a SW and the biggest problems (expense) have been suspension components needing attention. Otherwise it has been a reliable purchase. Never let me down. Just have an airbag light on at the moment, rear wiper motor failure (won't be an issue for you!).

Mike

[OperationAlfa]

The 10V is a great engine to remap

[wrinx]

mike9009 said:

....rear wiper motor failure.

Mike

Is it definitely dead or did it become slower and then stop?

If the latter it can be made to live again.

wrinx

[mike9009]

wrinx said:

Is it definitely dead or did it become slower and then stop?

If the latter it can be made to live again.

wrinx

Happened a while ago - so old motor is now long gone. TBH, in my typical fashion I took the motor apart and couldn't get all the bits back together again so bought another instead! (typical way of problem solving for me!!)

Thanks

Mike