Monday, November 9, 2009

First week

The first uh-oh I had was oil pressure seemed really low, but only at hot idle. I noticed the PO put in 10w-30 oil. I replaced with high Zinc 20w-50. Oil pressure is now about 1mm above 0 at hot idle. According to other users on the AlfaBB, this is normal.

I started experiencing a drive-ablity problem after a few days. On light throttle, the car would backfire, hesitate, stumble, and buck. At first I thought this was due to an inoperational vacuum advance module on the distributor. It turned out to be the AFM acting wonky.

I cleaned the AFM PCB with CRC Electronics cleaner and cleaned the vane area with Carb cleaner. The car runs great now and power is up. So much in fact, that the clutch now slips. doh!

I also replaced a polyurethane sway bar bushing. I still need to get an alignment and do the clutch this coming weekend. Beyond that, I just need to get the a/c working.

1 comment:

  1. Have you named it yet? I suggest ......... well, you know!

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