Re: [alfa] Dead GTV-6, stymied mechanics

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I would suspect the AFM (Air flow meter).  I have seen this symptom before.  You can try to take it apart and clean the potentiometer with electrical parts cleaner and a dollar bill under the sweeper, or just replace it but they are usually expensive.

Good luck!

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Jason Hagen
Chicago, IL
'73 Spider
'95 164Q
> First, my apologies for double posting--I wasn't sure which address for
> the Digest was correct.
> 
> A few weeks ago my GTV-6 (Milano 2.5 engine) stopped dead and acted as
> if the fuel pump had failed ---it would start, run feebly, and die if
> you tried to give it gas.
> 
> Mechanic number 1 replaced the filter (he didn't ask if the one in
> there was new, which it was!) replaced the double relay, and told me it
> was fine.
> 
> Two days later it died on the freeway.
> 
> Towed to mechanic two, who replaced the ignition module (on the left
> front fender toward the front) checked the injectors (they were all
> pulsing) the fuel pressure, the oxygen sensor wire, and went through
> everything in the Alfa diagnostic book he could find. Somehow, between
> the evening before, when there was feeble spark (which he fixed) but
> the injectors were pulsing fine, the next morning the injectors stopped
> pulsing. He has swapped the ECU for another. He is now baffled, says I
> have to tow the car away from his shop, and that he can't find the
> problem.
> 
> As a result, I missed the Laguna time trial and lost (or didn't get
> anything for) a bunch of money.
> 
> Please, someone out there tell us where to look--Two mechanics and one
> owner are baffled!!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan Lambert
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