Moreimportantly, though, the impressive 2.0 TS was replaced by the new (and less impressive) 2.0 JTS engine with direct injection, the 2.4 JTD got a touch more power and the mighty 3.2 V6 GTA landed. FESExp_2309211949_AlfaRomeo GT JTS you can open the link to download them. weird thing, both pre-cat's are cycling between open and closed loop even at startup and on cold engine. While on subject on Cataclean, I got a mixture of 20l gasoline and 100ml BG 44K. The159 2.2 engine isn't that bad, it's just that its not a alfa engine i guess. Its GM, like most of the car. I can think of plenty of other cars that are worse. For someone that grew up driving old school alfa's it just hard to take. The 2 litre JTS fitted to the 156, 916, Gt is an absolute piece of crap. UPDATE The solution was to find an Alfa JTS specialist. The following cured the idle problem (also misfires started to appear recently): - 2 faulty coil packs replaced - all injectors replaced Thanks for all the help along the way! Throttleproblems with Alfa 156 2.0 JTS. Tags jts throttle. NOOOOO!!!! Motor control system failure came back on this morning Argh! One other thing when my car had problems before, it used to give an extra beep after locking. The friendly Alfa Romeo Club - If you are looking to buy or you are already an Alfa Romeo owner, join Proud(used to be) owner of a 2005 2.0, 156 JTS Veloce. Whilst driving at 60mph the engine cut out and never started since. First thoughts of cambelt, crank sensor etc have all been ruled out. No faults recorded on diagnosis, Alfa Romeo also confirmed so next issue was the fuel. AlfaRomeo Owners Club of Australia Forum Technical 932 Series (156, GTV, Spider, 147 A well known club sponsor and Alfa Specialist does prefer to recommend the twin spark equiped vehicles due to issues with oil starvation on the jts engine. Now: 2011 Giulietta QV Previously: 1989 164 3.0 V6 2002 156 Twin Spark Therewould be a professional way of checking for dud coil packs, here is a backyarders way of checking, remove all coil packs, remove all spark plugs and clean .

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