Re: 145/146 clutch bearing noise

["Shahrol Halmi" <alfalist@xxxxxxxxx>]

I went to the dealer to find out about this - at first a friend's 146 1.6
boxer was making the noise (is it a clattering noise?) after a clutch
change.  Now my 1.5IE 33 is making the same noise, after a transmission
fluid change.   The chief mechanic at the dealers claim "they all do that"
and mentioned that almost all the boxer engined Alfas make this noise, even
when new.

I suspect that the noise will go away when I change the gearbox oil to a
synthetic - the only reason I haven't done so yet is the scarcity of
Redline/Amsoil here in Malaysia.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Oleg Solovianov <Oleg.Solovianov@domain.elided>
To: alfa@domain.elided <alfa@domain.elided>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 04:30
Subject: 145/146 clutch bearing noise


>Some time ago there was a discussion about the
>clutch bearing noise in Alfa Romeo 145/146 with Boxer motors.
>There were couple of messages from UK Alfisti.
>One of my friends has the same problem with his Alfa 146 1.6 Boxer.
>
>No noise when the motor is cold, after warm-up - noise from the clutch,
>whith the clucth depressed - no noise.
>

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