Re: Milano Won't Start

[s4usea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Scott Allen)]

John Hammer Writes:

>Help me out gang, my Milano is dead on the side of the road.  Here's
>what happened today:

>This morning when I started the car, the battery light came on and
>stayed on(it's never done this before), it continued to flash steadily
>for two 40 mile trips.  The Alfa Romeo Control light, the big red one,
>would also occasionally come on & stay on when I hit the brakes.  The
>car drove fine at this point.

And Goes On...

>When I went to restart the car, the accessories worked fine, but the car
>would not start.  The starter "clicked" like it wasn't getting enough
>electricity.  However, it would not jump start.

>I push-started the car and it fired up, the battery light was again on,
>but now the oil light also came on...however, the oil gauge showed
>normal oil pressure.

I saw this on a '87 Milano that did the EXACT same thing on the 4th
of July last year.

The ground on the ECU was bad, so you may want to check the connections
to it.

The ground on the battery was bad too, but the ECU was the culprit.

Hope this helps...

Scott Allen 

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