sussexa said:

did you try a clean up to see how quickly it came back ?
its a lot to pay if the only issue your noticing is the oil staining,ok if bad idle , low boost and error messages would probably be worth it.
as I mentioned in the other thread its the labour that's going to be worse than parts.
are that garage counting in the costs , a cambelt etc?
also did you think about getting the swirl flaps deleted ? theres little to go wrong once theyre gone.
also think about egr delete, this prevents the mess in the manifold to start with.
here this alfa specialist ad for job on the later plastic manifold.
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa...007-147-gt-swirl-flap-delete-300-inc-vat.html
prices should be similar for yours.
its worth ringing them as they do so many, hence this latest offer. people do travel a fair way to go to them.
even my local specialist struggled (and that was during a cambelt change)all planned in.
if they ask it is jtdm edc16c39 cf4 same as the alfas same maps in ecu.

also found this in a post on alfaforum
"There's a place called The CDTI Surgery that will swap the manifold for a de-flapped one for £150 fitted (including a new manifold).
They mainly work with the Vauxhall variant of the JTDm engine but also do Alfa's and Saab's. "
heres there facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/thecdtisurgery/timeline?ref=page_internal
cant comment on them

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