General Help needed

[sebasteeno]

Hi everyone, My names Seb and ive just bought a Marea Weekend 1.8 ELX having recently owned four Alfa Romeo 155s with my last one being a V6 but with the current cost of fuel had to reluctantly sell and buy something more economical. Anyway back to the Marea as I need some help as it has a couple of issues.

Firstly theres a loud wining coming from something to do with the pwer steering when turning at low speeds. Im thinking possibly power steering pump but are these prone to going wrong and if so are there any specialist cheap breakers on here or anyone who can supply one to me?

Secondly it drove back the 140 miles I had to go pick it up without missing a beat but a day later is now not pulling properly and appears to be firing intermittently on three cylinders. Anything I should check or clean perhaps?

Lastly its clunking from the O/S suspension. Are there particular bits that go wrong on these for me to look for when I get undereneath it later on.

Seb

 

[Hellcat]

lower arm bushes can wear out pretty easily. Fit new arms.

Also the anti-roll bar can slip sideways and hit against other parts - jack the car up and down and see what's happening.

 

[sebasteeno]

Same arms as on the alfa 155 as i remember.

Any reason why I seem to have this poor running problem anybody?

 

[Venters]

Poor running is possibily an injector, although thats much more common on the 1.6