It really is funny to me that yo rail so fucking hard against the 2.2 JTS and the 3.2 JTS. They're part of GM's Ecotec and High Featur engine families respectively and have long earned a reputation for their reliability.
Anything that makes them unreliable is completely on Alfa Romeo. The Alfa Romeo versions got unique cylinder heads and pistons that none of the GM versions got.
Alfa Romeo 159 Ti
Luke Long
Anthony Russell
>Engine fault
This is not the official Audi thread, keep searching.
Aaron Mitchell
yeah alfas are much more reliable than audis
Wyatt Turner
Those were the years when, because of the fucking Euro 4 and subsequent pollution regulamentations, we had totally dead and thirsty NA petrol engines...it was just before the "turbo revolution".
It's not a surprise that most people were going for a diesel 159 and, in the end, for the 1750.
>reliability
I had, back in the years, a brand new 2004 Opel Astra with a 1.4 engine. The engine was rock solid and reliable but it sucked major dicks because it was slow as fuck and thirsty in an unbelivable way.
Jackson Roberts
Sorry, were you saying something?
Chase Long
Sucks, is the 1.8 mpi any good? The 1750 tbi is outside of my budget and the taxes on diesel would kill me.
Ryder Collins
See In America, those engines would've been perfectly fine and praised for their technological innovations. Funnily enough, the 159 and Brera were designed FOR the American market. It isn't just the engines. The entire FWD platform the cars ride on looks to be a variant of GM's Epsilon platform. For whatever reason, the American reintroduction was canceled leaving Europe with an Alfa with drivetrains meant for an entirely different market.
Connor Miller
Do it, or go for the 2.2L, just beware the extra fuel cost on the 2.2.
Brody Roberts
NO
Avoid the 1.8 GM, even if it's not a bad engine it's underpowered on the Alfa 159 which was a heavy car before the restyling, also the consumptions are in the 9 km/l area if you want to have little fun. AVOID IT.
At this point go for the 2.2 and do an LPG conversion.
Mason Morris
>LPG conversion.
Jesus fuck,
first Diesel, now LPG conversion
at least diesel is a real engine, farm equipment grade engine but an engine. LPG means converting a perfectly good petrol engine into a lighter.
If you cannot afford the Petrol version, just buy cheaper/more economical car.
Just find 156 with 160-170 6 gear Diesel if you must. It drinks almost no oil at all that torque makes that small shitter go like stink. You can easily chip it to 200hp, I have seen even 230hp ones, but I would worry at this point.