[alfa] Re: What is your confidence level in the Milano V6? (was RE: [alfa] Re: What I want)

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:22:33 -0600 Gregory Youngblood <greg@domain.elided> wrote:
> How many of you would do that with your V6 Alfas? Make a "last minute" trip
> of at least 1,500 miles one way, checking only the oil, fluids, and tires
> before getting on the highway? What if you have 25,000 miles since the last
> t-belt? What if you have 29,000 miles on the t-belt?

i did this numerous times in my Milano, up until i sold it at ca. 118k miles.
it made the round trip from upstate NY to Florida on several occasions,
as well as numerous extended race track trips (the longest being to
Summit Point and to Mid Ohio.)

the timing belts don't magically self destruct at 30k miles. make sure that
there's no oil leaking near/on the belt, and make sure that the water pump
isn't leaking (i generally changed water pumps whenever i changed timing
belts) and go for it.

richard
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