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So yesterday I did some cleaning of the underbody protection and find no nasty surprises, happy with that :mrgreen: It was a messy job, but fortunately was able to do it outside - and I cleaned up well afterwards also :D Rear wheel wells need some attention, and then some surface corrosion needs to ...

So prepared it for high pressure cleaning the car underneath, hopefully the coming weekend. This will be a simple clean to see, if more things appear. I am not expecting major things to appear, but I will take it from there and also hear what those fixing the rust spots will say. There is no need fo...

So slightly moving forward on the Q4, starting to put rust remover on some spots, then need to figure out how the best way is to clean the entire underside properly to found out exactly what needs to be treated/repaired/replaced. Deadline still some way into the future... :arrow: 2023-11-05 16.17.46...

It is definitely looking good

I hope that the electrical gremlins are easily fixed!

Hmm, does not seem that putting a link here works... edit, now it did

www.amazon.com/BTMIEY-Disconnect-Replac ... B09BV5HPHX

This is a set of tools for doing this job

Maybe that will help in figuring out how to disconnect them.

Connecting them again should 'just' be to click them back on again.

I don't know about this, so to understand the system better, you most likely have to look into the details of the system in the workshop manual. The rich mixture could be related to the coolant temp sensor, if it is maybe slowly going bad and of course the lambda probe, but I guess you have monitore...

Is this happening when you turn off the car? Is it causing problems?

I don't recall this happening for any of my cars, but when opening the fuel tank cover, it can be very different, if there is audible pressure regulation or not...

That is great parts info, thanks for posting this

And also great that you solved the problem

I have absolutely no idea what it would require to make it run on E85, but if you find out, please let us know about it

Great to see good progress

Did you find more things to fix, while you were at it? And if you have photos of the rebuild, please share

I have never really used the system in my Q4, so I don't have any ideas, apart from going through the wiring. Maybe something can be found in the manuals on this site.

And it will take quite a bit more time...

Had intake pipes rechromed, also for some other Busso V6's

Brake servo is now removed (and some old mobile phone wiring), so next step will be to remove surface rust in the engine bay and prime it. Will be later, as some of the other cars require some attention before the summer season

Got the engine bay cleaned up a bit more and sent the intake pipes for rechroming. The valves seem to be fine, but working on the engine will be at a later point.

A shame about the photos, but great to see that you are still progressing - and you are a lot further than I am

Thanks for updating this site as well, it is not that active anymore, but I have it will keep on going, also since it seems that the 164 is getting more attention now as a classic

https://www.blocket.se/annons/goteborg/ ... /107092028

Will also be at auction:

https://bilwebauctions.se/marsauktion-1 ... 4-30-51687

Some more photos of the inside of the sills https://i.postimg.cc/HVBjhfY0/Untitled-12.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/N5g5bgcf/Untitled-20.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Bt5jxjRV/Untitled-22.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/2Lx3mt4D/Untitled-23.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/JDZGY00t/Untitled-58.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/30hWs...

So almost 10 years since I started this thread and while the last couple of years have been very quiet, I have done some more disassembly to get going again :wink: - I finally managed to get the steering wheel off, which was really difficult - Inner & outer door skins are off, no rust, as expect...

You could try and download the free multiecuscan version, where I think it is possible to read data and error codes, but not reset.

If you can read data, then it seems to be related to the 164diagnostics program.

Welcome to the site :) It has been a while since I used the program, as my 164 has not driven for a while, and I use MultiEcuScan for my other Italian cars, so I don't remember the details. I have also not used it on win11, so no input either on that. I do however have problems on my new win11 work ...

A Q4 would be great in the Alps

Great that it also worked for you

Welcome to the site and thanks for sharing photos of your lovely Alfa Romeos :D They all look to be in great condition and seems like the 12V will be the same. I hope you find use of the diagnostic SW on this site, has helped me a lot with my Q4 👍 MultiEcuScan is also very good for the other cars yo...