What I Bought?!? Why I Bought?!? Episode 1 Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JTDm Turbo Diesel
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Hidden beneath my 20 something year old posture there is an exited 9 years old kid which refuses to grow up :D exited for what?!? you might be asking, Well exited for cars, planes, engineering applications and everything about them. After quite few years, I finally decided to share my passion with everyone out there using my TH-cam channel, Website and Instagram page to inform you all of my restoration as well was modification projects, and my car related purchases as well as my reviews. I do hope that the content of this channel become useful to you all.
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Best sedan ever made - I agree! When I was younger I heard a lot about poor quality of ARs and I used to buy new Hondas and Fords. A year ago I decided to buy a dream. I told myself I'd rather invest money in repairs instead of paying leasing. So I bought a 159 2.4 TI sedan in a very good condition, changed oil and filters, changed wishbones recently ..and nothing else. Car goes perfectly and I'd say it's reliable though there are lots of "experts", who tells opposite things. I love my AR!
Great decision, 2.4s are amazing ❤ and TI is the pizza with the lot, is yours red too?
@@mechanickitten No, it's carbon black. I'm now too old for red and an offer of TI sedans is not very big. Once you find the good one you got to buy it no matter what color it is ). Good luck with your 159! By the way d'u have your EGR, DPF and swirls cut? Are you planning to tune a motor or d'you have it tuned?
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The biggest weakness of the 2.4 jtdm is the antipollution system = DPF, EGR SWIRLFLAP. Sort this out and you get great power , good mileage and no DPF limp mode check engine issues!i have my 2.4 jtdm since 2013 and running on 129 000 + km.mine is a q tronic and this helps a lot
Congratulations. I have a 2010 159 1759 TBI Ti. Red of course. Isn't is just a thing of beauty. Apart from a slight electrical power leak it's been very reliable in the 6 years I've owned it. By the way it's not a car, it's an Alfa Romeo.
Who ever says a car can't be a piece of Art should see one of these!! ❤ indeed Italians know how to design a car. By the way tell me more about the issue with your car, maybe I can help, if I know anything of course 😊
Nice engine. Same as the one found in the 4c albiet slighty different here n there.
When I was a teenager I loved the Alfasud Sprint and the original GTV6. That wonderful wedge shape.
Giorgetto Giugiaro designed all of those cars.
İ have the Sportwagon 159 2.4 jtdm. Amazing car
Watching this video I was thinking 'dumb arse doesn't know he can open the boot by pressing the badge!' :)
This model was made in 2005? Still looks pretty good by today's standard
They were first introduced in 2005 but in Australia they were delivered in 2006, this particular one is a 2006 model that I was searching for for a while in this colour and manual gearbox :)
Awesome car; Very nice buy. Enjoy.
Looks great. i have a 2010 1750 Tbi Ti in black, got it in September 2022, your car will have the stronger F40 gearbox, my car has the weak M32 box, i have stick movement in 1st and 5th gears so a rebuild will be needed, hoping to do this myself without pulling the box out, apart from that the car is great, it has been re-mapped to 240bhp so goes really well, recently fitted Quadrofoglio wheels to it which look amazing.
I've being dreaming for an Alfa 159 for 10 years and I've decided that it's time to buy one. Right now, I'm just waiting for a bright red 159 1.9 JTDM SW to appear and I'll buy it. I don't want any other color, only the bright red, in my opinion, it's the best color, I call it "the 4 door Ferrari"
They do one in off white and that is trully specatualr even more so if you get the red interior in it
beautiful car, amazing chassis
Thank you very much very nice job sir I’m Italian very happy to see your project good luck from 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍👍👍I Love This 🚘
Oh Ciao my friend ❣️😊😊🙌🏻🙌🏻 I was in itally last year, which part of the awesome itally are you from??? You live in England??
I have the 08 sportwagon because I need the rear space I've got to tell you what a fun car to drive I've had muscle cars super cars etc. I'm laughing at the torque the handling is amazing at high speeds. I accidently bought mine only looking at stationwagons. 1owner 140 kilometers absolutely pristine for 2800 euro. It wasn't until a few days later I realized what I bought being an American living in italy. This thing is a monster
Best looking production car ever. They could relaunch this platform and it wouldnt even need changing in its design it was so ahead of everything else for the time like al AR'S
Got my SW TI couple of months ago, it really is superb. As Jeremy Clarson said in his 2006 review, "The steering is more informative than the internet".
this car has aged the best. it looks like it came out yesterday
Bro... Loved the video. I have a 159 TI 2011. Almost identical, 130k miles and feels like a tank.
Woow that's awesome, Ti has everything, mine doenst have sunroof but I suppose yours have it and electric seats, i will install them thou
@@mechanickitten no doesn't have sunroof or powered seats. Tbh I would recommend not doing them. Your cars interior is fantastic
Great, full of info!
Thank you very much, supportive comments like this makes me more motivated to post videos, thank you for your kind words 🙏🏻
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it
You make the good choise (:
Thanks 😊 stay away from the 2.2
I have the same spec one as yours I think (except with the 18" horseshoe alloys) and I love it... I have it in Rubino red (slightly darker)
just bought the same in black and i love it. 🙌
Good on you 👍, just make sure you put correct oil in it, once a week do a 30min highway driving to clean up the DPF. And see how EGR and those flaps are doing!!
@@mechanickitten ye im doin a 2h trip every 1-2 weeks so i think im golden haha
Has the turbo been reliable after all those kms?
Love that car bella .I have the same car in the garage in Australia.
I'm in Asutralia too :)
Which model you have? (My apologies for the late reply 😊🙏🏻)
How do you find getting parts in Oz?
Amazing car. I prefer the wagon more but this platform ia just beautifull
Most beautiful wagon ever made
How is holding up? How many miles/kms and what engine problems have you faced? Thank you
I’ve loved these cars since they were released. It’s stunning on every angle, what’s the mpg like
Couldn't agree any further, most beautiful Sedan of our era
Can i ask what is the fuel economy mate? Super good video btw really helpful :)
Haven't measured it yet but I believe I get around 7 to 8L per 100KMs
Thank you very much for your supportive comment also
@@mechanickitten thats pretty good for a 2.4 engine, even though my 2009 1.4tdci fiesta has an average of 5L😂. You're welcome!
@@em22beats28 WoooW that's great man honestly, 5L is literally sniffing the fuel to get by and those little Ford's are quite zippy around town
did you remove the intake to clean it? you will have a great surprise.
also egr delete is a most on this engine like no other!
Actually and surprisingly NO, thanks heaps for the suggestion 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I have heard of the EGR delete, is that something that can be done DIY you reckon?
@@mechanickitten hello mate, its quite easy to delete the egr. It took me about an hour or so. If you remove the two bolts holding the coolant tank on it makes things easier, you dont have to disconnect the tank it just means you can move it out of the way. You can either get a blanking plate but i think you might need a remap or you can get an engine light, the other option is to get a blanking plate with a couple of small holes in it, this apparently works without needing the map.
What was the price?
po shoh une te ble nje te tille. a ja vlen?
Hi! What ET and J for the wheels? Thx
Hi ET is 41 and depth is at 8J, wheel diameter is at 19 inches, Oh by the way, can you Please Subscribe as I need support 🙏🏼🙌🏼 thank you
Hey I have the same car but having problems getting a place to service it. Do you have any recommendations? I live in Maribyrnong Victoria Australia.
Hi Victor
What type of service your car needs?
@@mechanickitten thanks for getting back to me. I was hoping a general service but also check up and advice what kind of other services the car needs.
@@chiefouko for general service I'm happy to help :) our cars use 5W40 full synthetic, I used Penrith in mine and had good results, some suggest Selenia to be the best but frankly any good brand of oil should work just fine as long as it's the right type and grade, Ryco oil filter is fine too. For gearbox oil I used full Synthetic Penrith gear oil. I do service these cars for other people too.
@@chiefouko oh for automatic transmission fluid, I'd strongly suggest genuine Alfa Romeo fluid, their auto trans are sensitive to after market fluids (that's what I've heard)
Do you still own it? Im looking to buy one, they got dirty cheep right now, found one 159 2.4 JTDM 20v Distinctive with 250k on the clock for 2.4k € .. should i go for it? I think over the time they will only go up with price since they are disappearing slowly..
My humble apologies for the late reply!😊🙏🏻 Yes I still have it. Here is what you need to look for, DPFs condition, EGR, if you buy a manual the clutch and DMS, the harmonic balancer, etc etc etc, I'd say you'll have less headache with a petrol variant even thou diesel engines are more reliable, they are hamstrung by emissions regulation.
great car but cried at the way you said alfa romeo
It's cleaner under the bonnet.
That is super low for a stock suspension.
But surprisingly it never bottoms out, tyres never rub against the fenders, I purchased later model 2009 TI Suspension and installed it myself, I'll post that video later on, earlier models like mine were too high. The only issue with this setup is that the front bumper will be too low. Bare in mind that the 2.0 petrol TI springs and 2.4 diesel Tis are different in diameter, so if you use 2.4 Ti suspension it will sit higher
Didn't have time to clean it cause you just got it, but you've had enough time to paint the rear calipers? 😂😂
You gotta set your priorities straight mate 😉😂😂😂
No but what I meant was that on that day I didn't get time to clean it haha, still no excuse, should have been cleaned up.
It's the sheild man, Bugatti uses a toilet seat.
Lol yes, same as ford Edsel 🤣💀
I love me some 159. However, if you're gonna mention the smaller engines being unreliable, why not mention what the issues are. Any statement without argument can be dismissed without counter-argument.
I had have this car as TBI 200 CV, best car which i have ever
Turbo Benzina is the best engine on this model! Great cars honestly 😎