Not new but interesting?? (excuse me)

pete spaans · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2004, 04:24 PM

Hi everybody, new to alfa ownership so here goes! Bourght an alfa 155 not sure if 8 valve or 16v! MMMM, i hear you say!! Bad news, gear box gone bang! Does anyone know if the 16valve gearbox fits the 8 valve? How do you identify the engines? Can only get hold of 16valve gearbox, offrered 3 to date!!! My car is N reg 1.8ts on the cam cover it only reads Alfa Romeo!!! Any help would be appreciated!!!! Ta.

**nizam** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-19-2004, 04:41 PM

Pete -

the 16-valve engines say "16-valve" on the valve cover. Since it didn't say so on your valve cover, it's probably the older 1.8ts (8-valve).

I don't know if the 16-valve gearboxes will fit on the older 8-valve bolt pattern, might have to Google around for a bit.

**AR4me** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-22-2004, 11:05 PM

Good thing about the 8 valve 4 cyl TS engines (as in 164, 75TS, and early 155) is that they have a timing chain instead of a timing belt - with the 16 valve heads and iron blocks they switched to a timing belt. The 8 valve TS is an evolution of the good old Alfa Nord engine, while the 16 valve is a Fiat derivative.

Jes

Hoygaard · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2004, 02:39 PM

Nope.... gearbox wont fit

**Alfisto Steve** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-04-2004, 11:21 AM

What is your VIN (vehicle ID number)) so I can look it up on parts CD?

Hoygaard · #6 (**permalink**) 11-04-2004, 12:07 PM

See post above. It WON'T fit. I'm an eurotrash dubaya Bush hating lowlife, but this I know. The gearbox is totally different to the one fitted to the late 155 (IE 16valve), 145/46 and 147/156. The last year the 8V gearbox was fitted to a 155 was in 1996 where for some reason the 155 1.8 8v engine was fitted to the "new" WideBody chassis. I think most of them were named "155 silverstone"