Equilibrium experiments have been performed at 1373, 1173, and 973 K, with alloys of compositions within the aluminium rich corner of the Al–Ti–C phase diagram. The samples have been metallographically investigated using light optical microscopy and a scanning electron microscope equipped with a system for energy dispersive spectrometry. Equilibrium phases, as well as effects of cooling, have been identified. Dynamic effects originating from cooling are discussed and a tentative phase diagram is proposed. It was predicted theoretically and confirmed experimentally that a class II reaction involving four phases occurs, i.e. Al(l) + TiC(s)Al₃Ti(s) + Al₄C₃(s), below 1100 K.