Recent content by beamer

Cheers MarcR

Anyone know the name, number and/or price for the part labelled by the yellow arrow in this picture ... On my car, the clip at the top of the part, in the red circled area seems to have broken. Consequently, it keeps falling down, catching the air going under the car, at pretty my any speed...

Got a very lumpy start occurring - particularly when very cold, which after 20 seconds or so, is accompanied by a flashing engine management warning light. Once revs have been up for a while and car driven, the warning light stops flashing. If engine then idled (e.g. at queued traffic) for more...

Other thing that concerns me is that this is always a "cold start" problem. Other reports where TDC sensor replacement fixed the problem were "warm start" problems. Hmmmm, fingers crossed the OBD does what it was designed for :)

Yep, it turns over exactly as it does during the first 2-3 seconds of a normal start, without the actual ignition (seems to be referred to as a "long crank" elsewhere). I also checked all electrics when it last happened, thinking maybe something had bust the battery again (or I had been unlucky...

Frequently my 182 is very difficult (taking 10+ attempts / 3+ minutes of trying) to start, if left overnight, after having to restart and moving a little bit (1/2 a metre max) when parking (generally occurs when I have to shift it a little when parking up for other cars to manoeuvre around -...

I have only ever got "sod off" quotes for my 182s from Zurich. So I can well imagine them wanting £6000/year for a 172 and giving a "we want your business quote" when they thought it was a low capacity (1.2/1.4) engine. I would get back on to your broker - from what you have said, they are the...

An extremely kind fellow decided to attack my 182 with a screw driver a while back. Damage was window, door lock barrel and the MP3 player the c*&t got away with. Window I sorted straight away - now looking again at the door lock barrel. Local breakers has a couple of Meganes, Lagunas and an...

Same will happen here in the long run ... with a massive brain drain continuing and accelerating, all that will be left in Britain are the lazy doley sh*tes - which the government will have no one left to tax, to pay for them. The government will then be forced to drastically change the dole...

Yet I know exactly how much longer I'll be keeping my government :)

Okey dokey. I've taken off the plastic engine cover thingy to find the following ... http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2882/dsc00343modmm8.jpg I'm pretty sure, looking at the dirt around the bolt holes labelled A, in that pic, that some part is suppose to be held by bolts at A and hook...

Hmmm, okey dokey. Cheers.

Checking car over in preparation for a long journey and noticed the solid metal part boxed in red in the picture linked below moves about just a bit ... http://www.beamer999.f2s.com/841modded.JPG Apologies for not naming it, I've no idea what it's called. I'm not sure whether it has...

Pompey and Southampton for me :) Weekends normally spent in Pompey, getting lashed in Guildhall etc ... Weekdays working in Southampton and living in Eastleigh. I've got a silver 182 (GK04 xxx) - seen a few members about, during my blasts up and down the M27 / M3.

Thanks all for the advice. Phoned Renault UK customer services - they took bunch of details and eventually confirmed I do have 3 years or 60000 miles (whichever comes first). Told Sewards Renault as much when I dropped off the car - guessing they either realised they couldn't pull a fast one...