Recent content by Commie VID

Hi all, Have just replaced a door on a Clio 172. However, one of the tiny circlips/retaining clips that the hinge pins use has decided to get blown away in a gust of wind! It's camouflaged itself on the driveway so I've no idea where it is now! Anyone have the part number or know a quick...

Well, I took the cover off the ECU bracket, gave the connector at the top a wiggle, then the red engine light stopped blinking. Lo and behold, the car fired up. Freak incident, or something I should be wary of in the future? Many thanks for the tips and advice everyone.

Ok, can't really get that much of the loom unless I take drastic action, and I'm not there yet. I gave the UCH a few wiggles and taps, and now the immobiliser light is off, but the blinking red engine STOP is still on. It appears to now be cranking but not sparking.

Battery has been on charge since yesterday morning, and will be on the charger to keep it topped up. The braided gearbox earth to the body was loose on the gearbox for some reason, tightened that up and now the car is turning for about 2-3 seconds consistently now. This was the same as when I...

Getting to the end of my tether with this car. Been out of action for a month and a half because of clutch, suspension and an exhaust (which took almost 3 weeks to sort out), and after a couple hours of test driving and about to let the wife drive it and enjoy it at last, it now refuses to...

Welp, that pretty much answers that. 172's are oil filled. Thanks!

Ordered brand new. When I pull them all the way out, they do appear to retract a little, but not rebound to the same extent as the rear shocks when I replaced those.

Hi all, Ordered front suspension (shocks and springs) for a non-cup 172. Normally, I'd prime a shock by pushing the piston along its stroke a couple of times, letting it naturally return to its original position. The shocks I've received though, stay in whatever position they've been set. I've...

Probably just to be annoying. Airbags like ABS are a !!!SAFETY!!! ***RED ALERT*** type thing so it's made to be as completely unfriendly as possible. Then they ironically become fragile and useless as we all know with the airbag lights coming on and such.

Yikes, almost a year ago! The Mate n Lok connectors still appear to be holding, with only one incident where the air bag lights came on for 30 minutes, then nothing once we restarted the car. It's total bogus.

Don't quote me on this, but I would have thought the yaw sensor was for the ESP, I don't think it was tied to the ABS or anything. Happy to stand corrected.

Buying new seals and intend to get a genuine camshaft timing tool, and am going to take off aux belt and as much of the belt covers as possible to reach the tensioner and attempt to take off the pulleys. Hopefully, once the pulleys off I can see for sure whether I cocked up installing the seals...

I can only assume it is either of the camshaft seals, the ones I've replaced alongside the cambelt and stuff. Either I've cocked it up, or the rocker cover itself is also leaking. I don't think the plastic cambelt lower cover would be showing signs if the crank seal was leaking too. I want to...

Yes it is. Not sure if leaking from above it or being flung from the driveshaft underneath it though. Might not make a difference.

Hi all, Having done the cambelt and loads of other stuff a month or so ago, had a look under the car to have a check up on things, but unfortunately, things look a little grim. I decided to stick some leak detection dye into the engine oil just in case the engine decides to leak somewhere, and...