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https://www.gumtree.com/p/seat/clio-182-arctic-blue-ff-113k-%C2%A33500-ono/1415856293 Don't worry I've messaged him to see if you can still smell her off the car at all

Would need to get a couple of the little plastic exhaust trims to tidy the back up and ideally get the exhaust tips realigned slightly as they are a bit off

OK so after trawling through service history and contacting previous owners it became obvious that there were in fact no 197 cams in the car at all. I suspect that these may have been invented at the point of sale to explain the lumpy idle. So I sent the car back in to be timed to standard and...

That rear pic 😊

Garage have come back to say that they made a tool to match the existing timing which was between 7 and 8 degrees but that it's running VERY lumpy at idle now. Does anyone know if that's pretty normal with 197 cams?

Oddly I can clearly remember wondering what all the fuss was about the driving position when I had my cup. I've only really been in it briefly so maybe I will get used to it and save myself a small fortune.

So all my parts etc came and I will be getting the car back tomorrow. The guy used to work for a Renault main dealer and has done loads of work on 182s and other renaultsports. He's going to have a look round the car and let me know what else might need doing. (At which point I will go to a...

The quote was nearly 900. There aren't really any renaultsport specialists in Northern Ireland. The guy Chris that is doing the work has a tonne of experience with renaultsports but works for a used car dealership

Is this what I am after? FOR RENAULT CLIO SPORT 2.0 172 182 CAMSHAFT DEPHASER PULLEY TIMING BELT GENUINE | eBay

OK so the garage is quoting me extortionate prices for the belts, and water pump and fitting. £370 labour and around £500 for parts? Can any kind soul advise where the best place to source the parts is?

I'm not sure who put the cams in or even if there are in fact 197 cams in it as there is no receipt for the work. I'm based in NI so not sure borrowing the tool will work in this instance but appreciate the offer.

Taking the car to local garage today. Pardon my ignorance but when changing the belts is it easy to spot whether or not the car does in fact have 197 cams? And if so how would one know. When I spoke to the guy he said he would kkow by how they are timed but that approach would assume they are...

Should be plenty of pics of cars on 15s if you search. Think some in this thread https://cliosport.net/threads/clio-182-ff-on-15-inch-wheels.719517/

They are 16" yeah. Look decent as they are but could do with a refurb. I had been set on silver then saw ash's 182 BG trophy thread from way back and really love that porsche grey. But the current colour is growing on me. I had to get on the drink to stop myself from taking it out again. Coming...