Recent content by Jack Ward

Well after another day, The car is back on the road. No problems as such :) re did the timing as i wasnt 100% sure with this and car now runs fine, no hickups on the way home. Keeping the revs quite low for now going to run it in slowly and hopefully it will remain trouble free. Again id like...

Hi guys, as you can probably tell im not a mechanic so im hoping on some genuinly helpful answers here. Ill attatch a photo of the timing so far, The cams do line up however they are offset to the top ( im aware the manual says bottom ) but this was the only way i could get the timing marks to...

Hi, question for f4r specialists. Ive lined the cams up with the genuine renault tool, but the inlet pulley is 180 degrees out ( The mark is at the bottom instead of the top ) Yet the pulley has never been off of the cam. Tried it with the pulley mark at the top where it should be but the cams...

Ok, this might be a point in the right direction. Ill go to renault this afternoon and see if i can get some more info on it. Thank you :)

The timing was correct when it was put back together, the car ran fine for days of testing in the garage. this is just what info i got given from the engine guys who did the repair work originally. all the tensioners were replaced too, this is why im scratching my head a bit as the work was done...

Good afternoon, Firstly id like to say hello as this is my first post on here. I have a Renault Clio 182 2004. back in 2013 the aux belt snapped and took the cambelt with it, the car at the time belonged to my mother and she paid to have it all repaired but run out of money before getting the...