Recent content by JAY172

which part are you stuck with? normal 172/182 i presume. remove os headlight and jack the engine right up for a start

noisy would be your first sympton

ive never bust one on mine and cant remember changing one that often at work either. must be your lead foot. how much are shafts from the main dealer? also consider some shafts in aftersales dont always look the same due to supercessions etc

if its fine in every other gear then the engine is ok so you cant do anything about it

fit a new cable as somone else suggested. they used to fray near the bulkhead gromit

its only got a lucas old style deisal pump so i would imagine its very simliar to the corsa if not the same. is the corsa one a bosch or lucas? doubt your going to gain anything though as your clio aint a turbo like the corsa

what year is this clio?

the tool is just a thin bar with a half inch drive on it. you put a step down on it to 3/8ths to go into the tensioner. you can easily use a 3/8ths power bar instead of the tool. take your front bumper off,unbolt the slam panel,undo the os engine mount and jack up the engine to give more room.

My thought would be - change it now! living on borrowed time there

they might have found a fault with the downstream sensor which wouldnt affect running at all.

my k tec one sounds ok but quality aint great. its about 2-3 years old now. back box started rattling so had to go back under warranty about a year ago and now centre box is doing the same. Stay away from a magnex i had nothing but bother with mine. i will never buy a magnex again.

how bad is the crack? could it be alley welded if the sump is mega bucks

check for split gaitors hence a dry cv joint. renault shafts sometimes when the cv joint has gone make a buzz/humm noise as you slow down on over run. its a very strange noise to explain but had a lot of clio shafts do it. As above as well - knocking/rattling on lock is also a sign.

1.2 16v belt is an absoulute doddle so dont get a garage trying to sting you on a price. yep interval is 72k

yep they use the same pump on a lot of the renault vehicle range