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Ello lads Pretty simple one clio 172 2002 Noticed my water leaks out of the top of my water header tank, just wondering if it should leak (asin under pressure should it let the water out) or should it not let a drop out at all The top has the rubber seal in place but water leaks out i guess...

Mine is a 172 lads All this work though is just annoying, having to change an engine becuse of a gasket, And my car already runs pretty s**t anyways so maybe a remap would be good but im looking to spend minimal on this car as im tryna buy a skyline but would like it to be a decent car to...

Might just leve it for a mechanic then, my dad would be sort of over seeing the operation here and there and he knows everything there is to know about an engine, not sure if he has any specific tools for a clio though if the locking tools arent universal, The gasket is leaking or its the...

Are any special tools required or anything, or what should i consider before ripping it apart, as i am a bit of an amateur

hi gents Im going to attempt to do head gasket change on the weekend by myself, never done anything like this before im more of a basic mechanic doing brakes etc, Reckon its easy enough for me to undertake this or will i need someone who knows what theyre doing

Thanks for the input gents, took it to the garage they found it was a ht lead, thats was crushed although its ran fine for a year its suddenly failed on me, it now runs as it was before, although wilst we are on the subject it has never ran properly let me describe this as best as i can It...

I dont know how to see if the injector is firing tbh, i know the plugs are maybe only a year and a half old, how can you check Ht leads, and to pull off the ht leads whilst running you can see spark so that would rule out plugs right?

Hey gents New member here just looking for some quick help on my clio Its a 172 2002 Randomly driving along casually and its started dropping a cylinder (sounded like a scooby) i unplugged the far right injector whilst running and nothing happened, i unlplugged the 3 other injectors each in...