Recent content by Une_Baguette

Do you have a multimeter handy? My coil pack went yesterday so I tested it and pretty much confirmed the coil pack was to blame.

So got the timing belt done today all sorted and the timing has been set correct! It was previously out so Instantly noticed a difference in the drive of the car and the noise of the engine. Also getting much more MPG which is a big plus so very happy overall turns out the grinding noise was...

Yeah, the whole lot is getting done, both every cambelt rollers, tensioner, seals, dephaser and the crankshaft accessories pulley. So it should hopefully solve my issue. Will I need to order a tool for fitting the camshaft seals(timing belt side)?

Well, to be honest, it makes it easier and he's not charging me much more to do it so why not I guess?

So today the mechanic gave me a call turns out worst case scenario there is metal fillings inside where the timing belt is leading to a potential bearing or something similar gone wrong. This means a complete timing belt job unfortunately but at least I know it will be done now, I've decided I'm...

Sorry for the late reply! Yeah it was a genuine kit, I just took it to the mechanic I trust since I don't have the time to work on the car currently, he says he'll get back to me tomorrow so I'll keep you guys updated!

No it wasn't however it's only occured within the last few days

Hi all, recently my 172 has developed an issue around the timing belt area it sounds like a metal scraping noise kind of like a bearing has gone don't believe it is the dephaser but was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? The timing belt and water pump were done 2 years ago by...

Hello! Been on this forum for a while now just browsing other peoples projects and I thought I may as well start my own thread to keep track of my own progress as I go along! (Sorry for the long post by the way) Back in January 2016 I bought I my first car the cheap and cheerful Clio MK2 1.2 8V...